Thomas & Friends (series 15)

Thomas & Friends (series 15)
Official cover art for the series 15 DVD
Country of origin	United Kingdom, Canada
No. of episodes	20
Release
Original network	Channel 5
Original release	1 March – 28 March 2011

Thomas & Friends (previously known as 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 Rev. W. Awdry.

This was Christopher Skala's last series as executive producer.

This article lists and details episodes from the fifteenth series of the show, which was first broadcast in 2011. This series was narrated by Michael Angelis for the U.K. audiences, while Michael Brandon narrates the episodes for the U.S. audiences.

Episodes

#	Total	UK/US title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date (in the U.K.)	TV order
1	362	"Gordon and Ferdinand"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	1 March 2011	801a
The Fat Controller gives Ferdinand the honour of helping Gordon take the Lion of Sodor to the summerhouse. Gordon, however, gets very jealous, which causes a nasty accident on the track.
2	363	"Toby and Bash"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	2 March 2011	801b
Bash is rewarded by the Fat Controller for being a Really Useful Engine. His prize is to spend the day with Toby. Bash enjoys himself so much that Toby thinks his friend would like to live on Sodor. Together, the pair set out to find Bash the perfect new home.
3	364	"Emily and Dash"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	3 March 2011	802b
Emily is given the job of looking after Dash on a trip to the steam fair. Dash shows Emily how to make special tweeting noises with his whistle, but he does it so often, he runs out of fuel and gets stuck. Emily thoughtlessly goes on to the fair without him. Will she remember her job and come back?
4	365	"Percy's New Friends"	Greg Tiernan	Gerard Foster	4 March 2011	802a
Percy wants to make friends with the wild animals on Sodor, but they are frightened of him and run away. Percy realises that if he is gentle and quiet rather than fast and loud, he will stop scaring them - and he is soon covered in friendly animals.
5	366	"Edward the Hero"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	7 March 2011	804b
Edward is given a special job to do, so he decides that he needs to become a hero like Harold. He soon discovers that heroes come in all shapes and sizes.
6	367	"James to the Rescue"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	8 March 2011	803a
James rejects Toby's help and refuses to work as part of a team when Gordon needs rescuing. However, James soon has to swallow his pride and ask Toby to assist him.
7	368	"Happy Hiro"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	9 March 2011	803b
Thomas tries to cheer Hiro up when he sees that he does not look very happy. Hiro tells Thomas he is sad because he misses his home, so Thomas takes him on a trip to forget his woes.
8	369	"Up, Up and Away!"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	10 March 2011	808b
Thomas and Percy are chosen to deliver a giant balloon. The wind on the coast track whips the balloon into the sky. Thomas and Percy wait for the balloon, but Gordon tells them it will not fly back, so the engines have to find another way of replacing it.
9	370	"Henry's Happy Coal"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	11 March 2011	804a
Henry is given the special task of taking a very important visitor around on a tour, but finds himself teased about the special coal he has to use.
10	371	"Let It Snow"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	14 March 2011	805a
Gordon and Thomas collect logs for an animal shelter and sing a song about snow in the hope that they can make snow clouds appear.
11	372	"Surprise, Surprise"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	15 March 2011	809a
Thomas must help his friends be repaired in time for the Christmas party.
12	373	"Spencer the Grand"	Greg Tiernan	Jessica Sandys Clarke	16 March 2011	806b
It is a very foggy day and the engines are asked to stay put until the weather clears. However, Spencer and Percy do not heed the warning.
13	374	"Stop That Bus!"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	17 March 2011	806a
Thomas feels sorry for Bertie, so he takes him on a tour. Bertie then realises that he needs to go and collect a group of people and cannot be late.
14	375	"Stuck on You"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	18 March 2011	807b
Thomas meets Butch, who has a magnet attached to his crane arm. However, he and Butch do not listen to Victor about how to use the magnet.
15	376	"Big Belle"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	21 March 2011	807a
A new engine called Belle attempts to befriend Toby when she discovers that they have something in common. However, her bolshy behaviour overwhelms Toby.
16	377	"Kevin the Steamie"	Greg Tiernan	Laurie Israel and Rachel Ruderman	22 March 2011	109b
When Kevin is left in charge of the Steamworks, he decides to use the space to practise his shunting skills with disastrous results!
17	378	"Wonky Whistle"	Greg Tiernan	Neil Ben	23 March 2011	808a
Thomas' whistle is broken, so he goes to the Steamworks to have it repaired. However, he rushes off on a delivery before it is properly fixed.
18	379	"Percy the Snowman"	Greg Tiernan	Lizzie Ennever	24 March 2011	805b
Thomas is charged with the important task of transporting the Fat Controller to the town square to switch on the Christmas lights.
19	380	"Tree Trouble"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	25 March 2011	809b
The steam engines compete against the diesels to find the best Christmas tree in Sodor. Can the trains transport the trees back to town in one piece?
20	381	"Fiery Flynn"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	28 March 2011	805b
A new enthusiastic fire truck called Flynn tries to impress the Diesels with his bravado, but his actions have potentially disastrous consequences.

Cast

• Michael Angelis as The Narrator
• Ben Small as Thomas, Toby, and Ferdinand
• Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Whiff, Dash, Harold, Mr. Bubbles, the Fat Controller, the Railway Coal Inspector, Salty, Den, Captain, and Dowager Hatt
• Kerry Shale as Diesel, 'Arry and Bert
• Teresa Gallagher as Emily, Rosie, Mavis, Lady Hatt, the Duchess of Boxford, the Small Boy and Belle
• Matt Wilkinson as Spencer, Stanley, Charlie, Victor, Bash, Cranky, Kevin, Farmer McColl, the Duke of Boxford, the Maithwaite Stationmaster, and The Sodor Search & Rescue Centre Manager
• Togo Igawa as Hiro
• Rupert Degas as Butch, Dart, Bertie, and Flynn

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