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Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry. It was produced by Clearwater Features Ltd. for Britt Allcroft (Thomas) Ltd. and Central Independent Television.
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner: 2 October 1998 () 120: 16 "Thomas, Percy & Old Slow Coach" David Mitton: Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner: 5 October 1998 () 121: 17 "Thomas & the Rumours" David Mitton: Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner
Thomas & Friends returned in the form of several direct-to-video releases during season 6 (2002 to 2003) and as a stand-alone half-hour program on PBS Kids. It was distributed from 2004 to 2007 by Connecticut Public Television, and then by WNET from 2008 to 2017. It also aired on Sprout from 2005 to 2015.
Thomas & Friends (formerly known as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends) is a children's media franchise created by Britt Allcroft and currently owned by Mattel.The franchise revolves around an ensemble cast of anthropomorphic steam locomotives and other vehicles, including the main protagonist Thomas the Tank Engine, who work on the Island of Sodor.
The series focuses on the adventures of a younger version of Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends, including Percy, Nia, Kana, and Diesel. Throughout the episodes, they learn many life lessons and solve problems, while going around on their daily lives doing jobs, with help from each other and the other residents and visitors of the Island of Sodor.
The series introduced new characters Nia and Rebecca and also retired third-person narration, with Thomas now talking directly to the audience about the day's episode and during the learning segments. In addition, the show had a brand new theme song. [2] Similar to Chuggington, the vehicular characters now move their bodies.
[1] [2] Thomas & Friends also inspired a 2000 feature film, called Thomas and the Magic Railroad. [2] Mitton was a creative consultant for the models used in the film. [2] Mitton left following the completion of the Series 7 of Thomas & Friends. [1] Following Mitton's departure, crew member Steve Asquith took his place as director from Series 8 ...
Thomas & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry.