Thomas & Friends

Name: Thomas & Friends
Genre: Animation, Kids

Created by Britt Allcroft, Rev. W. Awdry, Christopher Awdry

1984–2021

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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.

First aired: 9 Oct 1984
Episode length: 10 min
Also known as: Thomas und seine Freunde, Thomas, die kleine Lokomotive, Thomas and Friends, Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Writers: Abi Grant, Alan Hescott, Allan Plenderleith and 50 others
Music: Ed Welch, Junior Campbell, Mike O'Donnell, Robert Hartshorne
Editor: Chris Kelly
Executive producers: Angus Wright, Britt Allcroft, Christopher Skala and 2 others
Producers: Brian Lynch, Britt Allcroft, David Mitton and 12 others
Elsewhere: TMDB