Thomas & Friends: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series, which had its first broadcast on the ITV network on 9 October 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.

Series details

• Title: Thomas & Friends
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Children
• Premiere date: 1984-10-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-12-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: 5
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 9 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.6/10
• TVMaze ID: 6458
• IMDb ID: tt0086815
• TVDB ID: 78949

Cast and credited roles

• Michael Brandon — Narrator
• Ringo Starr — Narrator
• George Carlin — Narrator
• Michael Angelis — Narrator
• Alec Baldwin — Narrator
• Pierce Brosnan — Narrator
• John Hasler — Thomas
• Martin T. Sherman — Percy
• Martin T. Sherman — Diesel
• Martin T. Sherman — Thomas

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1984-10-09; final listed air date 1984-12-25.
• Season 2: premiered 1986-09-24; final listed air date 1986-12-17.
• Season 3: premiered 1992-02-25; final listed air date 1992-07-14.
• Season 4: premiered 1996-03-04; final listed air date 1996-04-08.
• Season 5: premiered 1998-09-14; final listed air date 1998-10-19.
• Season 6: premiered 2002-09-16; final listed air date 2002-10-21.
• Season 7: premiered 2003-10-06; final listed air date 2003-11-10.
• Season 8: premiered 2004-08-01; final listed air date 2004-10-24.
• Season 9: premiered 2005-09-05; final listed air date 2005-11-25.
• Season 10: premiered 2006-09-04; final listed air date 2006-09-17.
• Season 11: premiered 2007-09-03; final listed air date 2008-01-15.
• Season 12: premiered 2008-09-01; final listed air date 2008-09-26.
• Season 13: premiered 2010-01-25; final listed air date 2010-02-19.
• Season 14: premiered 2010-10-11; final listed air date 2010-11-08.
• Season 15: premiered 2011-03-01; final listed air date 2011-03-28.
• Season 16: premiered 2012-02-20; final listed air date 2012-12-25.
• Season 17: premiered 2013-06-03; final listed air date 2014-11-21.
• Season 18: premiered 2014-08-25; final listed air date 2015-07-31.
• Season 19: premiered 2015-09-21; final listed air date 2017-03-10; episode order: 40.
• Season 20: premiered 2016-09-05; final listed air date 2017-12-20; episode order: 28.
• Season 21: premiered 2017-09-18; final listed air date 2017-12-22.

Source and licence

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