| Thomas & Friends |
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| Also known as | Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (original title; series 1–6) Thomas & Friends (series 7–21) Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! (series 22–present) |
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| Genre | Television series
Format:
Scale model (1984-2008)
CGI (2008-2020)
Flash animation (2021-present) |
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| Created by | Britt Allcroft |
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| Written by | - Rev. W. Awdry (original; 1984–1995, 2015, 2017)
- Christopher Awdry (original; 1986, 1995)
- Britt Allcroft (1984–1998, 2000)
- David Mitton (1984–2002)
- Various (2002–present)
- Sharon Miller (2005–2012; script editor/head writer)
- Andrew Brenner (1991–92, 1998, 2013–2019; head writer)
- David Stoten (2020 - present; head writer)
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| Directed by | - David Mitton (1984–2003)
- Steve Asquith (2002, 2004–2008)
- Greg Tiernan (2008–2012)
- David Baas (2013–2014)
- David Stoten (2014–present)
- Rob Silvestri (feature length specials 2013–14)
- Don Spencer (2014–2015)
- Dianna Basso (2015–present)
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| Voices of | See List of Thomas & Friends voice actors |
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| Narrated by | |
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| Composer(s) | - Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell (1984–2003)
- Robert Hartshorne (2004–15)</small
- Ed Welch (2004–08)
- Peter Hartshorne (2011–15)
- Chris Renshaw (2016–present)
- Oliver Davis (2016–2017)
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
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| No. of series | 24 |
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| No. of episodes | 551 (List of episodes) |
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| Production |
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| Executive producer(s) | - Britt Allcroft (1984–1986, 2002)
- Angus Wright (1991–1998)
- Peter Urie (2002–2003)
- Jocelyn Stevenson (2003–2006)
- Christopher Skala (2007–2011)
- Marion Edwards (2009–2015)
- Lenora Hume (2009–2010)
- Karen Barnes (2011–2013)
- Kallan Kagan (2013–2017)
- Jeff Young (2013–2015)
- Steven Hecht (2013–2015)
- Michael Carrington (2013–2014)
- Christopher Keenan (2014–present)
- Edward Catchpole (2015)
- Marianne Culbert (2016)
- Kyle MacDougall (2016–present)
- Jamie LeClaire (2016–present)
- Phil LaFrance (2016–present)
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| Producer(s) | - David Mitton (1984–1998)
- Robert D. Cardona (1984–1986)
- Britt Allcroft (1991–1998)
- Phil Fehrle (2002–2003)
- Simon Spencer (2004–2008)
- Nicole Stinn (2008–2012)
- Ian McCue (2011–2017)
- Halim Jabbour (2013)
- Robert Anderson (2013; 2015–2017)
- Brian Lynch (2013–2015)
- Jennifer Hill (2014–2015)
- Lynda Craigmyle (2016)
- Jane Sobol (2016)
- Tracy Blagdon (2016–present)
- Micaela Winter (2016–2018)
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| Editor(s) | - Michael Dixon (1984)
- Rebecca de Burgh Mound (1986)
- John Wright (1991–2002)
- Kate Buckland (2003–2008)
- Kevin Pavlovic (2009–2012)
- Adam Garner (2013–2015)
- Gavin Ebedes (2014–present)
- Craig Barnikis (2015–2018)
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| Location(s) | |
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| Running time | - 5 minutes, 30 seconds (Series 1-7)
- 10 minutes(Series 8-12)
- 11 minutes(Series 13-present)
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| Production company(s) | |
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| Distributor | Various distributors |
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| Broadcast |
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| Original channel | - ITV/ITV1 (UK, 1984–2006)
- Direct-to-video (Series 4-5)
- Nick Jr. (UK, 1999-2016)
- Nick Jr. Too (UK, 2006-2017)
- Channel 5 (UK, 2006-present)
- Cartoonito (UK, 2017–present)
- ABC Kids (AUS, 1984–present)
- FOUR (NZ, 2011–16)
- TVNZ 2 (NZ, 2016–present)
- PTV (US, 1989–98 [only as a segment on Shining Time Station])
- PBS Kids (US, 2004–2017)
- Nick Jr. (US, 2017–2019)
- Netflix (US, 2020–present)
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| Original run | 9 October 1984 (1984-10-09) – present |
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| Other websites |
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| Official website |
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