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Thomas and Friends-an 80’s cartoon series: still loved by Kids


"Thomas is a tank engine who lives at a big station on the Island of Sodor. He's a cheeky little engine with six small wheels, a short stumpy funnel, a short stumpy boiler and a short, stumpy dome."


— The narrator, Thomas and Gordon, first season

Thomas and Friends has been a popular cartoon series, loved by toddlers’. It was first broadcast on the itv in September 1984 in Britain. Thomas and Friends series is based on The Railway Series of books, whose writers are W. V. Awdry and Christopher Awdry. Between 1984 and 2008, its first twelve series were shot in Shepperton Studios, England, and after 2009, it is in production with Nitrogen Studios in Canada.

It is based on The Railway Series of books by the Reverend and his son. The books of this series are about the adventures of a group of anthropomorphic trains and road vehicles living in a fictional Island of Sodor. This series was directed first by Britt Allcroft, and presently by Greg Tiernan. The present producer of this series is Nicole Stinn. Thomas and friends theme song was composed by Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell.

Little history of Thomas and Friends-

The first series of 1984, Thomas's Christmas Party was taken from the first eight books, written by the Rev. W. Awdry with Ringo Starr as a narrator, while the stories in the second set (1986) were taken from used from Edward the Blue Engine (Book 9) to More About Thomas the Tank Engine (Book 30). In 2000, Thomas and the Magic Railroad, a new version was released, in which some new characters were featured along the characters of Shining Time Station, an American children's television series.

Due to excessive popularity and hit shows the movies are also released on this series. These are as following, Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000), Calling All Engines (2005), On Site with Thomas, which is a series of 13 episodes (2006), Engines and Escapades (2007) with 6 episodes, The Great Discovery (2000), Hero of the Rails (2009) Misty Island Rescue (2010) and Day of the Diesels (2011).

Characters of Thomas and Friends-

This series revolves around a fictional island of with eight cute characters, loved by kids.

Thomas, the Tank Engine: a cheeky little engine, blue in color with red lining.
Edward, the Blue Engine: He is always ready to help others.
Henry, the Green Engine: He is a hard worker but highly susceptible to infection, that’s why often called lazy by friends.
Gordon, the Big Engine: he is hard working, strong, arrogant and fastest
James, the Red Engine: a playful character and believes in pulling coaches only.
Percy, the Small Engine: he is the smallest, youngest and cheekiest with a number 6 on his bunker.
Toby, the Tram Engine: a tram engine with cowcatchers and side plates, he serves for line work and dock shunting.
Emily: She is a kind-hearted engine with a bossy attitude.
Above, are the main characters of this series, there are many more as supporting characters. Now it airs in many countries, in India it is aired on POGO.

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