The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is the primary broadcaster of Thomas & Friends in Australia.
ABC broadcasts many other children's shows, including other HiT Entertainment properties.
ABC has distributed Thomas and Friends on VHS, DVD and Blu-ray in Australia since the 1980s. They originally had their videos distributed by Festival Records before they switched to Roadshow Entertainment in 1991 when they adopted the ABC for Kids name.
Airings
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2002
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2010
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VHS Releases
Mainstream VHS Releases
- Thomas and Gordon and Other Stories
- Troublesome Trucks and Other Stories
- Coal and other stories
- Thomas, Percy and the Coal and Other Stories
- Percy and Harold and Other Stories
- The Deputation and Other Stories
- Time for Trouble and Other Stories
- Trust Thomas and Other Stories
- Escape and Other Stories
- Rock 'n' Roll and Other Stories
- Thomas and the Special Letter and Other Stories
- Thomas and Stepney and Other Stories
- Story and Song Collection
- Playtime
- Spooks and Surprises
- The Biggest Ever Christmas Collection
- Happy Ever After
- Happy Holidays
- Thomas and the Magic Railroad
- Truckloads of Fun!
- Rescues on the Railways
- Thomas and the Jet Engine
- Twin Trouble
- The Very Best of Thomas & Friends
- Engines to the Rescue
- All Aboard with the Steam Team
- Peep! Peep! Hurray! Three Cheers for Thomas
- Calling All Engines! (Cancelled)[1]
Sampler VHS Releases
ABC for Kids Favourites VHS Releases
- ABC for Kids Favourites
- Mixy Presents More Favourites
- ABC for Kids - Bumper Collection
- ABC for Kids - Playbox
- ABC for Kids - Let's Sing and Dance
- Mixy Presents TV Favourites
- ABC for Kids - Just For Fun
DVD Releases
Mainstream Releases
- Thomas and the Jet Engine
- Twin Trouble
- Thomas and the Magic Railroad
- The Very Best of Thomas & Friends
- Engines to the Rescue
- All Aboard with the Steam Team
- Peep! Peep! Hurray! Three Cheers for Thomas
- Truckloads of Fun!
- Calling All Engines!
- Series One
- Series Two
- Series Three
- Series Four
- Series Five
- Happy Holidays
- Rusty Saves the Day
- Little Engines Big Days Out
- Thomas' Trusty Friends
- Together on the Tracks
- The Great Discovery
- Series Six
- Carnival Capers
- Series Seven
- Series Eight
- The Best of Thomas & Friends Volume 1
- My First Thomas with Thomas
- My First Thomas with Percy
- My First Thomas with James
- Hero of the Rails
- Engines and Escapades
- Series Nine
- The Best of Thomas & Friends Volume 2
- Series Ten
- Heave Ho!
- My First Thomas with Henry and Gordon
- My First Thomas with Toby and Edward
- My First Thomas with Bertie and Harold
- Misty Island Rescue
- Songs from Sodor
- My First Thomas with The Twin Engines
- My First Thomas with The Fat Controller
- My First Thomas with Diesel
- The Party Surprise
- Series Eleven
- Splish, Splash, Splosh!
- Day of the Diesels
- Merry Winter Wish
- The Lion of Sodor
- The Complete Series 12
- Wobbly Wheels and Whistles
- Blue Mountain Mystery
- Curious Cargo
- Go Go Thomas!
- Rescue on the Rails
- King of the Railway
- Sticky Situations
- Spills and Thrills
- Thomas in Charge!
- Tale of the Brave
- Santa's Little Engine
- Dinos and Discoveries
- Trouble on the Tracks
- Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
- The Adventure Begins
- Start Your Engines!
- Railway Mischief
- The Great Race
- The Christmas Engines
- Signals Crossed
- Whale of a Tale and Other Sodor Adventures
- Journey Beyond Sodor
- Thomas' Christmas Carol
- Extraordinary Engines
- Team Up with Thomas
- Big World! Big Adventures!
- Christmas on Sodor
- Here Comes the Steam Team
- Monkey Trouble!
- Digs and Discoveries
- Steam Team to the Rescue
- The Royal Engine
- A Colourful World
- The Super Engine
- Animal Adventures
- Race for the Sodor Cup
- Marvellous Machinery
Promotional DVD Releases
DVD Packs
- 60th Anniversary - Limited Edition Boxset
- Classic Collection: Series 1 - 5
- Essential Collection
- 3 DVDs
- Trainloads of Thomas Fun
- 3 Disc Set
- My First Thomas (2010)
- 3 DVD Pack
- The Great Adventures of Thomas & Friends
- Classic Collection: Series 6-10
- The Essential Collection
- My First Thomas (2014)
- The Complete Series 1-10
- Includes 10 DVDs!
- Awesome Adventures
- Movie Collection
- 'Tis the Season
- A Merry Little Christmas
- ABC Kids Best of Collection
- 75th Anniversary Collection
Twin Packs
- The Very Best of Thomas & Friends/Thomas' Trusty Friends
- Bob the Builder: Bashing Crashing Benny/Carnival Capers
- Calling All Engines/Truckloads of Fun!
- Heave Ho!/Songs of Sodor
- Series One/Series Two
- Series Three/Series Four
- Series Five/Series Six
- Series Seven/Series Eight
- Series Nine/Series Ten
- The Great Discovery/Series Nine
- Hero of the Rails/Series Ten
- Hero of the Rails/Misty Island Rescue
- Misty Island Rescue/Day of the Diesels
- The Lion of Sodor/Splish, Splash, Splosh!
- Fireman Sam: The Hero Next Door/Curious Cargo
- Blue Mountain Mystery/Fireman Sam: The Great Fire of Pontypandy
ABC Kids Favourites DVD Releases
- ABC for Kids - Let's Sing and Dance
- ABC for Kids Hit Clips
- ABC for Kids - Just For Fun
- ABC for Kids Favourites 1
- ABC for Kids Favourites 3
- Giggle & Hoot Present - Hoot-Tastic Dress Ups
- ABC for Kids - Best Bites
- The Very Best of ABC for Kids
- ABC for Kids - Christmas
- ABC for Kids - Let's Get Creative
- ABC for Kids - Playtime!
- ABC for Kids - Heroes on the Way
- ABC for Kids - Counting 1, 2, 3
- ABC for Kids - Farmyard Friends
- ABC for Kids - A Spring in Your Step!
- ABC for Kids - Festive Fun
- ABC for Kids - All Aboard!
HiT Favourites DVD Releases
- Winter Collection
- Spooky Collection
- Active Collection
- It's Party Time!
- Frosty Friends
- Trick or Treat Tales
- Back to School
HiT Favourites DVD Packs
- HiT Favourites 5 DVD Collection
- HiT Favourites: 3 Disc Collection
- HiT Favourites 2: 3 Disc Collection
- The Ultimate Collection of HiT Favourites
Blu-ray Releases
- Misty Island Rescue
- Day of the Diesels
Digital-only Releases
- ABC for Kids - It's a Party Pack
- ABC for Kids - Explorer Pack
- ABC for Kids - Valentine's Pack
- ABC for Kids - Spooktacular Stories
- Best Friend Adventures
- The Mystery of Lookout Mountain
- Ghost Train
- The Great Bubbly Build
- All Engines Go
- The Christmas Letter Express
Trivia
- To date, the only films that have never been broadcast were Calling All Engines! (aside from the songs), Day of the Diesels and The Adventure Begins.
- The tenth series is the only series that was never broadcast. Although it was still distributed on DVD and digital and broadcast on Nick Jr.
- The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has banned reruns of the nineteenth series episode, Henry Spots Trouble, due to complaints about the episode presenting chickenpox "as a mild disease that is nothing to worry about" and conveying an anti-vaccination message. Although the episode is banned from airing on ABC, it can still be viewed on the Whale of a Tale DVD and the CBeebies channel.[2]