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Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series based on The Railway Series, created by the Rev. W. Awdry, and was first broadcast in 1984 alongside Shining Time Station until the end of 2021. This article lists Thomas & Friends books in the Pictureback series published by Random House and released in America only.
Previously Thomas had only appeared in the US as a segment on the TV show Shining Time Station, but Series 5 aired in the US as part of the half-hour Storytime with Thomas program. Each episode would include a new Series 5 episode, an episode of Britt Allcroft's Magic Adventures of Mumfie , and a Series 4 episode narrated by George Carlin ...
31 March 1992 () [nb 5] 58: 6 "Thomas Gets Bumped" David Mitton: Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner: 7 April 1992 () [nb 6] 59: 7 "Thomas, Percy & the Dragon" David Mitton: Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner: 7 April 1992 () [nb 7] 60: 8 "Diesel Does it Again" David Mitton
Thomas & Friends ranked number one in the preschool toys category in the U.S. and made the top 10 for the entire U.S. toy industry in 2010. In January 2011, Thomas & Friends ranked as the number-one preschool toy property in the U.K. for the 11th year in a row. Thomas is also a top-selling toy property in Australia, Germany, Japan, and Korea.
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.
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.
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.
Broadcast on December 14, 1955, [2] it was directed by Robert Stevenson, with stars Macdonald Carey, Teresa Wright and Thomas Mitchell as Kris Kringle. [3] [4] [5] One reviewer claimed this version was an improvement over the original movie, stating "shortening the tale has made it brighter and less saccharine." [6]