Thomas & Friends

{{Infobox media }} Thomas & Friends (originally titled Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends; retitled Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! during its last three seasons) is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on The Railway Series books by Rev. W. Awdry and his son Christopher, the series was developed for television by Britt Allcroft. The series follows the adventures of Thomas, an anthropomorphised blue steam locomotive on the fictional North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor, and several other anthropomorphised locomotives on the North Western Railway, including Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, and Toby. They work for the Fat Controller.
 * title = Thomas & Friends
 * media = Thomas & Friends
 * type = show
 * image =
 * country = United Kingdom
 * language = British English
 * seasons = 24
 * episodes = 584
 * channel = ITV
 * channel_link = ITV1
 * channel_note = {{formerly}}
 * channel2 = Cartoon Network
 * channel2_link = Cartoon Network (UK and Ireland)
 * channel2_note = {{formerly}}
 * channel3 = Cartoonito
 * channel3_link = Cartoonito (UK and Ireland)
 * channel3_note = {{formerly}}
 * channel4 = Channel 5 (United Kingdom)
 * channel4_note = {{note|(Milkshake! block, formerly)}}
 * channel5 = Nickelodeon
 * channel5_link = Nickelodeon (UK and Ireland)
 * channel5_note = {{formerly}}
 * channel6 = Nick Jr. (UK and Ireland)
 * channel6_note = {{formerly}}
 * channel7 = FIVER
 * channel7_link = 5Star
 * channel7_note = {{formerly}}
 * channel8 = Nick Jr. Too
 * channel8_note = {{formerly}}
 * channel9 = ABC3
 * channel9_link = ABC Me
 * channel9_note = {{formerly}}
 * channel10 = ABC Kids
 * channel10_link = ABC Kids (Australia)
 * channel11 = Nick Jr. (Australia)
 * channel11_note = {{formerly}}
 * channel12 = Four
 * channel12_link = Four (New Zealand)
 * channel12_note = {{formerly}}
 * channel13 = TVNZ 2
 * channel13_note = {{formerly}}
 * channel14 = Shakrok TV
 * channel14_note = {{formerly}}
 * channel15 = Treehouse TV
 * channel15_note = {{formerly}}
 * channel16 = TVO
 * channel16_note = {{formerly}}
 * channel17 = YTV
 * channel17_note = {{formerly}}
 * channel18 = Three
 * channel18_link = Three (New Zealand)
 * channel18_note = {{formerly}}
 * channel19 = BBC Kids
 * channel19_note = {{formerly}}
 * channel20 = RTÉjr
 * channel20_note = {{formerly}}
 * channel21 = Cartoon Network
 * channel21_link = Cartoon Network (Philippines)
 * channel21_note = {{note|(Cartoonito block, formerly)}}
 * channel22 = Playhouse Disney (Southeast Asia)
 * channel22_link = Disney Junior (Southeast Asia)
 * channel22_note = {{formerly}}
 * channel23 = BFBS 1
 * channel23_note = {{formerly}}
 * channel24 = NTV (Uganda)
 * channel24_note = {{formerly}}
 * channel25 = CNS Channel 6
 * channel25_note = {{former}}
 * channel26 = e-Junior
 * channel26_note = {{former}}
 * channel27 = TVB Pearl
 * channel27_note = {{former}
 * service = Amazon Prime Video
 * service2 = Netflix
 * service3 = Sensical
 * service3_note = {{season|1–5}}
 * release = 9 October 1984 – 20 January 2021

The rights to the series are currently owned by HIT Entertainment (a subsidiary of Mattel), which acquired Gullane Entertainment in July 2002.

A new 2D-animated series, Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go, premiered on 13 September 2021 on Cartoon Network.

Cast

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International versions
Thanks to the show's very own nature (having aired for a total of 3 decades and a half), its foreign distribution has been quite erratic over the years. On top of that, the program's format has been restructured and retitled multiple times. Because of this, for simplicity and organization purposes, the dubs in this page have been divided into three "eras":
 * - lasting from the series' premiere to the end of season 7.
 * & - lasting from season 8 to season 21.
 * Big World! Big Adventures! - lasting from season 22 until the series' finale.


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