Thomas & Friends (series 19)
| Thomas & Friends (series 19) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | UK, USA |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 5 (UK), PBS (US) |
| Original release | 21 September 2015 – present |
Thomas & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Rev. W. Awdry.
This article lists and details the episodes from series 19 of the show, which began airing on 21 September 2015 in the UK, and on 13 October 2015 in the USA. The series will be narrated by Mark Moraghan, for the UK and US audiences, respectively.
A new DVD "Whale of a Tale and Other Sodor Adventures" (containing five episodes) was released exclusively to Walmart and iTunes in the US on 9 June 2015.[1] A second DVD called "Wild Water Rescue and Other Engine Adventures" (containing one episode from Series 19) was released (a week later) on 16 June 2015, exclusively to Target.[2]
A third DVD called "Thomas' Christmas Carol" (containing four episodes from Series 19) was released on 27 October 2015,[3][4] while a fourth DVD "Tales on the Rails" (containing a further three episodes from Series 19) was released (a month later) on 24 November 2015. A fifth DVD titled, "Start Your Engines!" was released on 1 March 2016 in the USA and 2 March 2016 in the UK.
Episodes
| # | Total | UK title (top) US title (bottom) |
Directed by | Written by | Original air date | TV order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 454 | "Who's Geoffrey?" | Don Spencer | Lee Pressman | 21 September 2015 | 601a |
| Thomas gets himself into trouble and blames a made up engine. | ||||||
| 2 | 455 | "The Truth About Toby" | Don Spencer | Davey Moore | 22 September 2015 | 601b |
| A rumour about Toby being scraped circulates. | ||||||
| 3 | 456 | "Lost Property" | Don Spencer | Helen Farrall | 23 September 2015 | 602a |
| Some Railway Inspectors come to Sodor and one loses his watch. | ||||||
| 4 | 457 | "Henry Spots Trouble" | Don Spencer | Davey Moore | 24 September 2015 | 602b |
| Henry believes that engines can get chickenpox. | ||||||
| 5 | 458 | "A Cranky Christmas" | Don Spencer and Dianna Basso | Mark Huckerby and Nick Ostler | 4 January 2016 | 603a |
| Thomas is sent to collect a special crate at Brendam Docks but before Thomas arrives Cranky drops the crate and fears he has broken its contents. | ||||||
| 6 | 459 | "Snow Place Like Home" | Don Spencer and Dianna Basso | Lee Pressman | 5 January 2016 | 603b |
| Kevin gets stuck in the snow, so Victor sets out to rescue him. Meanwhile, Emily is stuck at the Steamworks waiting for side rods. | ||||||
| 7 | 460 | "The Beast of Sodor" | Don Spencer and Dianna Basso | Becky Overton | 6 January 2016 | 604a |
| Spencer gets stuck on Sodor, so he tries to scare Henry. Meanwhile, Sir Topham Hatt crashes his car while on his way to lunch with his mother. | ||||||
| 8 | 461 | "Toad and the Whale" | Don Spencer | Helen Farrall | 14 March 2016 | 604b |
| Toad the Brakevan spots a stranded whale. | ||||||
| 9 | 462 | "Very Important Sheep" | Don Spencer | Helen Farrall | 15 March 2016 | 605a |
| Farmer McColl's sheep escape from a damage cattle truck. | ||||||
| 10 | 463 | "Salty All At Sea" | Don Spencer | Lee Pressman | 16 March 2016 | 605b |
| Salty gets scared when he is asked to travel by ship. | ||||||
| 11 | 464 | "Den and Dart[5]" | Dianna Basso | Davey Moore | 17 March 2016 | 606a |
| Den gets sent to Ffarquhar Quarry after Mavis gets damaged. Den and Dart at first fear working apart, but find it a good change. | ||||||
| 12 | 465 | "Helping Hiro" | Don Spencer | Mark Nuckerby and Nick Ostler | 18 March 2016 | 606b |
| Edward, Percy, and Rocky have to rescue Hiro when he derails at a bend and Thomas when he breaks down in the woods. | ||||||
| 13 | 466 | "Diesel's Ghostly Christmas[6]" | Don Spencer and Dianna Basso | Becky Overton | 19 March 2016 | 606a |
| Diesel is visited by four "ghostly engines", who show him the consequences of his actions. Meanwhile, Sir Robert Norramby is hosting a Christmas luncheon and the engines are busy preparing. | ||||||
Voices
John Hasler and Joseph May officially take-over the voice of the title-character, (with Hasler also taking over as Rheneas in both the UK and the US). Rob Rackstraw officially takes over the roles of James in the US (from Kerry Shale) and Toby in the UK as well as taking over the voices of Stanley in the US and Flynn in both the UK and US. Christopher Ragland takes over the role of Percy in the US and officially, the Troublesome Trucks in the UK and the US.
Nigel Pilkington, Rasmus Hardiker, Oliver McCue and Ashna Kapar join the voice cast.
Keith Wickham officially takes over the role of Sir Topham Hatt in the US (from Shale), while Kerry Shale takes over the role of Diesel in the US. Ben Small's remaining roles of Charlie in the US and Owen in both the UK and US are yet to be confirmed.
| Actor | Region | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Moraghan | UK/US | The Narrator |
| John Hasler | UK | Thomas |
| Joseph May | US | Thomas |
| David Bedella | UK/US | Victor and The Mayor of Sodor |
| Jonathan Broadbent | UK/US | Bill and Ben |
| Olivia Colman | UK/US | Marion |
| Jules de Jongh | US | Emily and the Duchess of Boxford |
| Jonathan Forbes | UK/US | Connor |
| Teresa Gallagher | UK | Emily, Albert's wife, and the Duchess of Boxford |
| UK/US | Belle, Mavis, Annie, Clarabel, Stephen Hatt, Bridget Hatt, some children, school children (Lost Property) some passengers and the Barrow football fan | |
| US | The blond-haired boy and the blonde-haired girl | |
| Bob Golding | UK/US | Stephen and a railway inspector |
| Mike Grady | UK/US | Sir Robert Norramby |
| Rasmus Hardiker | UK/US | Philip |
| William Hope | US | Edward, Toby, Whiff, Rocky, Farmer McColl and the Duke of Boxford |
| UK/US | A workman (Toad and the Whale) | |
| Togo Igawa | UK/US | Hiro |
| Ashna Kapar | UK | The blonde-haired girl |
| Steven Kynman | UK/US | Duck, Dart, Paxton and The Bird Watcher (Who's Geoffrey?) |
| UK | Porter | |
| US | Butch | |
| Oliver McCue | UK | The blond-haired boy |
| David Menkin | US | Porter |
| Joe Mills | UK/US | Oliver, Toad and a Knapford Station yard workman |
| Rebecca O'Mara | UK/US | Caitlin |
| Maggie Ollerenshaw | UK/US | Henrietta |
| Nigel Pilkington | UK | Trevor |
| Rob Rackstraw | UK/US | Stanley, Flynn, some passengers and a workman |
| UK | Toby and a painter | |
| US | James | |
| Christopher Ragland | US | Percy and Trevor |
| UK/US | the Troublesome Trucks | |
| Kerry Shale | US | Henry, Gordon, Scruff, Harold, Kevin and Mr. Percival |
| UK/US | Diesel, the man on the Bridge and some workmen | |
| Tim Whitnall | UK/US | Timothy and Reg |
| Keith Wickham | UK | Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Whiff, Harold and Mr. Percival |
| UK/US | Salty, Den, Stafford, Bertie, Captain, Sir Topham Hatt, Dowager Hatt, Lord Callan, Albert, a railway inspector, some passengers and some workmen | |
| Matt Wilkinson | UK | Spencer, Scruff, Rocky, Cranky, Butch, Kevin, Farmer McColl and the Duke of Boxford |
| UK/US | Winston | |
| Glenn Wrage | US | Spencer and Cranky |
| UK/US | Flynn (Toad and the Whale) |
References
- ↑ "Thomas And Friends: Whale Of A Tale And Other Sodor Adventures". Walmart.com. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
- ↑ "Amazon.com: Thomas & Friends: Wild Water Rescue & Other Engine Adventures: Michael Brandon, Mark Moraghan, David Bedella, Rupert Degas: Amazon Digital Services , Inc.". Amazon.com. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ↑ "Amazon.com: Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Christmas Carol: Joseph May, Christopher Ragland, Togo Igawa, Keith Wickham, Jules de Jongh, Kerry Shale, Glenn Wrage, Rob Rackstraw, Teresa Gallagher, David Bedella, David Menkin, William Hope, Steven Kynman, Mike Grady, Don Spencer, Mark Moraghan, Ian McCue, Becky Overton, Mark Huckerby, Nick Ostler, Lee Pressman: Movies & TV". Amazon.com. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ↑ "Amazon.com: Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Christmas Carol: Mark Moraghan, Joseph May, Christopher Ragland, Togo Igawa: Amazon Digital Services , Inc.". Amazon.com. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ↑ Basso, Dianna (Director)/Moore, Davey (Writer) (November 24, 2015). Tales on the Rails. Toronto: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
- ↑ Don Spencer (Director)/Becky Oveton (Writer) (November 24, 2015). Thomas' Christmas Carol. Toronto: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
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