CITV

Children's ITV is the children's strand of British terrestrial television network ITV. One of the ITV franchises, Central Independent Television, commissioned Clearwater Features to produce the first two seasons of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends which premiered in the UK in 1984 and 1986 respectively. They continued to broadcast the first two (later three) seasons until 1993 when Thomas left terrestrial television for satellite channel Cartoon Network.

Thomas returned to terrestrial television in 2003 when ITV began broadcasting the sixth season. CiTV continued to broadcast the sixth season, along with the seventh and eighth, until July 2006 when the terrestrial broadcasting rights were sold to Channel 5.

Seasons aired

 * Season 1
 * Season 2
 * Season 3
 * Season 6
 * Season 7
 * Season 8

Trivia

 * Two VHS's, Trust Thomas and Brave Little Engines, feature a notice on the front cover, "As Seen On (C)ITV." The former was advertised on the day Season 3 finished its premiere run.
 * When Season 8 was broadcast from 2005-2006, the episodes were shown with a different theme arrangement and lacked the Engine Rollcall sing-along.