Thomas & Friends
Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series, which had its first broadcast on the ITV network on 4 September 1984. It is based on The Railway Series of books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry. These books deal with the adventures of a group of anthropomorphised locomotives and road vehicles who live on the fictional Island of Sodor. The books were based on stories Wilbert told to entertain his son, Christopher during his recovery from measles. From Series one to four, many of the stories are based on events from Awdry's personal experience.
Genre: Animation
Creator: Britt Allcroft, Ross Hastings, Philip D. Fehrle, Holly Huckins, David Pitlik, Dan Wicksman, Charles Hodges
Country: Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Type: tv
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Duration: 22m
Release: 1984
Rating: 6.8
Season 1 - Thomas & Friends
24 Jul 2007
"Thomas, a small steam-engine, loves to brag to and tease Gordon about how hard he works, but strong, powerful, self-important Gordon decides to take him on a ride he'll never forget."
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"Henry doesn't want to risk his colors being ruined by water, so refuses to leave the tunnel he enters on a trip. But he may end up being there longer than he wants since he's blocked in to prevent accidents."
15 Oct 1984
"Thomas is jealous of those who get to pull coaches so jumps at the chance when Henry is sick, but ends up starting up unattached in his hurry."
16 Oct 1984
"Thomas is offered to switch jobs with Edward for a day since he wants to do more important things, but doesn't take the warnings seriously that freight-trucks are troublemakers."
17 Oct 1984
"James' brakes catch fire and his freight-trucks push him out of control, forcing Thomas to use a breakdown-train to help him and to deal with the trucks that he has gotten used to."
02 Apr 1989
"Henry collides with a goods train while pulling \"The Flying Kipper\". The Fat Controller sends him to Crewe for repairs and he comes back with a new shape and a larger firebox meaning that he no longer needs special coal."
05 Nov 1984
"Gordon is jealous of Henry's restructure so tries to spoil his good mood by saying he shouldn't whistle. He also has to put up with a group of children attacking him."
06 Nov 1984
"Toby, a tram-engine with little work, gets a chance to spend time with people who truly appreciate him, like the Fat Controller whom he doesn't know, but soon faces his railway's closing down."
Season 2 - Thomas & Friends
01 Oct 1986
"Edward meets Trevor, a traction engine in the scrapyard about to lose his life because he is in good shape but out of work. Knowing what it feels like to be scorned, Edward decides to see if anyone can take Trevor on for work."
22 Oct 1986
"Percy decides to compete with Harold, a loud proud helicopter, to a race after he scorns trains."
07 Oct 1986
"Henry is annoyed to hear Percy carrying on about how well he performed a rescue despite a flood. Percy wants to go past the forbidden area at the harbor, despite Thomas' warning against it, and ends up sinking into the surf."
09 Oct 1986
"Though Duck silences them, Diesel blames him for the freight-trucks' taunts. Henry protests that nobody confides in the trucks, so Diesel tells them jokes about the biggest three, saying they're Duck's, since the trucks want revenge."
13 Nov 1986
"Scottish twin engines Donald and Douglas arrive, making one extra for the Fat Controller to get rid of. Donald makes a break-van stop bothering Douglas, but has an accident, and Douglas is the one who tries to help James with the van."
19 Nov 1986
"Donald and Douglas are well-loved especially since they're a big help in winter, but worry that they will be sent away and turned into scrap. Edward suggests someone should talk to the Fat Controller, and the hard job falls to Percy."
12 Dec 1986
"Edward has trouble even starting up, earning scorn from James and Gordon, but his biggest problem is when he has to put all his strength and determination into finishing a journey through a storm that damages him."
23 Dec 1986
"Thomas picks up a Christmas tree for the party, but runs into a snowdrift and avalanche on his way."
Season 3 - Thomas & Friends
12 Sep 1991
"Percy is so cold he brings up scarves and takes Thomas' joke about using one seriously. A prank ends up giving him something that is like a scarf, but more embarrassing."
14 Sep 1991
"Percy tells Thomas he'll take his trainload of the vicar's Sunday schoolers home for him, but has to do so in a fierce storm that makes him blind to where he's going and too cold and wet to run."
20 Sep 1991
"With work-schedules so busy, Gordon is ordered to take some time off and James is eager to replace him to show how fast and good he is. When Toby is stranded on his way for repairs, he has to trust James to help him."
24 Sep 1991
"Gordon is jealous of a visiting train and insults ones like him after he leaves, but gets in an embarrassing situation soon after while trying to go as fast as the visitor can."
07 Oct 1991
"Percy's teasing Thomas about fear doesn't last when he's stuck outside for the night, and goes from being nervous to frightened when he thinks the Chinese dragon Thomas takes to a carnival is a real beast."
17 Oct 1991
"Henry loves visiting the forest he, Toby, Terrence, and Trevor helped plant years before. But he is saddened when a storm destroys some of it, and neither Toby nor anybody else can figure out how to cheer him up."
21 Oct 1991
"Gordon refuses to have himself cleaned every day since he only wishes to be on time, but lands himself in trouble when he sprays James with mud and loses some of his work for being dirty, so is forced to help him when he can't work alone."
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"Gordon convinces James to pretend being sick so he won't have to shunt. Thomas is forced to deal with the cruel trucks, while trying to keep his promise to get tar delivered so Bertie's road can run more smoothly."
24 Nov 1991
"Mavis is bitter about not being allowed on Toby's line, but when she asks the troublesome trucks to push her onto it, they do it to Toby instead. Toby is then put in grave danger when he is pushed onto a weak bridge."
11 Jan 1992
"A mistake handling their turntable cause Bill and Ben to blame each other for the confusion, until their argument makes everyone else upset enough with their fighting to trick them so they'll be forced to work among each other."
24 Feb 1992
"Oliver gets high praise from the other engines and becomes too proud to listen to Duck's warning about being careful with trucks when he's asked to handle them for his next job. He pays dearly for it."
25 Dec 1992
"Thomas and Percy aren't happy about dividing the jobs of mail-delivery and visiting a village for Christmas, but things are worse for everybody when they find out that the village is cut off by snow."
Season 4 - Thomas & Friends
10 Sep 1994
"Percy, Toby and Duck want to hear a story, so Thomas tells them the story of Duke . . ."
08 Dec 1994
"Peter Sam is very busy on the line and is rushing around collecting passengers. In haste to meet the connection with Henry the Green Engine, he leaves the refreshment lady behind on the platform."
19 Dec 1994
"Sir Handel is hated by freight-cars and is bitter enough to pretend to be sick so he won't have to shunt at Gordon's advice. Peter Sam and Rusty take over his work instead, but Peter Sam is mistaken for his best friend and attacked."
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"Rusty has been working on the line while Skarloey was away at the menders. Duncan ignores Rusty's warning about a broken section of line and he is soon rocking n' rolling along the rails."
21 Jan 1995
"Sir Handel gets into a confrontation with a grumpy steamroller called George."
30 Jan 1995
"Duncan's rudeness reaches its peak when he stops on the viaduct and refuses to move, angering the passengers."
27 Mar 1995
"When Rusty hears that another engine is needed to help run his favorite line, he asks Douglas if he knows of any stranded in the scrapyard he saved Oliver from. Only diesels go there now, so Rusty ventures out and meets Stepney."
02 Apr 1995
"Stepney's wishes come true at last, when one day he is invited to visit all other engines on the railway and he begins the long trip down the line."
15 Apr 1995
"A stuck-up diesel engine arrives in the yard. After he breaks down, Duck and Stepney step in to take his train. Afterwards, Stepney has to go back home."
24 Apr 1995
"Oliver is always teased by the fright-trucks so not even Duck, Thomas, and Henry can silence them. His break-van Toad convinces him to put all his energy into forcing the trucks to move when they refuse so they'll leave him alone."
30 Apr 1995
"Daisy soon regrets teasing Toby about his cow catchers and being afraid of bulls. Champion the Bull doesn't run away when Daisy hoots at him and he will not even look her in the eye."
23 Sep 1995
"Thomas and his friends have been invited to the big city, but before the special trip, Thomas has a bad accident. If Thomas cannot be fixed in time, the Fat Controller and his engines will have to go to the big city without him."
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"It is a proud day for all the engines on The Fat Controller's Railway as the Queen is coming to visit. Henry misses the chance at pulling the Queen's train when a pot of paint gets tipped ..."
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"Toby is eager to be involved in the seaside town parade until it turns out there's no room left for him in it. Percy is called in to deal with Bulstrode, an unpleasant barge, which makes the trucks more disagreeable than usual."
Season 5 - Thomas & Friends
11 Jan 1999
"A new crane called Cranky arrives at the docks and causes trouble for Thomas and Percy, but when a tramp steamer runs aground and causes problems for the new crane, it's Thomas and Percy who save the day."
03 Sep 1998
"Three very Horrid Lorries arrive on Sodor and start taking the engines' jobs."
05 Sep 1998
"Gordon complains about how plain the new station is and wishes for a panoramic view. He gets the view he wants, just not the way he was expecting..."
09 Sep 1998
"Sir Topham Hatt runs into bother on the way to his wife's birthday party."
13 Sep 1998
"Thomas is mad at James for boasting about his shiny new coat of paint."
16 Sep 1998
"Gordon has to pick up a special visitor but gremlins strike and the journey is full of adventure and surprises."
22 Sep 1998
"Percy is trying to cheer himself up by competing in the best-dressed station competition after being stuck at the harbor. But a ram he's forced to shoo off the railway turns up again later, and may cause trouble."
24 Sep 1998
"Percy is complaining because he feels overworked. The other engines were unsympathetic, but their attitudes change after Percy is involved in a disastrous accident at the coal mine."
28 Sep 1998
"Toby is by the river just in time to see that the dam is breaking, so is quick to leave to give out a warning. But he is forced to cross the bridge over the flooded river when it breaks and drifts off toward a waterfall."
03 Oct 1998
"Henry believes that ghosts are haunting him while taking a late night goods train."
05 Oct 1998
"Bill and Ben are worried when they hear that a new diesel is going to help them work in the Quarry."
09 Oct 1998
"Toby, The Fat Controller and his grandchildren make an exciting discovery at a remote part of the Island."
11 Oct 1998
"Thomas takes a slow delivery of fish to Henry but doesn't get to give him the warning that no one bigger than him can take the sunken rails. Henry is in such a hurry to deliver the fish that he doesn't hear and heads for the water."
11 Oct 1998
"Thomas and Percy find an old coach in the scrapyard that is to be broken up. Thomas and Percy promise to find a use for her but they aren't sure what she could be used for. A fire at a workman's hut brings up a possible solution."
15 Oct 1998
"When Harold the Helicopter takes an important visitor around the island, the engines think he is going to replace them. These rumours only cause confusion and delay."
17 Oct 1998
"Oliver wishes for more exercise, but doesn't say so and deals with his misery by being too rough with the freight-trucks so gets his wish when he's asked to deliver mail instead. But a stuck signal sends him crashing into an abandoned area."
20 Oct 1998
"Mrs Kyndley's daughter is getting married but she forgot to make a good luck package. Percy promises to find something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue."
22 Oct 1998
"Sir Topham Hatt and his family go a holiday away from the rails. This holiday quickly becomes more of an adventure when things begin to go wrong. Meanwhile, Thomas is worried that Annie and Clarabel will be turned into beach huts."
24 Oct 1998
"Percy is bored of shunting trucks at the coal mine and wishes for something exciting to happen. Surprise comes sooner than Percy expected when his trucks break away on a hill."
26 Oct 1998
"James is complaining about working with dirty freight cars instead of taking passengers."
29 Oct 1998
"Toad the brakevan is tired of going backwards all the time and wishes to go forwards for a change. The silly trucks grant him his wish and teach him to be careful what he wishes for."
31 Oct 1998
"Duncan makes fun of Peter Sam's accident by saying he'll be haunted by his damaged freight-cars, and Rusty tells him a ghost-story and, when he acts bored, Peter Sam has Duncan's crew help make him think he's being chased by the ghost."
05 Nov 1998
"Rusty is worried about a boulder that appears to be watching him. One day, the boulder falls off it's ledge and chases Rusty and his friends down the track."
Season 6 - Thomas & Friends
06 Jan 2003
"Cranky the Crane's mood is worse than ever when he is trapped with chatterboxes Salty, Bill and Ben at the Docks overnight."
01 Jan 2003
"Salty the diesel engine has a secret and all the other engines on Sodor want to know what it is. Join Thomas and Mavis as they meet Salty and discover the secret that Bill and Ben are still trying to figure out."
12 Jan 2003
"Jack the front loader arrives on Sodor and is a little too eager to impress."
16 Jan 2003
"Thomas does not like wearing his snowplough. Much to Thomas' delight, it is damaged during his travels and he has to finish his journey without it."
21 Jan 2003
"One of Edward's Halloween stories makes Percy afraid to go to the \"haunted\" smelters that night, and Thomas teases him about it. Duck is angry and decides to work with Percy to make him think he's surrounded by ghosts."
Season 7 - Thomas & Friends
Season 8 - Thomas & Friends
