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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.

John Hasler
Narrator (voice)

Joseph May
Narrator (voice)


Britt Allcroft, Rev. W. Awdry, Christopher Awdry
Tracy Blagdon

Specials
99 episodes
September 1, 2008

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
October 6, 2003

Season 8
26 episodes
August 1, 2004

Season 9
26 episodes
September 5, 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
Nitrogen Studios Canada
CA

Britt Allcroft Productions
N/A

Mattel
US

HiT Entertainment
GB

Gullane Pictures
N/A
Clearwater Features
N/A