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Mr. Conductor: A 20-centimetre tall conductor who originated from the Shining Time Station television series. He was portrayed by Ringo Starr on the first series of Shining Time Station, and by George Carlin for the rest of the show, including its follow up Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales. Alec Baldwin: Burnett Stone
The next morning, Thomas is collecting coal trucks when one of them rolls through the buffers that lead to the secret railway. Mr. Conductor is abducted by Diesel 10, who threatens to drop him off a viaduct unless he divulges the location of the buffers. Mr. Conductor cuts one of the claw's hydraulic hoses and is thrown free.
The sequences of the series later aired in 1996 on Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales. The series aired as Storytime with Thomas on Fox Family (now Freeform) from 1999 to 2000. 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.
However in 1989, Shining Time Station was created as a way to bring Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends to American television. Ringo Starr portrayed Mr. Conductor, a tiny magical conductor who told stories of engines on the Island of Sodor. Starr re-narrated twenty five of the episodes in the first series, "Whistles and Sneezes" being the exception.
Mr. Arkwright (played by Robert Slade) is one of the drivers on Sodor who assists Sir Topham Hatt. Arkwright presents live-action segments between the stories in which he instructs viewers to help him in a project, such as creating an engine out of cardboard boxes for Sir Topham Hatt's grandchildren.
Britt Allcroft (born Hilary Mary Allcroft, 14 December 1943 – 25 December 2024) was an English writer, producer, director, and voice actress.She was best known for adapting the Reverend Wilbert Awdry's The Railway Series in the form of the children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (later re-titled Thomas & Friends).
Danish conductor Thomas Sondergard has been chosen as the 11th music director to lead the Minnesota Orchestra in its 120-year history. Sondergard, 52, will be music director designate in the 2022 ...
Thomas and the Magic Railroad (as Mr. Conductor) Series 5, Thomas and the Magic Railroad, and Series 6 Michael Brandon: 2003–12: Seasons 7–16. Re-dubbed Season 6