Series 22

The twenty-second season (going under the name Big World! Big Adventures! ) of Thomas & Friends is expected to be released in 2018 on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon.

Production
Season 22 will mark the first major "reboot" of the franchise since the show switched to full CGI in the thirteenth season. The episodes will keep their eleven minute-long runtime, but will now be broken into seven minute-long stories, with an additional four minutes reserved for a variety of segments like sing-along karaoke songs, music videos or Thomas talking directly with the audience about lessons learned during a particular episode. Among many other changes, Edward and Henry will be removed from the Steam Team to make room for Nia and Rebecca, and the narrator has been replaced with Thomas talking to the audience (however, Mark Moraghan has said that he will still work on the series).

Season 22 will be set after Big World! Big Adventures!. The season will be split into two halves; the first half will see Thomas travelling around the world and visiting India, Australia, China and Africa, while the second half will take place back on the Island of Sodor. The season will also be released on Netflix, Amazon and Hulu in the fall of 2018.

Characters
Hiro, Sam, Hugo, the International Engines, Theo, Lexi, Merlin, Hurricane, Frankie, Beau, Kwaku, Natalie, Ace, International Rally Cars, Emerson and The African Crane are likely to appear.
 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Duck
 * Bill and Ben
 * Harvey
 * Emily
 * Rosie
 * Belle
 * Porter
 * Marion
 * Samson
 * Flying Scotsman
 * Ashima
 * Rajiv
 * Shane
 * Yong Bao
 * Nia
 * Diesel
 * Daisy
 * Salty
 * Philip
 * Sidney
 * The Mainland Diesels
 * Winston
 * Victor
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Henrietta
 * The Slip Coaches
 * Judy and Jerome
 * Bradford
 * Hannah
 * Trevor
 * Jack
 * Cranky
 * Kevin
 * Reg
 * Carly
 * Big Mickey
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Cyril the Fogman

Characters Introduced

 * Rebecca
 * Hong-Mei
 * The Indian Diesel Engine
 * The Indian Diesel Shunter
 * An An and Lin Yong
 * Isla
 * Dexter
 * The Australian Aeroplane
 * The India Railway Controller

UK and AUS

 * John Hasler as Thomas
 * Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon and Sir Topham Hatt
 * Rob Rackstraw as James, Toby and Bradford
 * Nigel Pilkington as Percy
 * Teresa Gallagher as Emily
 * Robert Wilfort as Samson
 * Tina Desai as Ashima
 * Dan Li as Yong Bao
 * Yvonne Grundy as Nia
 * Mark Moraghan
 * Tim Bain
 * Charlie Barnard
 * Damon Denton Snape
 * Mia Hope Gaywood
 * Jessica Hann
 * Holly Hazelton
 * Innis Robertson Purnell

US

 * Joseph May as Thomas
 * William Hope as Edward and Toby
 * Kerry Shale as Henry and Gordon
 * Rob Rackstraw as James and Bradford
 * Christopher Ragland as Percy
 * Jules de Jongh as Emily
 * Keith Wickham as Sir Topham Hatt
 * Robert Wilfort as Samson
 * Tina Desai as Ashima
 * Dan Li as Yong Bao
 * Yvonne Grundy as Nia
 * Mark Moraghan
 * Tim Bain