Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- ~22 min/episode
- Length
- 24 seasons · 584 episodes
- Status
- Cancelled
- Age rating
- TV-Y
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
The story
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.
- locomotive
- island
- narration
- anthropomorphism
- train
- railroad
- steam locomotive
- coal
- amused
- joyful
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Keith Wickham
- Matt Wilkinson
- Teresa Gallagher
- John Hasler
- Nigel Pilkington
- Yvonne Grundy
- Rob Rackstraw
- Rachael Louise Miller
- Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
- Sharon Miller
- Martin Sherman
- Directed
- Steve Asquith, David Mitton, Greg Tiernan, David Stoten, Don Spencer, David Baas
- Created
- Christopher Awdry, Rev. W. Awdry, Britt Allcroft
- Written
- Denise Cassar, Mark Daydy, Anna Starkey, Paul Larson, David Fox, Jan Page & 47 more
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 154 ratings
- Network & studio
- ITV1, 5, CITV, Cartoon Network, Cartoonito, Nick Jr.
If this stayed with you
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