# Thomas & Friends series 11

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.
This article lists and details episodes from the eleventh series of this show, which was first broadcast in September 2007 and ended in January 2008. This series was narrated by Michael Angelis for the UK audiences, while Michael Brandon narrates the episodes for the US audiences.
Starting in this series, the theme song was sung by the children from the Thomas & Friends suite.
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.
For the US broadcasts, this was the last series to be distributed by Connecticut Public Television, which distributed the first few episodes. The rest of the episodes from this Series, and from future series, are distributed by WNET in New York City.
The original broadcast version only included 20 episodes; the rest were released on DVD (Engines and Escapades) and then were broadcast on TV months later.

## Production

Series 11 was the first in the Series to be filmed in high-definition television format. It was also the last series to be filmed entirely with models and to utilize the resin faces in the closeup shots, as well as human figurines; Series 12 utilized a mix of CGI and models prior to the switch to full CGI animation in series 13.

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | TV Order |
| 263 | 1 | "Thomas and the Storyteller" | Steve Asquith | Abi Grant | 3 September 2007 (2007-9-3) | 401a |
| To prepare for the opening of a new library, Thomas takes a famous storyteller around Sodor so she can think up ideas for a story. However, Thomas is caught up in helping his friends and puts them first. |||||||
| 264 | 2 | "Emily's Rubbish""Emily and the Garbage" | Steve Asquith | Wayne Jackman | 3 September 2007 (2007-9-3) | 401b |
| Emily is teased after she works with Whiff, a new tank engine who lives up to his name. |||||||
| 265 | 3 | "Dream On" | Steve Asquith | Neil Richards | 4 September 2007 (2007-9-4) | 402a |
| After being bragged at by Spencer, Thomas tries to prove to him that he can be better, but things don't work out for the little blue tank engine. |||||||
| 266 | 4 | "Dirty Work" | Steve Asquith | Wayne Jackman | 4 September 2007 (2007-9-4) | 402b |
| James has the job of picking up the Mayor for a festival and is washed for the occasion, but he gets more concerned about staying clean than helping his friends with the dirty jobs. |||||||
| 267 | 5 | "Hector the Horrid!" | Steve Asquith | Simon Spencer | 5 September 2007 (2007-9-5) | 403a |
| A new coal hopper truck named Hector has arrived but is rather aggressive to the engines. |||||||
| 268 | 6 | "Gordon and the Engineer""Gordon and the Mechanic" | Steve Asquith | Paul Larson | 5 September 2007 (2007-9-5) | 403b |
| Gordon is made to pick up an important engineer to fix some broken points but gets too impatient and picks up someone completely different. |||||||
| 269 | 7 | "Thomas and the Spaceship" | Steve Asquith | Sharon Miller | 6 September 2007 (2007-9-6) | 404a |
| After Percy sees strange lights in the sky and believes it to be a spaceship. Thomas decides to follow the lights; but at the cost of neglecting the mail run. |||||||
| 270 | 8 | "Henry's Lucky Day" | Steve Asquith | Paul Larson | 6 September 2007 (2007-9-6) | 404b |
| Henry believes he has 'lucky trucks' after being able to make all his deliveries on time in the snow. However, they are soon taken by Edward; making Henry lose his confidence. |||||||
| 271 | 9 | "Thomas and the Lighthouse" | Steve Asquith | Abi Grant | 7 September 2007 (2007-9-7) | 405a |
| Thomas wants to see the harvest festival fireworks show, but he must deliver a new light bulb first. |||||||
| 272 | 10 | "Thomas and the Big Bang" | Steve Asquith | Abi Grant | 7 September 2007 (2007-9-7) | 405b |
| Thomas plays surprise jokes with his new whistle on the narrow gauge engines. Once they start playing jokes with him it leads to nobody doing any of the work. |||||||
| 273 | 11 | "Smoke and Mirrors" | Steve Asquith | Neil Richards | 8 September 2007 (2007-9-8) | 406a |
| A famous magician is coming to perform on Sodor and Thomas is so excited about his grand finale that he rushes his work and does things wrong. |||||||
| 274 | 12 | "Thomas Sets Sail" | Steve Asquith | Sharon Miller | 8 September 2007 (2007-9-8) | 406b |
| Thomas is excited to deliver a new sailboat to the mayor, but he soon gets blown away when he doesn't wait for the engineer to lower the mast. |||||||
| 275 | 13 | "Don't Be Silly, Billy" | Steve Asquith | Sharon Miller | 9 September 2007 (2007-9-9) | 407a |
| Thomas tries to help a new tank engine named Billy deliver chickens, diesel fuel and coal, but Billy does not want to listen and calls Thomas bossy. |||||||
| 276 | 14 | "Edward and the Mail" | Steve Asquith | Paul Larson | 9 September 2007 (2007-9-9) | 407b |
| Edward is asked to take the mail train while Percy is being mended, but he does not want any help to not make himself look silly; as he has never delivered the mail before. |||||||
| 277 | 15 | "Hide and Peep" | Steve Asquith | Simon Spencer | 10 September 2007 (2007-9-10) | 408a |
| While waiting for a cargo ship, Thomas and Percy play a game of Hide and Peep; of which Thomas cheats in the game. |||||||
| 278 | 16 | "Toby's Triumph" | Steve Asquith | Abi Grant | 10 September 2007 (2007-9-10) | 408b |
| Toby doesn't want to make any mistakes while taking Allicia Botti to a concert, but his worrying ends up with him making mistakes for real. |||||||
| 279 | 17 | "Thomas and the Runaway Car" | Steve Asquith | Sharon Miller | 11 September 2007 (2007-9-11) | 409a |
| Thomas is sent on a wild "Hatt Blue" car chase after racing Gordon and not having the flatbed truck with the car attached properly. |||||||
| 280 | 18 | "Thomas in Trouble" | Steve Asquith | Wayne Jackman | 11 September 2007 (2007-9-11) | 409b |
| Thomas is impatient about being repaired and puts his job on delivering a choir of children to a concert first; leading to him breaking down. |||||||
| 281 | 19 | "Thomas and the Stinky Cheese" | Steve Asquith | Paul Larson | 12 September 2007 (2007-9-12) | 410a |
| Thomas is indignant when Diesel, 'Arry and Bert call him a "stinky steamie.” But his determination to prove them wrong gets him into trouble when he is asked to make a delivery of cheese to the docks. |||||||
| 282 | 20 | "Percy and the Left Luggage""Percy and the Baggage" | Steve Asquith | Abi Grant | 12 September 2007 (2007-9-12) | 410b |
| Percy has a busy day ahead – but does forget a very important job till it is almost too late. Percy must work hard to prevent certain disaster. |||||||
| 283 | 21 | "Skarloey Storms Through" | Steve Asquith | Neil Richards | 9 January 2008 (2008-1-9) | 411a |
| Skarloey is scared of thunder and lightning. However, when Peter Sam and Rheneas break down with Farmer McCall's sheep in toe, Skarloey must conquer his fears to help his friends and the sheep. |||||||
| 284 | 22 | "Cool Truckings" | Steve Asquith | Paul Larson | 10 January 2008 (2008-1-10) | 411b |
| Duncan teases Madge for being slow, but her boasting leads to her hanging dangerously over a cliff with Duncan on toe. |||||||
| 285 | 23 | "Wash Behind Your Buffers" | Steve Asquith | Paul Larson | 11 January 2008 (2008-1-11) | 412a |
| Madge is put in charge of making sure the engines are spic and span for a road show. She puts the engines first to the point she eventually gets dirty herself. |||||||
| 286 | 24 | "Duncan Does it All" | Steve Asquith | Wayne Jackman | 13 January 2008 (2008-1-13) | 412b |
| Duncan wants to do exciting jobs, but every time he helps with one of his friend's jobs; he starts another. |||||||
| 287 | 25 | "Sir Handel in Charge" | Steve Asquith | Simon Spencer | 14 January 2008 (2008-1-14) | 413a |
| Mr. Percival is running late and places Sir Handel in charge of a special. However, his self-importance leads to him picking the best engines instead of the first ones he sees. |||||||
| 288 | 26 | "Ding-a-Ling" | Steve Asquith | Sharon Miller | 15 January 2008 (2008-1-15) | 413b |
| Mr. Percival has ordered a new bike, but it has no bell. Freddie goes off to find a bell for it; but isn't smart enough to know what kind of bell it is. |||||||

## Characters
### Introduced

* Whiff
* Billy
* Hector
* Madge

### Recurring cast

* Thomas
* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Toby
* Donald and Douglas
* Emily
* Bill and Ben
* Arthur
* Spencer
* Molly
* Rosie
* Diesel
* Mavis
* 'Arry and Bert
* Salty
* Skarloey
* Rheneas
* Sir Handel
* Peter Sam
* Duncan
* Mighty Mac
* Freddie
* Rusty
* Troublesome Trucks
* Annie and Clarabel
* The Chinese Dragon
* Rocky
* Bertie
* Elizabeth
* Cranky
* The Fat Controller
* Farmer McColl
* Allicia Botti
* The Duke of Boxford
* Mr. Percival
* Murdoch (not named)
* Neville (not named)
* Dowager Hatt (not named in US narration)
* Cyril the Fogman (not named)
* Harvey (does not speak)
* Henrietta (does not speak)
* Jeremy (does not speak)
* Lady Hatt (does not speak)
* The Refreshment Lady (does not speak)
* Sodor Brass Band (do not speak)
* The Duchess of Boxford (does not speak)
* Jem Cole (not named; does not speak)
* Butch (cameo)
* Stephen Hatt (cameo)
* Bridget Hatt (cameo)
* Farmer Trotter (cameo)
* Lord Callan (cameo)
* Big Mickey (faceless cameo)