Series 23

Series 23 of Thomas & Friends will begin airing sometime in 2019.

Production
Mattel has greenlit a new series and several specials for Thomas & Friends that will premiere in 2019. Production has begun on the 23rd series that will consist of 20 x 11-minute episodes as well as three x 22-minute specials following the recent revamp of the series.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Emily
 * Rosie
 * Glynn
 * Shane
 * Yong Bao
 * Gina
 * Ashima
 * Nia
 * Rebecca
 * Millie
 * Diesel
 * Shankar
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Henrietta
 * Aubrey and Aiden
 * Bertie
 * Bulgy
 * Jack
 * Alfie
 * Oliver (excavator)
 * Max and Monty
 * Kevin
 * Ace
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Sir Robert Norramby
 * The Grumpy Passenger
 * Albert's Wife
 * Samson (stock footage)
 * Duncan (stock footage)
 * Luke (stock footage)
 * Cranky (stock footage)
 * Kevin (stock footage)
 * Butch (does not speak)
 * Ryan (cameo)
 * Winston (cameo)
 * Philip (cameo)
 * Judy and Jerome (cameo)
 * Cranky (cameo)
 * Carly (cameo)
 * Big Mickey (cameo)
 * Rusty (stock footage cameo)
 * Stephen (mentioned)
 * King Godred (mentioned)

Characters Introduced

 * Lorenzo
 * Pepe
 * Stefano
 * Darcy
 * Gustavo
 * No. 13 Excavator

UK and AUS

 * John Hasler as Thomas
 * Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, and Sir Topham Hatt
 * Nigel Pilkington as Percy
 * Rob Rackstraw as James and Toby
 * Teresa Gallagher as Emily, Annie and Clarabel
 * Yvonne Grundy as Nia
 * Rachael Miller as Rebecca
 * Nicola Stapleton as Rosie
 * Tina Desai as Ashima
 * Dan Li as Yong Bao
 * Shane Jacobson as Shane
 * Maggie Ollerenshaw as Henrietta
 * Genevieve McCarthy as Aubrey
 * Tim Bain as Aiden
 * Colin McFarlane as Bulgy
 * Peter Andre as Ace
 * Francisco Labbe as Gustavo

US

 * Joseph May as Thomas
 * William Hope as Edward and Toby
 * Kerry Shale as Henry and Gordon
 * Rob Rackstraw as James
 * Christopher Ragland as Percy
 * Jules de Jongh as Emily
 * Yvonne Grundy as Nia
 * Rachael Miller as Rebecca
 * Nicola Stapleton as Rosie
 * Tina Desai as Ashima
 * Dan Li as Yong Bao
 * Shane Jacobson as Shane
 * Teresa Gallagher as Annie and Clarabel
 * Maggie Ollerenshaw as Henrietta
 * Genevieve McCarthy as Aubrey
 * Tim Bain as Aiden
 * Colin McFarlane as Bulgy
 * Peter Andre as Ace
 * Keith Wickham as Sir Topham Hatt
 * Francisco Labbe as Gustavo

Trivia

 * This will be Andrew Brenner's final series as head writer.

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