Thomas & Friends

Thomas & Friends (Previously known as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends), was the name of a Television Series that originally aired in the UK from October 9th 1984-January 20th 2021. In 2004 the series was soft rebooted entering a new canon loosely based on the original series, new character personalities and a new intro and name "Thomas & Friends" this was the way the franchise remained until in 2021, it was succeeded by a reboot under the name of "Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go". The show was based upon The Railway Series by Wilbert Awdry, and ran for a total of 584 episodes, spanning twenty-four seasons.

Seasons

• Season 1 (1984-1985).
• Season 2 (1986).
• Season 3 (1992).
• Season 4 (1995).
• Season 5 (1998).
• Season 6 (2002).
• Season 7 (2003).
• Season 8 (2004).
• Season 9 (2005).
• Season 10 (2006).
• Season 11 (2007-2008).
• Season 12 (2008).
• Season 13 (2010).
• Season 14 (2010).
• Season 15 (2011).
• Season 16 (2012).
• Season 17 (2013-2014).
• Season 18 (2014-2015).
• Season 19 (2015-2017).
• Season 20 (2016-2017).
• Season 21 (2017).
• Season 22 (2018-2019).
• Season 23 (2019-2020).
• Season 24 (2020-2021).
• Season 25 (Cancelled).

Films & Specials

• Thomas and the U.K. Trip (Japan;1992).
• Hello Thomas & James (Japan;1996).
• Thomas and The Magic Railroad (Director's Cut) (1999;Released 2019).
• A Wonderful American Journey with Thomas and Connie (Japan;2000).
• Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000).
• Calling All Engines! (2005).
• The Great Discovery(2008).
• Hero of the Rails (2009).
• Misty Island Rescue (2010).
• Day of the Diesels (2011).
• Blue Mountain Mystery (2012).
• King of the Railway (2013).
• Tale of the Brave (2014).
• The Thomas & Friends Institute of Innovation (2014).
• The Adventure Begins (2015).
• Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasures (2015).
• The Great Race (2016).
• Thomas & Friends 4-D: Bubbling Boilers (2016).
• Journey Beyond Sodor (2017).
• Big World! Big Adventures! (2018).
• Thomas & Friends: The Movie (Scheduled for 2024).

Cancelled

• Thomas and the Magic Railroad 2.
• The Adventures of Thomas.
• Untitled S12 Special.

Spinoffs

• Shining Time Station (1989-1995).
• Schemer Presents (1993;Shining Time Station Spinoff).
• Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales (1996).
• Jack and the Sodor Construction Company (2006;Filmed 2003).
• Untitled Bertie, Trevor, Harold, and Terence Spinoff (Cancelled;Early 2000's).
• Untitled Thomas visits Japan Spinoff (Cancelled;Early 2000's).

Documentaries

• The Thomas the Tank Engine Man (1995).
• The Making of Thomas the Tank Engine (1995).
• Run! Thomas & Friends "Steam Locomotive is Alive" (2005;An episode of Hitachi Discovering the Wonders of the World!).
• Original 70th Anniversary History Time Travel (Japan;2015).
• Secret Journey of Thomas the Tank Engine (Japan;2015).
• An Unlikely Fandom (2022;Originally Scheduled for 2020;Fan Documentary featuring Crew member interviews).
• Behind the Steam: The Making of Thomas the Tank Engine (Originally Scheduled for Mid 2020;Fan Documentary, featuring never before seen behind the scenes images and information, also featuring Crew member interviews).

Related Television Series

• Untitled 1953 Series (1953).
• Railway Tales (1956-1957).
• Jackanory (1965).
• Thomas the Tank Engine (1976;Cancelled).
• Tugs (1989).
• Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go (2021-).

See Also

• List of Episodes
• List of Commercials
• History of The Franchise
• List of Episodes in Order (By Country)