Question: who replaced ringo starr on thomas the tank engine
Answer: ( 2002 -- present ) Sharon Miller ( 2008 -- 12 ; head writer ) Andrew Brenner ( 1991 -- 92 , 1998 , 2013 -- present ; head writer ) Directed by 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 ) Voices of See List of Thomas & Friends voice actors Narrated by 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 ) Composer ( s ) 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 ) Country of origin United Kingdom Original language ( s ) English N