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Thomas & Friends

1984 · 24 seasons · 5m per episode · Animation, Kids

Making Tracks to Great Destinations

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.

Where to watch Thomas & Friends

Thomas & Friends is streaming in the US on Amazon Prime Video, Kidstream, Sensical, Spectrum On Demand, The Roku Channel, Plex and Plex Channel.

It is also available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies and Fandango At Home.

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Seasons

• Season 1 — 26 episodes (October 9, 1984)
• Season 2 — 26 episodes (September 24, 1986)
• Season 3 — 26 episodes (February 25, 1992)
• Season 4 — 26 episodes (March 4, 1996)
• Season 5 — 26 episodes (September 14, 1998)
• Season 6 — 26 episodes (September 16, 2002)
• Season 7 — 26 episodes (November 3, 2003)
• Season 8 — 26 episodes (October 4, 2004)
• Season 9 — 26 episodes (October 31, 2005)
• Season 10 — 28 episodes (October 2, 2006)
• Season 11 — 26 episodes (September 3, 2007)
• Season 12 — 20 episodes (September 1, 2008)
• Season 13 — 20 episodes (January 25, 2010)
• Season 14 — 20 episodes (October 11, 2010)
• Season 15 — 20 episodes (March 1, 2011)
• Season 16 — 20 episodes (February 20, 2012)
• Season 17 — 26 episodes (June 3, 2013)
• Season 18 — 26 episodes (August 25, 2014)
• Season 19 — 26 episodes (September 21, 2015)
• Season 20 — 28 episodes (September 5, 2016)
• Season 21 — 18 episodes (September 18, 2017)
• Season 22 — 26 episodes (September 3, 2018)
• Season 23 — 23 episodes (September 2, 2019)
• Season 24 — 23 episodes (May 1, 2020)

Cast

• Keith Wickham as Edward / Henry / Gordon / James / Percy (voice)
• Teresa Gallagher as Emily (voice)
• John Hasler as Thomas (voice)
• Nigel Pilkington as Percy (voice)
• Yvonne Grundy as Nia (voice)
• Rachael Louise Miller as Rebecca (voice)
• Rob Rackstraw as James (voice)

Details

Created by

Britt Allcroft, Rev. W. Awdry and Christopher Awdry

First aired

October 9, 1984

Episodes

584

Genres

Animation, Kids

Network

ITV1, 5 and CITV

Status

Canceled

TMDB score

6.8 / 10 from 159 votes