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− | '''Christopher Awdry''' (born on 2 July 1940) is the son of [[Reverend W. Awdry|Wilbert]] and [[Margaret Awdry]], the nephew of [[George Awdry]], brother of [[Veronica Chambers|Veronica]] and [[Hilary Fortnam|Hilary]], father of Richard Awdry, the great-uncle of Ruth Fortnam, the grandson of Lucy and Vere Awdry, the ex-husband of Diana Awdry, the brother-in-law of Alf Fortnam and Richard Chambers and the uncle of Rachel, Simon and Sara Fortnam. He has written sixteen books of [[the Railway Series]] and many other spin-offs. His other written works include non-fiction articles, children's railway books and heritage railway books. |
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+ | |title1=Christopher Awdry |
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+ | |born=2 July 1940<br/>Devizes, Wiltshire, England |
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+ | |died= |
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+ | |nationality=English |
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+ | |occupation=Author, railway enthusiast |
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+ | |years_active=1983-present |
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+ | |parent(s)= |
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+ | * [[Wilbert Awdry]] {{Note|father}} |
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+ | * [[Margaret Awdry]] {{Note|mother}} |
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+ | |sibling(s)= |
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+ | * [[Veronica Chambers]] {{Note|sister}} |
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+ | * [[Hilary Fortnam]] {{Note|sister}} |
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+ | |spouse(s)= |
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+ | * Elaine Checkley {{Note|1968-1979}} |
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+ | * Diana Scott {{Note|1979-2006}} |
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+ | |children= |
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+ | * Verity Awdry {{Note|b. 1971}} |
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+ | * [[Richard Awdry]] {{Note|b. 1980}} |
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+ | }} |
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+ | '''Christopher Vere Awdry''' (born 2 July 1940) is an English writer who wrote [[The Railway Series|''The Railway Series'']] from 1983 to 2011. He is the son of [[Wilbert Awdry]], the man who originally created ''The Railway Series'', and was partly responsible for the creation of the books. |
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− | ==Life With Thomas== |
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− | The first few stories of the Railway Series were created for Christopher when he was two and a half years old and sick with measles. He later revived the series by taking over from his father, the Reverend W. Awdry. |
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− | Ironically, his stories too started out as bedtime stories for his son, Richard, which he submitted to his father for a look at. Wilbert thought them good enough for publication and suggested that he send them off to [[Kaye & Ward|Kaye and Ward]] to see what they thought. |
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+ | ==Biography== |
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− | Kaye and Ward were very keen with what they saw when Christopher's manuscript for [[Really Useful Engines]] landed on their desk. The endearing stories were back and Christopher played a very active part in Thomas for many years. He was even asked by [[Britt Allcroft]] to produce a few stories for the [[Season 2|second series]] of [[Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends]], due to a clause in the agreement that stated that all stories put to film must be in print form first, as well as three episodes from the [[Season 4|fourth season]]. |
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+ | Christopher Vere Awdry (born 2 July 1940) is an English writer who wrote [[The Railway Series|'' The Railway Series'']] from 1983 to 2011. He is the son of [[Wilbert Awdry]], the man who originally created ''The Railway Series'', and was partly responsible for the creation of the books. |
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− | Not only this, Christopher was also the writer for many of the yearly "Thomas" [[Annuals|annual]] stories from 1985 to 1994. Christopher went on to produce sixteen titles of the Railway Series. |
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+ | ==Books Written== |
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− | Christopher was interviewed in 1993 on BBC Radio 2's Arts programme whilst at the Middlesbrough for Writearound 93 - Cleveland's annual festival for writers and readers. One year later in 1994 he was interviewed as part of a Thomas segment for WIN Television's Sixty Minutes series and was interviewed again a year later for [[The Thomas the Tank Engine Man (Bookmark Documentary)|the Thomas the Tank Engine Man documentary]] by the BBC in 1995. |
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+ | ===[[The Railway Series]]=== |
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+ | File:ReallyUsefulEnginesCover.png|[[Really Useful Engines]] (1983) |
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+ | File:JamesandtheDieselEnginesCover.png|[[James and the Diesel Engines]] (1984) |
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+ | File:GreatLittleEnginesCover.png|[[Great Little Engines]] (1985) |
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+ | File:MoreAboutThomastheTankEngineCover.png|[[More About Thomas the Tank Engine]] (1986) |
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+ | File:GordontheHigh-SpeedEngineCover.png|[[Gordon the High-Speed Engine]] (1987) |
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+ | File:Toby,TrucksandTroubleCover.png|[[Toby, Trucks and Trouble]] (1988) |
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+ | File:ThomasandtheTwinsCover.png|[[Thomas and the Twins]] (1989) |
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+ | File:JocktheNewEngineCover.png|[[Jock the New Engine]] (1990) |
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+ | File:ThomasandtheGreatRailwayShowCover.png|[[Thomas and the Great Railway Show]] (1991) |
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+ | File:ThomasComesHomeCover.png|[[Thomas Comes Home]] (1992) |
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+ | File:HenryandtheExpressCover.png|[[Henry and the Express]] (1993) |
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+ | File:WilberttheForestEngineCover.png|[[Wilbert the Forest Engine]] (1994) |
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+ | File:ThomasandtheFatControllersEnginesCover.png|[[Thomas and the Fat Controller's Engines]] (1995) |
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+ | File:NewLittleEngineCover.png|[[New Little Engine]] (1996) |
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+ | File:ThomasandVictoriaCover.png|[[Thomas and Victoria]] (2007) |
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+ | File:ThomasandHisFriends.png|[[Thomas and his Friends]] (2011) |
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+ | File:NoImagePlaceholder.png|[[Barry the Rescue Engine]] (1980s; cancelled) |
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+ | File:TheThreeRailwayEngine1998edition.png|[[The Three Railway Engines]] (1998; foreword) |
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+ | ===Companion Volumes=== |
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− | His involvement in Thomas since both the sale of the copyright and death of his father in 1997 has been largely limited and not through his own choice, but that of the copyright holders. For a while Christopher was found to be touring promoting the real "Thomas" books and appearing at many different events and writing new Railway-centred material on his own publishing group, Sodor Enterprises, which he ran with his ex-wife Diana. |
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+ | <gallery position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center" bordersize="none"> |
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+ | File:ThomasandtheMissingChristmasTree(story).PNG|[[Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree (story)|Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree]] (1986) |
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+ | File:ThomasandtheEvilDiesel.jpg|[[Thomas and the Evil Diesel]] (1987) |
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+ | File:ThomasandtheHurricaneCover.png|[[Thomas and the Hurricane]] (1992) |
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+ | File:BadDaysforThomasandhisFriends.jpg|[[Bad Days for Thomas and his Friends]] (2001) |
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+ | File:MoreBadDaysforThomasandhisFriends.png|[[More Bad Days for Thomas and his Friends]] (2001) |
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+ | File:SodorReadingBetweentheLines.jpg|[[Sodor: Reading Between the Lines]] (2005) |
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+ | File:ThomastheTankEnginetheNewCollection.jpg|[[Thomas the Tank Engine: The New Collection]] (2007; foreword) |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | }} |
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+ | ==Episodes Written== |
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− | In 2007, Christopher's first Railway Series volume for over ten years was published - [[Thomas and Victoria]] - and the Awdry family opened their own online shop for selling Thomas-related merchandise, both Awdry and [[television series]] related. The shop, however, has been offline for quite some time and is believed to be defunct. |
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+ | ===[[Series 2]]=== |
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+ | * [[Thomas, Percy and the Coal]] |
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+ | * [[Thomas and Trevor]] |
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+ | * [[The Runaway]] |
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+ | * [[Better Late Than Never]] |
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+ | * [[Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree]] |
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+ | ===[[Series 4]]=== |
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− | He was interviewed on BBC Breakfast, BBC Radio Devon, BBC Radio Shropshire and NPR radio for Thomas' 65th Anniversary. He was also interviewed on ITV Wales News for his father's 100th birthday and again on BBC Radio Solent promoting [[Thomas and his Friends]]. |
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+ | * [[Fish]] |
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+ | * [[Special Attraction]] |
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+ | * [[Mind that Bike]] |
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+ | ==Appearances== |
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− | Christopher was later interviewed for an exclusive YouTube documentary called [[70 Years of Friendship]] by [[Mindfruit Studios]], [[HiT Entertainment]] and Tongal, which was uploaded on 14 July 2015 to celebrate the seventy years of the Railway Series. |
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+ | ===''[[The Railway Series]]''=== |
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+ | * '''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]''' - [[Thomas the Tank Engine#Foreword|Foreword]] {{Mentioned}} |
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+ | * '''[[Troublesome Engines]]''' - [[Troublesome Engines#Percy Runs Away|Percy Runs Away]] {{Cameo}} |
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+ | ====Companion Volumes==== |
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+ | * '''1996''' - [[Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection]] {{Note|foreword; mentioned}} |
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+ | ===Documentaries=== |
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+ | * [[The Making of Thomas the Tank Engine]] |
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+ | * [[Run! Thomas & Friends "Steam Locomotive is Alive"]] |
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+ | * [[70 Years of Friendship]] |
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+ | * [[Ryūji Nakagi]] {{Note|Japan; [[Run! Thomas & Friends "Steam Locomotive is Alive"]]}} |
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==Trivia== |
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+ | * Christopher and his wife, Diana Awdry, founded [[Sodor Enterprises]] in 2001 to publish and sell his books.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030811084838/http://www.sodor.co.uk/page2.html About Us] on Sodor Enterprises</ref> |
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− | * Christopher Awdry also wrote a series of books about the engines of the Eastbourne Miniature Railway. |
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* Christopher Awdry wrote a book promoting restoration work on the Corris Railway, based on real events called "Hugh goes Sliding". It was illustrated by railway transport artist Johnathan Clay. |
* Christopher Awdry wrote a book promoting restoration work on the Corris Railway, based on real events called "Hugh goes Sliding". It was illustrated by railway transport artist Johnathan Clay. |
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− | * [[Thomas Comes to Breakfast]] is one of Christopher and Wilbert's favourite stories. |
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+ | * Christopher's opposition to the [[Egmont Publishing#The Railway Series|new format versions of the ''Railway Series'']] in 1998, but [[Egmont Publishing]] has published the books.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070506041432/http://www.aran48.dsl.pipex.com/faqs.htm Frequently Asked Questions] on Awdry Family Website</ref> As a result, the new format was discontinued and scrapped due to negative feedback. |
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+ | * In [[Sodor: Reading Between the Lines]], he stated that [[Thomas Goes Fishing]], [[Dirty Objects]], [[Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady]] and [[Thomas Comes to Breakfast]] were some of his favourite stories. He also added that Thomas Goes Fishing and Thomas Comes to Breakfast were also some of his father's favourite stories as well. |
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+ | * Sodor Island Fansite (SiF) planned to interview Christopher in August 2011 but unfortunately, it was cancelled.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111001001623/http://www.sodor-island.net/thomasnews.html Chris Awdry pulls out of SiF Interview] on SiF's News</ref> |
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− | == |
+ | ==References== |
+ | {{Reflist}} |
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− | File:ChristopherAwdryyoung.png|Christopher Awdry as a young child |
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− | File:WilbertAwdryandhisFamily.jpg|Christopher Awdry and his family |
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+ | * Awdry Family Website (''[https://web.archive.org/web/20060216174710/http://www.aran48.dsl.pipex.com 2004-2006], [https://web.archive.org/web/20090324064559/http://www.awdry.family.name 2007-2009]'') |
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− | File:Awdryfamilygeneration.jpg|Wilbert, Christopher and Richard Awdry |
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− | File:ChristopherAwdryAlfredJudy2.PNG |
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− | File:TheReverendandChristopherAwdry.jpg|Christopher Awdry with his father |
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− | File:TheAwdrysinWilbert'sStudy.jpg|Christopher and Wilbert in Wilbert's Study |
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− | File:SeriesOnecrewphoto.png|Christopher and his father with the [[Season 1|first season]] crew |
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− | File:OwenBellwiththeAwdryFamily.jpg|Christopher and his father with [[Owen Bell]] (''uploaded with permission from Owen Bell'') |
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− | File:ChristopherandHillaryonBBCNews.PNG|Christopher and Hilary on BBC News |
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− | File:ChristopherAwdryonITVNews.jpg|Christopher on ITV News |
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− | File:ChrsitopherAwdryreadingTobytheTramEngine.jpg |
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− | File:ChrsitopherAwdryreadingThomasandVictoria.jpg |
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− | File:Hilary,ChristopherandVeronica.jpg|Hilary, Christopher and Veronica outside the church |
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− | File:VeronicaChambersandChristopherAwdryattheSteamMuseum.png|Christopher and Veronica at the Steam Museum in Swindon, Wiltshire |
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− | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080417064337/http://www.awdry.family.name/ Awdry Family website] |
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Revision as of 00:02, 27 August 2020
Christopher Vere Awdry (born 2 July 1940) is an English writer who wrote The Railway Series from 1983 to 2011. He is the son of Wilbert Awdry, the man who originally created The Railway Series, and was partly responsible for the creation of the books.
Biography
Christopher Vere Awdry (born 2 July 1940) is an English writer who wrote The Railway Series from 1983 to 2011. He is the son of Wilbert Awdry, the man who originally created The Railway Series, and was partly responsible for the creation of the books.
Books Written
The Railway SeriesCompanion Volumes |
Episodes Written
Series 2
- Thomas, Percy and the Coal
- Thomas and Trevor
- The Runaway
- Better Late Than Never
- Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree
Series 4
Appearances
The Railway Series
- Thomas the Tank Engine - Foreword (mentioned)
- Troublesome Engines - Percy Runs Away (cameo)
Companion Volumes
- 1996 - Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection (foreword; mentioned)
Documentaries
- The Thomas the Tank Engine Man
- The Making of Thomas the Tank Engine
- Run! Thomas & Friends "Steam Locomotive is Alive"
- 70 Years of Friendship
- Secret Journey of Thomas the Tank Engine
Voice Actors
Trivia
- Christopher and his wife, Diana Awdry, founded Sodor Enterprises in 2001 to publish and sell his books.[1]
- Christopher Awdry wrote a book promoting restoration work on the Corris Railway, based on real events called "Hugh goes Sliding". It was illustrated by railway transport artist Johnathan Clay.
- Christopher has stated that his favourite character is Toby.
- Christopher's opposition to the new format versions of the Railway Series in 1998, but Egmont Publishing has published the books.[2] As a result, the new format was discontinued and scrapped due to negative feedback.
- In Sodor: Reading Between the Lines, he stated that Thomas Goes Fishing, Dirty Objects, Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady and Thomas Comes to Breakfast were some of his favourite stories. He also added that Thomas Goes Fishing and Thomas Comes to Breakfast were also some of his father's favourite stories as well.
- Sodor Island Fansite (SiF) planned to interview Christopher in August 2011 but unfortunately, it was cancelled.[3]
References
- ↑ About Us on Sodor Enterprises
- ↑ Frequently Asked Questions on Awdry Family Website
- ↑ Chris Awdry pulls out of SiF Interview on SiF's News