# Thomas & Friends series 16

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 sixteenth series of the show, which was first broadcast in 2012. This series was narrated by Michael Angelis for the United Kingdom audiences, while Michael Brandon narrated the episodes for the United States audiences. This was their last series; starting from series 17, Mark Moraghan took over as narrator.
Additionally, this was Sharon Miller's last series as head writer, and it was also the last series to feature episodes written by Miller (although she continued to work as voice director).
This was also the last series to be produced by Nitrogen Studios.

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in series | UK title (top)Main title (middle)US title (bottom) | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | TV Order |
| 369 | 1 | "Race to the Rescue" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 20 February 2012 (2012-02-20) | 901a |
| Flynn proves to the others that he can run on the road, even though he has never done it before. |||||||
| 370 | 2 | "Ol' Wheezy Wobbles" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 21 February 2012 (2012-02-21) | 901b |
| Thomas asks for Den and Dart's help when Ol' Wheezy stops working, but doesn't understand that they prefer to work together. |||||||
| 371 | 3 | "Express Coming Through" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 22 February 2012 (2012-02-22) | 902b |
| Dowager Hatt is having a party for some important visitors, and Thomas is chosen to pull the express that Gordon pulls, which is harder than he expected. |||||||
| 372 | 4 | "Percy and the Monster of Brendam" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 23 February 2012 (2012-02-23) | 902b |
| Percy believes one of Salty's tales and looks for "the Monster of Brendam." |||||||
| 373 | 5 | "Ho Ho Snowman" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 24 February 2012 (2012-02-24) | 903a |
| After shunting the Troublesome Trucks with Thomas, Charlie tries to show Henry how much fun snow is and hides behind a snowman as Henry passes and pretends to be the former snowman to help him appreciate snow. |||||||
| 374 | 6 | "Flash Bang Wallop!" | Greg Tiernan | Jessica Sandys Clarke | 27 February 2012 (2012-02-27) | 903a |
| A photographer wants to take some pictures of the engines for a book, but Thomas ends up crashing all the photos. |||||||
| 375 | 7 | "Thomas and the Rubbish Train""Thomas and the Garbage Train" | Greg Tiernan | Andrew Viner | 28 February 2012 (2012-02-28) | 904b |
| Thomas helps Whiff pull a train to the waste dump but attempts to rush it all to do a more important job. |||||||
| 376 | 8 | "Thomas Toots the Crows" | Greg Tiernan | Dan and Nuria Wicksman | 29 February 2012 (2012-02-29) | 904a |
| Thomas' attempts to scare away the crows at Farmer McColl's farm end in one problem after another. |||||||
| 377 | 9 | "Bust My Buffers!" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 1 March 2012 (2012-03-01) | 905a |
| Gordon's bufferbeam is broken when bashing into flatbeds and he is given a diesel locomotive bufferbeam from Den and Dart, much to his dismay. |||||||
| 378 | 10 | "Percy and the Calliope" | Greg Tiernan | Max Allen | 2 March 2012 (2012-03-02) | 905b |
| While taking trucks of scrap with Diesel to the Smelters Yard, Percy tries to save an old calliope that came from the Duke and Duchess of Boxford. |||||||
| 379 | 11 | "Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor" | Greg Tiernan | Gerard Foster | 5 March 2012 (2012-03-05) | 906a |
| Thomas helps a famous composer look for inspiration for his new music. |||||||
| 380 | 12 | "Salty's Surprise" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 6 March 2012 (2012-03-06) | 906b |
| Edward tries to find Salty a Christmas present after Salty says he has no time for the holidays. |||||||
| 381 | 13 | "Sodor Surprise Day" | Greg Tiernan | Kirsty Peart & Jess Kedward | 7 March 2012 (2012-03-07) | 907a |
| Thomas tries to get Gordon to have fun on Sodor Surprise Day, but his attempts almost ruin the fun for everyone. |||||||
| 382 | 14 | "Emily's Winter Party Special" | Greg Tiernan | Max Allen | 8 March 2012 (2012-03-08) | 907b |
| Sir Topham Hatt tells Emily that she can pull the Winter Special if she finds his top hat. |||||||
| 383 | 15 | "Muddy Matters" | Greg Tiernan | Max Allen | 9 March 2012 (2012-03-09) | 908a |
| James doesn't want to get muddy while delivering Farmer McCall's sheep to a festival. |||||||
| 384 | 16 | "Whiff's Wish" | Greg Tiernan | Andy Bernhardt | 12 March 2012 (2012-03-12) | 908b |
| Whiff wishes that he was as grand as Spencer, and tries to implement the advice that Spencer gave him by taking important jobs instead of collecting garbage trucks. |||||||
| 385 | 17 | "Welcome Stafford" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 13 March 2012 (2012-03-13) | 909a |
| Spencer shows Stafford, the new electric shunting engine, around Sodor, but ignores a warning that Stafford's batteries could run out. |||||||
| 386 | 18 | "Don't Bother Victor!" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 14 March 2012 (2012-03-14) | 909b |
| Mr. Percival leaves Peter Sam in charge of the Narrow Gauge Railway, telling him not to bother Victor during his visit. |||||||
| 387 | 19 | "Happy Birthday Sir!" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 15 March 2012 (2012-03-15) | 910a |
| Thomas and Winston attempt to find and restore an open-top carriage for Sir Topham Hatt's birthday. |||||||
| 388 | 20 | "The Christmas Tree Express" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 25 December 2012 (2012-12-25) | 910b |
| Toby takes Rheneas to Misty Island, where Bash, Dash, and Ferdinand live, to find the perfect Christmas tree. |||||||

## Voice cast

Steven Kynman (Peter Sam) joined the voice cast.
Togo Igawa did not feature (due to working on other television work), resulting in Hiro having a non-speaking role of appearance throughout this series of episodes. Michael Angelis and Michael Brandon left the voice cast after this series. (This is also Michael Angelis' final narration before his death in May 2020.)
William Hope takes over the voice of Bert from Kerry Shale, Ben Small takes over the role of Charlie in the US and Matt Wilkinson takes over the role of Butch the UK from Rupert Degas.
| Actor | Region | Role(s) |
| Michael Angelis | UK | Narrator |
| Michael Brandon | US | The Narrator and Diesel |
| Ben Small | UK | Thomas, Toby and Ferdinand |
| Ben Small | US | Charlie |
| Ben Small | UK/US | Rheneas and the Troublesome Trucks |
| Keith Wickham | UK | Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Whiff, Dash, the Fat Controller, the Thin Controller, the Mayor of Sodor and the Man at the Fire |
| Keith Wickham | UK/US | Salty, Den, Stafford, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Dowager Hatt and the Great Composer |
| Kerry Shale | UK | Diesel |
| Kerry Shale | UK/US | 'Arry |
| Kerry Shale | UK | Bert |
| Teresa Gallagher | UK | Emily, Rosie, Mavis, The Duchess of Boxford, the Schoolboy, Little Girl in the Red Dress, and the Ginger Hair Boy |
| Matt Wilkinson | UK | Spencer, Charlie, Bash, Victor, Rocky, Cranky, Butch, Kevin, Farmer McColl, the Duke of Boxford, the Photographer and the Dock Manager |
| Matt Wilkinson | UK/US | Winston and Rusty |
| David Bedella | US | Victor and the Mayor of Sodor |
| Rupert Degas | UK/US | Dart, Flynn and Bertie |
| Steven Kynman | UK/US | Peter Sam |
| Pierce Brosnan | The Narrator | UK/US Originally |