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Thomas & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry. [1] The tenth series was first broadcast in 2006, narrated by Michael Angelis for the UK audiences and by Michael Brandon in the US ...
Starting in this series, the theme song was sung by the children from the Thomas & Friends suite. [3] Most episodes in this series have two titles: the original titles from the UK broadcasts are shown on top, while the American-adapted titles are shown underneath. This was Christopher Skala's first series as executive producer.
Thomas & Friends returned in the form of several direct-to-video releases during season 6 (2002 to 2003) and as a stand-alone half-hour program on PBS Kids. It was distributed from 2004 to 2007 by Connecticut Public Television, and then by WNET from 2008 to 2017. It also aired on Sprout from 2005 to 2015.
1: 1 "Thomas & Gordon" David Mitton: Thomas the Tank Engine by Rev. W. Awdry: 9 October 1984 () "Thomas Gets Tricked" 2: 2 "Edward & Gordon" David Mitton: The Three Railway Engines by Rev. W. Awdry: 9 October 1984 () "Edward Helps Out" Based on Edward's Day Out and the story of the same name (Edward & Gordon) 3: 3 "The Sad Story of Henry"
[4] In January 2015, another DVD (Dinos and Discoveries) (containing six more episodes) was released, prior to their official broadcast (from 27 to 31 July, six months later). This series was also the last to utilize the new series intro and credits and also the original Engine Roll Call in the US/UK broadcasts.
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Thomas & Friends ranked number one in the preschool toys category in the U.S. and made the top 10 for the entire U.S. toy industry in 2010. In January 2011, Thomas & Friends ranked as the number-one preschool toy property in the U.K. for the 11th year in a row. Thomas is also a top-selling toy property in Australia, Germany, Japan, and Korea.
Thomas is celebrating his 10,000th delivery and encounters Percy on his way to the Docks, but while travelling the two get separated, and as Thomas ignored him earlier, he has a hard time trying to find him. Upon reuniting, Percy realizes that Thomas actually does listen at times, while Thomas makes sure to do so more often in the future.