Thomas & Friends

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Also known as
Genre
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Narrated by
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Country of origin
Original language(s)
No. of series
No. of episodes
Executive producer(s)
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Editor(s)
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Picture format
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Original release
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cells: Thomas & Friends
Thomas the Tank Engine
''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (original title)
Television series
Britt Allcroft
The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry Christopher Awdry
Rev. W. Awdry (1984–95) Christopher Awdry (1986–95) Britt Allcroft (1984–98) David Mitton (1984–2002) Various (2002–present) Sharon Miller (2008–12; head writer) Andrew Brenner (1991–92, 1998, 2013–present; head writer)
David Mitton (1984–2003) Steve Asquith (2002, 2004–08) Greg Tiernan (2009–12) David Baas (2013–14) David Stoten (2014–present) Rob Silvestri (feature length specials 2013–14) Don Spencer (2014–15) Dianna Basso (2015–present)
See List of Thomas & Friends voice actors
Ringo Starr UK/US: (1984–90) Michael Angelis UK: (1991–2012) George Carlin US: (1991–96) Alec Baldwin US: (1998–2003) Michael Brandon US: (2003–12) Pierce Brosnan UK/US: (2008; The Great Discovery) Mark Moraghan UK/US: (2013–present)
Mike O'Donnell Junior Campbell (1984–2003) Robert Hartshorne (2004–16) Ed Welch (2004–08) Peter Hartshorne (2011–16) Chris Renshaw (2016–present) Oliver Davis (2016–present)
United Kingdom
English
21
512 (list of episodes)
Production
Britt Allcroft (1984–86, 2002) Angus Wright (1991–98) Peter Urie (2002–03) Jocelyn Stevenson (2003–06) Christopher Skala (2007–11) Marion Edwards (2009–15) Lenora Hume (2009–10) Karen Barnes (2011–13) Kallan Kagan (2013–17) Jeff Young (2013–15) Steven Hecht (2013–15) Michael Carrington (2013–14) Christopher Keenan (2014–present) Edward Catchpole (2015) Marianne Culbert (2016) Kyle MacDougall (2016–present) Jamie LeClaire (2016–present) Phil LaFrance (2016–present)
David Mitton (1984–98) Robert D. Cardona (1984–86) Britt Allcroft (1991–98) Phil Fehrle (2002–03) Simon Spencer (2004–08) Nicole Stinn (2008–12) Ian McCue (2011–17) Halim Jabbour (2013) Robert Anderson (2013; 2015–present) Brian Lynch (2013–15) Jennifer Hill (2014–15) Lynda Craigmyle (2016) Jane Sobol (2016) Tracy Blagdon (2016–present) Micaela Winter (2016–present)
Clapham Junction (1984) Clearwater Studios Battersea (1984) Shepperton Studios (1986–2008) Nitrogen Studios (2008–12) Arc Productions (2013–16) Jam Filled Toronto (2016–present)
Michael Dixon (1984) Rebecca de Burgh Mound (1986) John Wright (1991–2002) Kate Buckland (2004–08) Kevin Pavlovic (2009–12) Adam Garner (2013–present) Gavin Ebedes (2014–present)
4-5 minutes (1984–2003); 7 minutes (2004–08); 9-10 minutes (17 min.; one episode) (2004–present)
Central ITV (1984-86) FilmFair (1984-96) Woodland Animations (1984-96) Clearwater Features (1984–86) The Britt Allcroft Company (1984–present) Thames Television (1991-92) Gullane Entertainment (1999–present) HiT Entertainment (2003–present; Mattel) Hot Animation (2004-2008) Cosgrove Hall Films (2005) Nitrogen Studios (2008–12) Arc Productions (2013–16) Jam Filled Toronto (2016–present)
Various distributors[1]
Release
ITV (UK; 1984–2006, 2013–present) Channel 5 (UK; 2005–present) Cartoon Network (UK; 1994–2001) Nick Jr. (UK; 1999-2016), Nick Jr. Too (UK; 2006–present) FOUR (NZ; 2011–16) TVNZ 2 (NZ; 2016–present) Cartoonito (UK; 2017–present)[2] PTV (US; 1989–98 [only as a segment on Shining Time Station]) PBS KIDS (US; 2004–present) Nick Jr. (UK; 1999-2016) Fox Family (US; 1998–2001) PBS KIDS Sprout/Sprout (US; 2005–15)
4:3 480i (NTSC) 576i (PAL) (SDTV) (filmed) (Series 1-5) 16:9 480i (NTSC) 576i (PAL) (SDTV) (filmed) (Series 6–10) 16:9 1080i (HDTV) (filmed) (Series 11) 16:9 1080p (HDTV) (CGI) (Series 12 – present)
Stereo (1984–95) Dolby Surround (1998–2002) Dolby Digital 5.1 (2003–present)
9 October 1984 – present
External links
www.thomasandfriends.com

Questions about this table:
originalText: who replaced ringo starr on thomas the tank engine
answer: answerTexts: Michael Angelis