Talk:Series 22



Trivia

 * This season is the first of a few things.
 * The first season since Season 12 to have 7 minute episodes. The other 4 minutes are bonus content.
 * The first season to be narrated by Thomas in his perspective.
 * The first season to be fully animated by Jam Filled Toronto as Arc Productions already produced a few episodes from Season 21.
 * The first season to feature the new Steam Team - Thomas, Gordon, James, Percy, Emily, Nia and Rebecca.
 * The first season to not have Edward and Henry as part of the main cast. Toby however, is still retained in the new version of Engine Roll Call.
 * Charlie Barnard, Damon Denton Snape, Mia Hope Gaywood, Jessica Hann, Holly Hazelton, Innis Robertson Purnell, Siu-See Hung and Windson Liong join the voice cast.
 * This is the last season to have Micaela Winter as producer.

Theshocker1 (talk) 22:08, January 2, 2018 (UTC)

Dianna Basso is confirmed as director. Saw her name appear just after Thomas’ fourth-wall introduction in the Italian dub rip of “Trusty Trunky”. Hiikamaru (User talk:Hiikamaru) 02:47, August 6, 2018 (UTC)

Australian airdate
https://twitter.com/RealDankEngine/status/1032187329010491394

S22 confirmed to air September 3rd on ABC Kids in Australia. The episodes will be airing daily at 4:45pm.

Also, this seems to be the confirmed order so far and Australian airdates:


 * 1) Number One Engine (03/09/18)
 * 2) Forever and Ever (04/09/18)
 * 3) Thomas and the Dragon (05/09/18)

Hiikamaru (talk) 10:40, August 22, 2018 (UTC)

Speaking of air dates, when I went on my television guide to record Big World Big Adventures, I saw that it is airing on Saturday, September 8th instead of the 7th. Can someone please update it.

Episode order (so far)
So it's looking like this is the official episode order, at least in the UK since it looks like Australia is airing S22EP03 out of order: Tweet confirming Trusty Trunky is Episode 4: https://twitter.com/Adski702/status/1032855492773724161
 * 1) Number One Engine
 * 2) Forever and Ever
 * 3) Confusion Without Delay
 * 4) Trusty Trunky
 * 5) What Rebecca Does
 * 6) Thomas Goes to Bollywood
 * 7) Thomas in the Wild

Tweet confirms What Rebecca Does is Episode 5: https://twitter.com/Adski702/status/1033217748049059847

Hiikamaru (talk) 06:52, August 24, 2018 (UTC)

Freeview TV Guide lists Episode 6 as Thomas Goes to Bollywood NarrowGaugeFanatic38

More Australian airdates confirmed on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Adski702/status/1034237590684278787

Due to ABC Kids airing 7 days a week and Milkshake only being 5 days, this means some episodes will air in Australia before the UK. Thomas Goes to Bollywood and Samson and the Fireworks will both air in Australia first.

Australian airdates for the following episodes:

What Rebecca Does - 08/09/18

Thomas Goes to Bollywood - 09/09/18

Samson and the Fireworks - 10/09/18

Hiikamaru (talk) 06:43, August 28, 2018 (UTC)

https://mobile.twitter.com/SunilFan48/status/1034612016315621376

Runaway Truck will be airing on September 11th in Australia. That’s now another episode debuting in AUS before UK.

https://mobile.twitter.com/MichaelfromNZ1/status/1034653719655137281

Another China-based episode, “Thomas in the Wild” will air on September 11th for the UK. Plot is Thomas taking a film crew to film giant pandas, which Thomas is in awe of like every other forced wild animal gimmick of this series. Pretty dumb episode plot-wise but at least it’s new info.

Hiikamaru (talk) 04:41, August 29, 2018 (UTC)

https://mobile.twitter.com/SunilFan48/status/1034973930208063488

English title of the Rosie episode is “Rosie is Red” and it’s airing in Australia on September 12th. Another one that the Aussies are getting before the Brits.

Hiikamaru (talk) 01:46, August 30, 2018 (UTC)

Judging from the photo with Yvonne Grundy, there the TV screen reveals another episode title which seems to be called; 'Counting on Nia.' https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/chuff-chuff-thomas-gets-multicultural-makeover/ar-BBMJE0y?li=AAnZ9Ug

ThomasExpert001 (talk) 21:13, September 01, 2018 (UTC)

New pics
https://mobile.twitter.com/SunilFan48/status/1034996121331027970

SunilFan48 found more pics on the ABC TV website. One pic confirms Merlin will appear in the season, though I’m guessing he may have a different voice actor, much like what happened with Ryan.

Australian episode order is:
 * 1) Number One Engine
 * 2) Forever and Ever
 * 3) Thomas and the Dragon
 * 4) Confusion Without Delay
 * 5) Trusty Trunky
 * 6) What Rebecca Does
 * 7) Thomas Goes to Bollywood
 * 8) Samson and the Fireworks
 * 9) Runaway Truck
 * 10) Rosie is Red
 * 11) Thomas in the Wild
 * 12) Thomas’ Animal Ark
 * 13) Thomas and the Monkey Palace
 * 14) A Engine of Different Colors
 * 15) Outback Thomas
 * 16) Duck’s School
 * 17) ?????? (India episode. Guessing this is the one about the poached tigers)
 * 18) ?????? (Merlin appears here)
 * 19) Kangaroo Christmas
 * 20) ?????? (Not sure, but Rebecca and Philip are in it)
 * 21) ?????? (China episode, Hong-Mei appears again)
 * 22) ?????? (Sodor episode, Christmas themed, Bill and Ben appear)
 * 23) ?????? (Australia episode)
 * 24) The Case of the Puzzling Parts
 * 25) ?????? (Australia episode, seems to involve a bushfire)
 * 26) ?????? (Sodor episode, Nia-focused?)

Also, going by the pictures it looks like the only countries Thomas visits are China, India and Australia. No episodes for Africa, Europe or the Americas, which is absolute wasted potential.

Episode count for each location


 * Sodor: 13


 * China: 5


 * India: 4


 * Australia: 4

Hiikamaru (talk) 07:01, August 30, 2018 (UTC)

What Will Be The 11th Episode

Trivia needs adding

 * This season marks the first of a few things.
 * Tina Desai, Rufus Jones, Oliver McCue and Ashna Kapur return to the voice cast.
 * The first season to not have Edward and Henry as part of the main cast.
 * Nia, Yong Bao, Merlin, Ashima, Shane and Rajiv's first appearances in a season.
 * The first season without a narrator.
 * The first season to air in the US on a Friday for New Episodes.
 * The first season to feature More Love, More Romance and More Relationships.

Where did you hear all this information? Some of it doesn’t sound right. Also, the only countries Thomas is visiting are Australia, China and India.

Hiikamaru (talk) 09:35, August 31, 2018 (UTC)

Shane
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6043653/amp/Shane-Jacobsons-1-million-earnings-revealed-including-13-000-fee-charity-dinner.html#click=https://t.co/WSkmrZoxoQ

According to this news article, Shane is going to be voiced by Australian comedian Shane Jacobson. Or at least I’m certain.

Hiikamaru (talk) 09:45, August 31, 2018 (UTC)

Rebecca
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/thomas-tank-engine-gender-balanced-female-trains-characters-steam-team-revamp-multicultural-a8517981.html

Rebecca's voice actress is Rachael Miller.

Hiikamaru (talk) 11:18, September 1, 2018 (UTC)

Chinese voices
Number One Engine aired in the UK/Australia, and revealed Chipo Chung (who previously voiced the African trucks in BWBA), Siu-See Hung as Windson Liong as among the voice cast.

Probably guessing these are the voices:


 * Chipo Chung - Hong-Mei


 * Siu-See Hung - An An


 * Windson Liong - Lin Yong

Hiikamaru (talk) 07:04, September 3, 2018 (UTC)