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Thomas & Friends

Thomas & Friends — Season 8

IMDb 6.8 HD 1984 24 Seasons 584 Episodes

Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series, which had its first broadcast on the ITV network on 4 September 1984. It is based on The Railway Series of books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry. These books deal with the adventures of a group of anthropomorphised locomotives and road vehicles who live on the fictional Island of Sodor. The books were based on stories Wilbert told to entertain his son, Christopher during his recovery from measles. From Series one to four, many of the stories are based on events from Awdry's personal experience.

Episodes

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E1 Thomas and the Tuba
Aired 04 Oct 2004

Thomas is to collect the Brass Band to take them to the park as a treat for Lady Hatt's birthday but when he does is in such a hurry that he leaves the Tuba Player standing on the platform. Will the Fat Controller's party plans for his wife be tarnished?

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E2 Percy's New Whistle
Aired 04 Oct 2004

Percy's loud whistle blowing to show that he can make as loud a sound as 'Arry & Bert's horns distracts some of the others and is told by the Fat Controller to only whistle at appropriate times. However, Percy isn't sure to whistle to warn Thomas from crashing some time later. Will he let his friend crash or will he make the right decision by blowing a warning whistle?

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E3 Thomas to the Rescue
Aired 05 Oct 2004

Some of the diesels receive a dose of contaminated fuel but will Thomas help fix the situation after Diesel calling him a "stinky old steam engine"?

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E4 Henry and the Wishing Tree
Aired 05 Oct 2004

Henry wishes he could pull passenger trains like Gordon instead of log trucks. However, Henry comes upon a Wishing Tree which Sodor's children regulary visit later on that day...

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E5 James Gets a New Coat
Aired 06 Oct 2004

James' new lick of paint makes him concentrate less on his work, but when he's given a very dirty job to do later on, he soon shifts his way of thinking...

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E6 Thomas Saves the Day
Aired 06 Oct 2004

While a new station is being built, Thomas has to go around a sharp bend though Annie and Clarabel help him. But when they are sent to the works, will Thomas find the courage to go around the bend, or allow the Troublesome Trucks to cause havoc?

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E7 Percy's Big Mistake
Aired 07 Oct 2004

Following some time being overworked and running late, Percy overhears the Fat Controller talking about sending him to the scrap yard! Two accidents later, this makes him wonder whether he will be sacrificed to the flame...

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E8 Thomas, Emily and the Snowplough
Aired 07 Oct 2004

Emily's bossy attitude is really getting to Thomas. So when a large snowfall arrives, Thomas decides to ignore her advice about wearing a snowplough, forgetting past incidents...

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E9 Don't Tell Thomas
Aired 08 Oct 2004

The engines are hiding a big secret from their blue tank engine friend, but what could it possibly be?

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E10 Emily's New Route
Aired 08 Oct 2004

Emily is chosen to do the route running through Black Loch, but on her first run, she sees spooky shapes in the water which appear to be sea monsters!

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E11 Thomas and the Firework Display
Aired 09 Oct 2004

Thomas wishes he could collect the fireworks stock to deliver to the Harvest Fireworks Display but feels most disappointed when James is chosen to do the job instead. James, however, breaks down...

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E12 Gordon Takes Charge
Aired 09 Oct 2004

Gordon shows off to Percy while teaching him how to pull passengers. In doing so, Gordon doesn't notice a dangerous icy section of line...

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E13 Spic and Span
Aired 10 Oct 2004

Thomas and Percy's efforts to be the cleanest engines on Sodor for the Cleanest Engine competition are continuously thwarted. Will luck come to them?

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E14 Edward the Great
Aired 10 Oct 2004

Edward is chosen to compete against Spencer in a race, but is soon left eating Spencer's dust due to his much larger amount of power. Far out in the lead, Spencer grows overconfident and decides to have a little snooze...

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E15 Squeak, Rattle and Roll
Aired 11 Oct 2004

Gordon is scared that he'll be scrapped due to strange noises inside him that he's making. Will he inform about his problems or will he instead try to hide them?

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E16 Thomas and the Circus
Aired 11 Oct 2004

Thomas stubbornly insists on pulling the entire Circus Train by himself, but soon finds it too heavy to pull on his own.

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E17 Thomas Gets It Right
Aired 12 Oct 2004

Thomas must go slow to successfully deliver a load of eggs around Sodor but becomes impatient and speeds up, with predictable results...

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E18 As Good As Gordon
Aired 12 Oct 2004

Emily has to stand in as the puller of Gordon's Express, and is determined to pull it as fast as him, but ultimately fails. Luck, however, soon greets her...

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E19 Fish
Aired 13 Oct 2004

Thomas is hasty and decides to haul all the trucks with loads of fish he has to deliver all at once. He soon finds that in doing so, they are too heavy to pull in one shot...

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E20 Emily's Adventure
Aired 13 Oct 2004

Emily finds that being unkind to others is the wrong thing to do when in need of help with a big job.

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E21 Halloween
Aired 14 Oct 2004

'Arry & Bert, the naughty diesels, take advantage of the fact that it's Halloween and when Thomas and Emily are sent to do important work at the Smelter, the two diesels decide to give the steamers a fright or two!

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E22 You Can Do It, Toby!
Aired 14 Oct 2004

When Gordon becomes stuck on the Hill, Toby comes to help and push but will he have enough confidence in himself after Gordon saying earlier on to him that he's not a proper engine?

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E23 James Goes Too Far
Aired 15 Oct 2004

When the other engines ask James for help with some hard jobs, he says he's much too busy with his assigned task of exporting loads of coal around the Island. However, when James breaks down, his attitude soon changes...

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E24 Chickens To School
Aired 15 Oct 2004

Emily offers to help Thomas with his loads, but Thomas refuses any help whatsoever his friend has to offer, or at least at first.

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E25 Too Hot For Thomas
Aired 16 Oct 2004

Thomas feels sad when he has to deliver ingredients to the Ice Cream Factory instead of taking children to the beach, but later feels much happier thanks to a nice little surprise...

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E26 Percy and the Magic Carpet
Aired 16 Oct 2004

Percy collects a special carpet to deliver, but suddenly the windy weather starts to blow it around. Percy, though, thinks that it's a magic flying carpet!

Top Cast

Keith Wickham
Keith Wickham
Edward / Henry / Gordon / James / Percy (voice)
Teresa Gallagher
Teresa Gallagher
Emily (voice)
John Hasler
John Hasler
Thomas (voice)
Nigel Pilkington
Nigel Pilkington
Percy (voice)
Yvonne Grundy
Yvonne Grundy
Nia (voice)
Rachael Louise Miller
Rachael Louise Miller
Rebecca (voice)
Rob Rackstraw
Rob Rackstraw
James (voice)

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