Thomas the Tank Engine Series 2

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The **second season** of the television series aired in 1986 in the UK, and in 1987 in the US. Ringo Starr narrated all 26 episodes in the UK, and re-narrated 17 episodes in the US, and George Carlin narrated all 26 episodes in the US.

## Production

Many of the stories were originally written by the Rev. W. Awdry. However, Christopher Awdry was commissioned to write a new Railway Series book as source material for the second series. Three stories from More About Thomas the Tank Engine provided additional roles for Bertie the Bus, Terence the Tractor, and Harold the Helicopter. The episodes "Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree" and "Thomas and Trevor" were both one-off stories written by Christopher Awdry.

Early in production, a third episode based on The Twin Engines was due to be filmed, based largely on the story The Missing Coach. The model crew had gone as far as filming scenes on the Tidmouth Station set with Thomas arriving at the station, before Britt Allcroft decided the episode had too little action and its storyline would be too difficult to understand by younger viewers.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Edward
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Toby
* Annie and Clarabel
* Henrietta
* Troublesome Trucks
* Terence
* Bertie
* Sir Topham Hatt
* Jeremiah Jobling (*not named; in Japanese dub*)
* Mrs. Kyndley (*not named*)
* Stephen Hatt (*cameo*)
* Bridget Hatt (*cameo*)
* Farmer Finney (*cameo*)
* The Ffarquhar Policeman (*cameo*)
* The Butler (*cameo*)
* Earnest (*portrait cameo*)

### Characters Introduced

* Duck
* Donald and Douglas
* Bill and Ben
* Diesel
* Daisy
* BoCo
* The Spiteful Brakevan
* Trevor
* Harold
* Jem Cole
* The Vicar of Wellsworth
* Percy's Ghost Engine (*does not speak*)
* Father Christmas (*does not speak*)
* The Lady with the Floppy Green Hat (*does not speak*)
* British Railways Diesels (*mentioned*)
* The Mainland Diesels (*mentioned*)
* Sam the Farmer (*deleted scene; mentioned*)
* Big City Engine (*dropped)*

## Notes

* This is the final season of several things:
	+ Robert D. Cardona's second season as producer.
	+ Britt Allcroft's last season as executive producer until the sixth season.
	+ The second season made by Clearwater Features.
	+ The second season in which music was composed using the Roland Jupiter 6 synthesizer.
	+ Ringo Starr's Final Season As The Narrator in the UK and in the US.
* The Missing Coach was going to be an episode in this season, but it was cancelled and replaced by Thomas, Percy and the Coal and the Double Trouble.
* From this season onwards, the trucks have moulded faces. However in some episodes trucks can be seen with first season style faces.
* Henry regains his wheel arches, which were removed when he received his new shape after the accident with The Flying Kipper.
* The biggest space of time between 2 seasons airing is between Season 2 which aired in 1986 and Season 3 which didn't air until 1991/1992.
* When first broadcasted in 1986 on ITV, two episodes were compiled into one ten minute block with the nameboard sequence featured in between. From 1987 onwards, the stories were then shown individually. On Cartoon Network, ABC and several compilation VHS releases. Some episodes that usually came before a nameboard sequence would often show the end credits from Duck Takes Charge.