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Thomas & Friends

Making Tracks to Great Destinations

6.8IMDb154 votesWorth your time
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1984 – 202124 seasons · 584 episodes~5 min per episodeTV-YCanceled
KidsAnimation
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Who's in it

Cast

The principal ensemble across the run of the series.

Michael Angelis

Michael Angelis

Narrator (Voice)

336 eps

Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr

Narrator (Voice)

52 eps

Mark Moraghan

Mark Moraghan

Narrator (voice)

124 eps

Ben Small

Ben Small

Thomas / Toby (voice)

132 eps

Keith Wickham

Keith Wickham

Edward / Henry / Gordon / James / Percy (voice)

276 eps

Matt Wilkinson

Spencer / Charlie / Victor / Rocky / Cranky / Kevin (voice)

20 eps

Teresa Gallagher

Teresa Gallagher

Emily (voice)

276 eps

John Hasler

Thomas (voice)

144 eps

Nigel Pilkington

Nigel Pilkington

Percy (voice)

144 eps

Rob Rackstraw

Rob Rackstraw

James / Toby (voice)

144 eps

Yvonne Grundy

Nia (voice)

72 eps

Rachael Louise Miller

Rachael Louise Miller

Rebecca (voice)

72 eps

Sharon Miller

Fair Attendees (Voice)

3 eps

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (uncredited)

1 eps

Martin Sherman

Martin Sherman

Thomas (voice)

8 eps

The Nutevio profile

TV DNA

How Thomas & Friends actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.

Signature profile

Thomas & Friends reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Spectacle.

Character DepthPresent5.1

How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.

BingeabilityPresent5.0

How hard it is to stop after one episode.

SpectaclePresent5.0

Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.

World BuildingPresent5.0

The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.

HumourPresent4.5

How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.

TensionPresent4.0

The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.

Emotional WeightLight3.4

How much the series is designed to affect you.

Cliffhanger IntensityLight3.0

How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.

SerializedLight2.5

How much each hour depends on the one before it.

The story

What it's about

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.

The run

Seasons

24 seasons · 584 episodes.

  • Official poster for Specials

    Season 0 · Complete

    Specials

    2008153 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 1

    Season 1 · Complete

    Season 1

    198426 episodes

    8.7IMDb

    Best episode · S01E25 Off the Rails

  • Official poster for Season 2

    Season 2 · Complete

    Season 2

    198626 episodes

    8.4IMDb
  • Official poster for Season 3

    Season 3 · Complete

    Season 3

    199226 episodes

    10.0IMDb
  • Official poster for Season 4

    Season 4 · Complete

    Season 4

    199626 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 5

    Season 5 · Complete

    Season 5

    199826 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 6

    Season 6 · Complete

    Season 6

    200226 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 7

    Season 7 · Complete

    Season 7

    200326 episodes

    10.0IMDb
  • Official poster for Season 8

    Season 8 · Complete

    Season 8

    200426 episodes

    10.0IMDb
  • Official poster for Season 9

    Season 9 · Complete

    Season 9

    200526 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 10

    Season 10 · Complete

    Season 10

    200628 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 11

    Season 11 · Complete

    Season 11

    200726 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 12

    Season 12 · Complete

    Season 12

    200820 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 13

    Season 13 · Complete

    Season 13

    201020 episodes

    7.6IMDb
  • Official poster for Season 14

    Season 14 · Complete

    Season 14

    201020 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 15

    Season 15 · Complete

    Season 15

    201120 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 16

    Season 16 · Complete

    Season 16

    201220 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 17

    Season 17 · Complete

    Season 17

    201326 episodes

    4.5IMDb
  • Official poster for Season 18

    Season 18 · Complete

    Season 18

    201426 episodes

    8.7IMDb
  • Official poster for Season 19

    Season 19 · Complete

    Season 19

    201526 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 20

    Season 20 · Complete

    Season 20

    201628 episodes

    2.0IMDb
  • Official poster for Season 21

    Season 21 · Complete

    Season 21

    201718 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 22

    Season 22 · Complete

    Season 22

    201826 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 23

    Season 23 · Complete

    Season 23

    201923 episodes

  • Official poster for Season 24

    Season 24 · Complete

    Season 24

    202023 episodes

Where the series peaks

Best Episodes

The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

Still from Edward & Gordon

S01E02

Edward & Gordon

7.0IMDb9 votes

Edward is feeling sad, as all the other engines are bigger and younger than him. But when Gordon gets stuck whilst pulling trucks up a hill, it's Edward to the rescue.

9 Oct 19845 min
Still from Thomas & Gordon

S01E01

Thomas & Gordon

6.8IMDb26 votes

Thomas the Tank Engine works at the Big Station, fetching coaches for the bigger engines. He keeps teasing Gordon the Big Engine, making him very cross. When the Shunter later accidentally forgets to uncouple Thomas from Gordon's coaches, Gordon decides to be really fast to tire Thomas out.

9 Oct 19845 min

Recently aired

Latest Episodes

Still from Down The Mine - Pilot Version

S00E99

Down The Mine - Pilot Version

9 May 20255 min
Still from The Good Old Days (Special)

S00E101

The Good Old Days (Special)

21 Dec 20226 min
Still from Thomas' Animal Friends

S24E23

Thomas' Animal Friends

20 Jan 202111 min
Still from Cleo the Road Engine

S24E22

Cleo the Road Engine

19 Jan 202111 min
Still from Kenji on the Rails Again

S24E21

Kenji on the Rails Again

18 Jan 202111 min
Still from Gordon and Rebecca, Coming Through!

S24E20

Gordon and Rebecca, Coming Through!

15 Jan 202111 min

Behind the series

Created by

Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

The craft

Key Crew

Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.

Executive production

Writing

Direction

Music

Where to watch

Streaming

Availability verified against regional listings.

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