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Line 7: ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'' (series 22–24)<ref name="independent">{{cite news \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/thomas-tank-engine-gender-balanced-female-trains-characters-steam-team-revamp-multicultural-a8517981.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/thomas-tank-engine-gender-balanced-female-trains-characters-steam-team-revamp-multicultural-a8517981.html \|archive-date=7 May 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live\|title=Thomas the Tank Engine launches gender-balanced, multi-cultural Steam Team\|publisher=The Independent. 1 September 2018 \| access-date=2 September 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> }} \| genre = ~~Animated~~Children's ~~Series~~television series \| creator = [[Wilbert Awdry\|Rev. W. Awdry]] \| based_on = {{based on\|''[[The Railway Series]]''\|{{Plainlist\|Rev. W. Awdry Line 32: }} \| opentheme = * Thomas' Theme (1984–2003) * Engine Roll Call (~~2004–2021~~2004–2017)▼ * Thomas' Anthem (secondary) (1991–2003) ▲* Engine Roll Call (2004–2021) * Big World! Big Adventures! (2018–2021) \| endtheme = * Thomas' Theme (reprise) (1984–2003) Line 85 ⟶ 84: * Micaela Winter (2016–2018) }} \| location = {{Plainlist\|* [[~~Clapham~~Shepperton ~~Junction~~Studios]] (~~1984~~1984–2008) * Clearwater Studios Battersea (1984) * [[Shepperton Studios]] (1986–2008) }} \| runtime = {{Plainlist\|* 4 minutes, 30 seconds (Series 1–7) * 10 minutes{{efn\|These series also aired in a half-hour format.}} (Series 8–12) * 11 minutes{{efn\|Until Series 20, these series also aired in a half-hour format. As of series 22, the episodes themselves only run for 7 minutes, with the remainder of the episodes being used for educational segments.}} (Series 13–24) * 30 minutes (Series 8) }} \| company = {{Plainlist\|* [[Clearwater Features]] (1984–1986) * [[The Britt Allcroft Company~~\|Britt Allcroft Ltd./Britt Allcroft (Thomas) Ltd.~~]] (~~1984–1986~~1991–1998) * [[~~Gullane Entertainment\|The Britt Allcroft Company/~~Gullane Entertainment]] (~~1991–2003~~2002) * [[HIT Entertainment]] (2003–2017) * [[Mattel Creations\|Mattel Television]] (2017–2021) Line 117 ⟶ 113: \| num_series = 24 }} '''''Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends''''' (otherwise referred to as '''''Thomas and Friends''''', '''''Thomas the Tank Engine''''' or '''''Thomas''''' for short) is a [[British people\|British]] [[children's television series]]. It was first [[broadcast]] on [[CITV]] in ~~September~~October 1984. It is based on ''[[The Railway Series]]'' books by the [[Wilbert Awdry\|Rev. W. Awdry]] and his son, [[Christopher Awdry\|Christopher]]. The main character is [[Thomas the Tank Engine]], a tank engine that is painted blue. The show takes place on the made-up [[island of Sodor]]. There are some route systems there. One of them is a [[standard gauge\|standard-gauge]] [[heritage railway]] run by Sir Topham Hatt known as the North Western Railway. Thomas runs on that route system. == Characters == The show is mainly about the [[locomotive]]s, other [[machine]]s, humans and other animals who populate the fictional Island of Sodor in the [[United Kingdom]]. Since ~~2004~~1992, the show has had ~~ten~~nine main characters: * [[Thomas the Tank Engine]] * [[Edward the Blue Engine]] Line 128 ⟶ 124: * [[Percy the Small Engine]] * [[Toby the Tram Engine]] * [[Duck the Great Western Engine]] * [[~~Donald and Douglas~~Oliver the ~~Scottish~~Great ~~Twin~~Western ~~Engines~~Engine]] ==History== Line 508 ⟶ 504: ===Narrators=== ====United Kingdom==== * '''[[Ringo Starr]]''' (Series 1-2) (1984-1986) * '''[[Michael Angelis]]''' (Series 3-16) (1991-2012) * '''[[John Hasler]]''' (Series 2122-24, in-character as Thomas) (2018-2021) ====United States==== * '''[[George Carlin]]''' (Series 1–4) (~~1984–1994~~1984–1995) * '''[[Alec Baldwin]]''' (Series 5–6) (1998–2002) * '''[[Michael Brandon]]''' (Series 7-16) (2003-2012) * '''Joseph May''' (Series 2122-24, in-character as Thomas) (2018-2021) ====Both==== * '''[[Pierce Brosnan]]''' (''The Great Discovery'') (2008) * '''Mark Moraghan''' (Series 17-21) (2013-2017) ==References==