Thomas &amp; Friends (series 6)Thomas &amp; Friends (series 6) Thomas & Friends (series 6) "Thomas (the Tank Engine) & 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 6th series of the show, which was first broadcast in 2002. This series was narrated by Michael Angelis for the UK audiences, who also re-dubbed only two episodes for the US audiences, while Alec Baldwin narrated the episodes for the US audiences, which was also his last  series. Six were re-dubbed by Michael Brandon for the US audiences. Most episodes in this series have 1 title: the American titles are shown underneath. Production. Phil Fehrle had taken over as producer from David Mitton and Britt Allcroft, while Angus Wright had been replaced by Allcroft and Peter Urie as executive producers. This was the first series to oversee an introduction of a writing staff, since the stories from "The Railway Series" had already been adapted. Staff-written stories had been introduced in Series 5, and this practice remains unchanged since then. Abi Grant served as script editor  for the series. Stock Footage: This season had the same theme music as Seasons 3, 4, & 5 Before Steve Asquith was the all-out director of Thomas and Friends, he directed two season 6 episodes in place of David Mitton. However, David still directed the other 24 episodes and went on until season 7. After that, Steve Asquith took over for good. Episodes. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Thomas & Friends (series 6) "Thomas (the Tank Engine) & 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