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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is the primary broadcaster of Thomas & Friends in Australia. Recent series are broadcast as part of the ABC Kids block on ABC2. Thomas was also shown on ABC1 prior to the CGI switchover.

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 80s. 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.

VHS Releases

1. Thomas and Gordon and other stories
2. Troublesome Trucks and other stories
3. Coal and other stories
4. Thomas, Percy and the Coal and Other Stories
5. Percy and Harold and Other Stories
6. The Deputation and Other Stories
7. Time for Trouble and other stories
8. Trust Thomas and Other Stories
9. Escape and other stories
10. Thomas and Stepney and other Stories
11. Rock 'n' Roll and other Stories
12. Thomas and the Special Letter and Other Stories
13. Story and Song Collection
14. Playtime
15. Spooks and Surprises
16. The Biggest Ever Christmas Collection
17. Happy Ever After
18. Happy Holidays
19. Thomas and the Magic Railroad
20. Truck Loads of Fun
21. Rescues on the Railways
22. The Very Best of Thomas and Friends
23. All Aboard October!
24. Thomas and the Jet Engine
25. Twin Trouble
26. All Aboard!
27. Engines to the Rescue
28. All Aboard with the Steam Team
29. Peep! Peep! Hurray! Three Cheers for Thomas
30. Calling All Engines! (cancelled)

DVD Releases

Episodic Releases

1. Thomas and the Jet Engine
2. Twin Trouble
3. Engines to the Rescue
4. All Aboard with the Steam Team
5. Peep! Peep! Hurray! Three Cheers for Thomas
6. Rusty Saves the Day
7. Little Engines, Big Days Out
8. Together on the Tracks
9. Carnival Capers
10. Engines and Escapades
11. Heave Ho!
12. The Party Surprise
13. Splish, Splash, Splosh!
14. Merry Winter Wish
15. The Lion of Sodor
16. Wobbly Wheels and Whistles
17. Curious Cargo
18. Go Go Thomas!
19. Rescue On the Rails
20. Sticky Situations
21. Spills and Thrills
22. Thomas in Charge!
23. Santa's Little Engine
24. Dinos and Discoveries
25. Trouble on the Tracks
26. Start Your Engines!
27. Railway Mischief
28. The Christmas Engines
29. Signals Crossed
30. Whale of a Tale and Other Sodor Adventures
31. Thomas' Christmas Carol
32. Extraordinary Engines
33. Team Up With Thomas
34. Christmas on Sodor
35. Here Comes the Steam Team
36. Monkey Trouble!
37. Digs and Discoveries
38. Steam Team to the Rescue (coming soon)
39. Thomas' Trusty Friends
40. Truck Loads of Fun
41. Happy Holidays
42. Songs from Sodor
43. The Very Best of Thomas and Friends
44. The Best of Thomas and Friends - Volume 1
45. The Best of Thomas and Friends - Volume 2

My First Thomas Series

1. My First Thomas with Thomas
2. My First Thomas with Percy
3. My First Thomas with James
4. My First Thomas with Henry and Gordon
5. My First Thomas with Toby and Edward
6. My First Thomas with Bertie and Harold
7. My First Thomas with The Twin Engines
8. My First Thomas with The Fat Controller
9. My First Thomas with Diesel

The Complete Series Collections

1. The Complete First Series
2. The Complete Second Series
3. The Complete Third Series
4. The Complete Fourth Series
5. The Complete Fifth Series
6. The Complete Sixth Series
7. The Complete Seventh Series
8. The Complete Eighth Series
9. The Complete Ninth Series
10. The Complete Tenth Series
11. The Complete Eleventh Series
12. The Complete Twelfth Series

Twin Packs

1. Series One and Two Double Pack
2. Series Three and Four Double Pack
3. Series Five and Six Double Pack
4. Series Seven and Eight Double Pack
5. Series Nine and Ten Double Pack
6. Series Nine and The Great Discovery Double Pack

Boxsets

1. Classic Collection: Series 1 - 5 (5 Disc Boxset)
2. The Essential Collection (5 DVD Boxset)
3. 60th Anniversary - Limited Edition Boxset
4. Trainloads of Thomas Fun
5. Essential Collection (Five Disc Collection)
6. 3 Great Adventures
7. The Great Adventures of Thomas and Friends
8. 3 DVDs (Boxset)
9. Complete Series 1-10
10. My First Thomas

Movies and Feature-Length Specials

1. Thomas and the Magic Railroad
2. Calling All Engines!
3. The Great Discovery
4. Hero of the Rails
5. Misty Island Rescue
6. Day of the Diesels
7. Blue Mountain Mystery
8. King of the Railway
9. Tale of the Brave
10. Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
11. The Adventure Begins
12. The Great Race
13. Journey Beyond Sodor
14. Big World! Big Adventures!

Twin Packs and Boxsets

1. Hero of the Rails and Misty Island Rescue
2. Misty Island Rescue and Day of the Diesels
3. Movie Collection
4. 75th Anniversary Collection (coming soon)

Blu-ray Releases

1. Misty Island Rescue
2. Day of the Diesels

Trivia

• Originally, Calling All Engines! was going to be released on VHS in Australia, but it got cancelled due to VHS tapes no longer being available in Australia as of late 2005.
• The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has banned reruns of the nineteenth series episode, Henry Spots Trouble, due to complains about the episode presenting chicken pox "as a mild disease that is nothing to worry about" and conveyed an anti-vaccination message. Although the episode is banned on television, it was still released on the Whale of a Tale DVD.