Michael White

Michael White
Biographical Background
Born	19 July 1992
Nationality	Northern Irish
Occupation	Writer, Voice Actor, Animator
Years Active	May 2016 - present 2017 - 2021 (T&F/AEG)

Michael White is a Northern Irish writer, animator and voice actor. He was an episode writer for both Thomas & Friends and Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go. He also briefly worked as a consultant for writing Bruno.

As well as a writer, Michael also has a passion for railway modelling and animation.

Episodes Written

Thomas & Friends

Series 22

• An Engine of Many Colours
• Hunt the Truck

Series 23

• Free the Roads
• Heart of Gold
• Out of Site
• Deep Trouble

Series 24

• The Great Little Railway Show
• Thomas and the Royal Engine

Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go

Series 1

• Nia's Surprising Surprise

Songs Written

Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go

Series 1

• Celebrate (with Craig Carlisle)

Trivia

• Before joining Thomas & Friends, Michael is known on social media and the Sodor Island Forums as WhitehouseFilms.
• According to a livestream in 2023, Michael's favourite episode from those he has done for the show is "the one that hasn't been released yet."
  • However, according to another livestream in 2024, Michael said it might also be Free the Roads.
• Both he and Andrew Brenner worked on the series Pablo since 2016, where Michael wrote 13 episodes and voiced the character Tang and a variety of other characters in the series.
• His favourite characters in The Railway Series and Thomas & Friends are Edward and Toby.
• His favourite books in The Railway Series are Thomas the Tank Engine, Tank Engine Thomas Again and Branch Line Engines.
• He owns a Coolprops Thomas model.
• Two of Michael's favourite television programmes are Postman Pat (particularly the first and second series and the four specials by Woodland Animations) and The Mysterious Cities of Gold.
  • In 2021, he made a fan made tribute video on YouTube to Postman Pat when the series was celebrating 40 years.
  • In 2022, he hosted a three hour livestream tribute to The Mysterious Cities of Gold when it celebrated its 40th Anniversary.
• His favourite series of Thomas & Friends is the second series and his favourite episode is Thomas Comes to Breakfast.
• As a modeller, he created replicas of Wilbert Awdry's original model engines and his Ffarquhar layouts since 2007. He attempted to build a replica of the North Western Region layout with a local model railway club, but the project was dropped in 2022, but plans to make another attempt in the future.
• He also created four replica versions of the original wooden engine toy of Thomas using the same methods and materials made by the Rev. W. Awdry. The second version was made as a thank you gift to Christopher Awdry, the third version was made for Daniel Coffey and the fourth made for Sam Wilkinson.
• Michael is the first and only writer to have written episodes for both Thomas & Friends and Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go.
• In a recent livestream, Michael stated that since late 2020, he is currently working as an animator and part time voice over artist. He has been involved in various children's shows for ITV, RTÉjr and Apple TV. From his experience, Michael is part time working on producing his own railway themed animated series which he hopes to have a test episode released in 2025.

Gallery

One of Michael's replicas of the Original Thomas Toy. This one was sent to Christopher Awdry in 2016.

Another one of Michael's replicas of the Original Thomas toy made for Daniel Coffey in 2018, along with a coach and truck completing the whole set.

Michael's replica of the Ffarquhar Branch as seen in The Great Little Railway Show.

External links

• Michael's YouTube Channel
• Michael's Deviantart Profile
• 'Written by Michael White' | An Interview with Michael White | Part 1
• 'Written by Michael White' | An Interview with Michael White | Part 2
• The Awdry Extravaganza 2 - LIVE!
• Awdry Extravaganza 3 LIVE!
• Michael's Narration In Puffed Out Percy