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Series 16

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The sixteenth series of Thomas & Friends first aired on television in February and March 2012 in AUS and the UK and between April and September in the US. After delays, the twentieth episode finally aired in AUS and the UK on Christmas Day 2012.

This was the final series featuring narration from Michael Angelis in the UK and Michael Brandon in the US. The series likewise marks the end of Sharon Miller's tenure as head writer (since the twelfth series), Sam Barlow's tenure as script executive and Nitrogen Studios' involvement with the franchise; Miller would nonetheless continue to act as the show's voice director until its conclusion in 2021.

Episodes

Screenshot Title Written by Episode number #
RacetotheRescue22 Race to the Rescue Sharon Miller #01
Flynn is able to run on the roads again, but he is nervous because his wheels wobble and does not want to be teased.
Ol'WheezyWobbles29 Ol' Wheezy Wobbles Sharon Miller #02
Ol' Wheezy has stopped working and the Logging Locos do not know what to do. Thomas is sure Den or Dart can help, but soon learns that they are much better working together.
ExpressComingThrough27 Express Coming Through Sharon Miller #03
Dowager Hatt is having a party for some very important visitors and Thomas tries to pull them in the express.
PercyandtheMonsterofBrendam53 Percy and the Monster of Brendam Sharon Miller #04
Percy believes one of Salty's tales and looks for "the Monster of Brendam".
HoHoSnowman63 Ho Ho Snowman Sharon Miller #05
Charlie hides behind a snowman and makes Henry think it is alive.
FlashBangWallop!24 Flash Bang Wallop! Jessica Sandys Clarke #06
A photographer wants to take some pictures of the engines for a book, but Thomas tries to be in all of them.
ThomasAndTheRubbishTrain35 Thomas and the Rubbish Train
Thomas and the Garbage Train		 Andrew Viner #07
Thomas helps Whiff with a trash train to the waste dump, but tries to avoid smelling bad to deliver the Duchess of Boxford to tea with Lady Hatt.
ThomasTootstheCrows32 Thomas Toots the Crows Dan Wicksman
Nuria Wicksman		 #08
Thomas tries to chase crows to keep them away from Farmer McColl's seeds.
BustMyBuffers!60 Bust My Buffers! Sharon Miller #09
Gordon's bufferbeam is broken and he is given a diesel's.
PercyandtheCalliope86 Percy and the Calliope Max Allen #10
Percy tries to save a calliope from the smelter's yard.
ThomasandtheSoundsofSodor67 Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor Gerard Foster #11
Thomas helps a great composer find inspiration for a special tune. However, his friends become too noisy. In result, Thomas intends to find quiet places so the composer can focus on writing his tune.
Salty'sSurprise58 Salty's Surprise Sharon Miller #12
Edward tries to find Salty a Christmas present, but realises that dockside stories are the best present that Salty loves.
SodorSurpriseDay67 Sodor Surprise Day Jessica Kedward
Kirsty Peart		 #13
Thomas tries to get Gordon to have fun on Sodor Surprise Day but ruins the fireworks.
Emily'sWinterPartySpecial39 Emily's Winter Party Special Max Allen #14
Emily hopes she will be chosen to be the party engine at the Sodor Winter Festival if she finds the Fat Controller's top hat.
MuddyMatters79 Muddy Matters Max Allen #15
James needs to travel on muddy tracks to get Farmer McColl's sheep to the fair but does not want to ruin his paintwork.
Whiff'sWish74 Whiff's Wish Andy Bernhardt #16
Whiff wishes that he was as grand as Spencer, so he tries to help the other engines with their jobs.
WelcomeStafford98 Welcome Stafford! Sharon Miller #17
Spencer shows Stafford, a new electric shunting engine, around Sodor, but ignores Victor's warning that Stafford's batteries could run out.
TheChristmasTreeExpress22 The Christmas Tree Express Sharon Miller #18
Toby gets scared when he takes Rheneas to Misty Island to pick out a Christmas tree.
Don'tBotherVictor!57 Don't Bother Victor! Sharon Miller #19
The Thin Controller leaves Peter Sam in charge of the narrow gauge railway, but refuses to fetch Victor when Sir Handel and Skarloey break down.
HappyBirthdaySir83 Happy Birthday Sir! Sharon Miller #20
Thomas and Winston look for an open-top carriage for the Fat Controller's birthday.

Screenshot Title Written by Original UK release date Episode number #
RacetotheRescue22 Race to the Rescue Sharon Miller 20 February 2012 #01
Flynn is able to run on the roads again, but he is nervous because his wheels wobble and does not want to be teased.
Ol'WheezyWobbles29 Ol' Wheezy Wobbles Sharon Miller 21 February 2012 #02
Ol' Wheezy has stopped working and the Logging Locos do not know what to do. Thomas is sure Den or Dart can help, but soon learns that they are much better working together.
ExpressComingThrough27 Express Coming Through Sharon Miller 22 February 2012 #03
Dowager Hatt is having a party for some very important visitors and Thomas tries to pull them in the express.
PercyandtheMonsterofBrendam53 Percy and the Monster of Brendam Sharon Miller 23 February 2012 #04
Percy believes one of Salty's tales and looks for "the Monster of Brendam".
HoHoSnowman63 Ho Ho Snowman Sharon Miller 24 February 2012 #05
Charlie hides behind a snowman and makes Henry think it is alive.
FlashBangWallop!24 Flash Bang Wallop! Jessica Sandys Clarke 27 February 2012 #06
A photographer wants to take some pictures of the engines for a book, but Thomas tries to be in all of them.
ThomasAndTheRubbishTrain35 Thomas and the Rubbish Train Andrew Viner 28 February 2012 #07
Thomas helps Whiff with a train of rubbish trucks to the waste dump, but tries to avoid smelling bad to deliver the Duchess of Boxford to tea with Lady Hatt.
ThomasTootstheCrows32 Thomas Toots the Crows Dan Wicksman
Nuria Wicksman		 29 February 2012 #08
Thomas tries to chase crows to keep them away from Farmer McColl's seeds.
BustMyBuffers!60 Bust My Buffers! Sharon Miller 1 March 2012 #09
Gordon's bufferbeam is broken and he is given a diesel's bufferbeam.
PercyandtheCalliope86 Percy and the Calliope Max Allen 2 March 2012 #10
Percy tries to save a calliope from the smelter's yard.
ThomasandtheSoundsofSodor67 Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor Gerard Foster 5 March 2012 #11
Thomas helps a great composer find inspiration for a special tune. However, his friends become too noisy. In result, Thomas intends to find quiet places so the composer can focus on writing his tune.
Salty'sSurprise58 Salty's Surprise Sharon Miller 6 March 2012 #12
Edward tries to find Salty a Christmas present, but realises that dockside stories are the best present that Salty loves.
SodorSurpriseDay67 Sodor Surprise Day Jessica Kedward
Kirsty Peart		 7 March 2012 #13
Thomas tries to get Gordon to have fun on Sodor Surprise Day but ruins the fireworks.
Emily'sWinterPartySpecial39 Emily's Winter Party Special Max Allen 8 March 2012 #14
Emily hopes she will be chosen to be the party engine at the Sodor Winter Festival if she finds the Fat Controller's top hat.
MuddyMatters79 Muddy Matters Max Allen 9 March 2012 #15
James needs to travel on muddy tracks to get Farmer McColl's sheep to the fair but does not want to ruin his paintwork.
Whiff'sWish74 Whiff's Wish Andy Bernhardt 12 March 2012 #16
Whiff wishes that he was as grand as Spencer, so he tries to help the other engines with their jobs.
WelcomeStafford98 Welcome Stafford! Sharon Miller 13 March 2012 #17
Spencer shows Stafford, a new electric shunting engine, around Sodor, but ignores Victor's warning that Stafford's batteries could run out.
Don'tBotherVictor!57 Don't Bother Victor! Sharon Miller 14 March 2012 #18
The Thin Controller leaves Peter Sam in charge of the narrow gauge railway, but refuses to fetch Victor when Sir Handel and Skarloey break down.
HappyBirthdaySir83 Happy Birthday Sir! Sharon Miller 15 March 2012 #19
Thomas and Winston look for an open-top carriage for the Fat Controller's birthday.
TheChristmasTreeExpress22 The Christmas Tree Express Sharon Miller 25 December 2012 #20
Toby gets scared when he takes Rheneas to Misty Island to pick out a Christmas tree.

Screenshot Title Written by Original US release date Episode number #
RacetotheRescue22 Race to the Rescue Sharon Miller 8 April 2012 #01
Flynn is able to run on the roads again, but he is nervous because his wheels wobble and does not want to be teased.
BustMyBuffers!60 Bust My Buffers! Sharon Miller 8 April 2012 #02
Gordon's bufferbeam is broken and he is given a diesel's bufferbeam.
Ol'WheezyWobbles29 Ol' Wheezy Wobbles Sharon Miller 15 April 2012 #03
Ol' Wheezy has stopped working and the Logging Locos do not know what to do. Thomas is sure Den or Dart can help, but soon learns that they are much better working together.
ThomasandtheSoundsofSodor67 Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor Gerard Foster 15 April 2012 #04
Thomas helps a great composer find inspiration for a special tune. However, his friends become too noisy. In result, Thomas intends to find quiet places so the composer can focus on writing his tune.
ThomasAndTheRubbishTrain35 Thomas and the Garbage Train Andrew Viner 22 April 2012 #05
Thomas helps Whiff with a train of garbage cars to the waste dump, but tries to avoid smelling bad to deliver the Duchess of Boxford to tea with Lady Hatt.
SodorSurpriseDay67 Sodor Surprise Day Jessica Kedward
Kirsty Peart		 22 April 2012 #06
Thomas tries to get Gordon to have fun on Sodor Surprise Day but ruins the fireworks.
ThomasTootstheCrows32 Thomas Toots the Crows Dan Wicksman
Nuria Wicksman		 29 April 2012 #07
Thomas tries to chase crows to keep them away from Farmer McColl's seeds.
MuddyMatters79 Muddy Matters Max Allen 29 April 2012 #08
James needs to travel on muddy tracks to get Farmer McColl's sheep to the fair but does not want to ruin his paintwork.
PercyandtheCalliope86 Percy and the Calliope Max Allen 6 May 2012 #09
Percy tries to save a calliope from the smelter's yard.
HappyBirthdaySir83 Happy Birthday Sir! Sharon Miller 6 May 2012 #10
Thomas and Winston look for an open-top carriage for Sir Topham Hatt's birthday.
PercyandtheMonsterofBrendam53 Percy and the Monster of Brendam Sharon Miller 2 September 2012 #11
Percy believes one of Salty's tales and looks for "the Monster of Brendam".
FlashBangWallop!24 Flash Bang Wallop! Jessica Sandys Clarke 2 September 2012 #12
A photographer wants to take some pictures of the engines for a book, but Thomas tries to be in all of them.
Emily'sWinterPartySpecial39 Emily's Winter Party Special Max Allen 9 September 2012 #13
Emily hopes she will be chosen to be the party engine at the Sodor Winter Festival if she finds Sir Topham Hatt's top hat.
Salty'sSurprise58 Salty's Surprise Sharon Miller 9 September 2012 #14
Edward tries to find Salty a Christmas present, but realizes that dockside stories are the best present that Salty loves.
WelcomeStafford98 Welcome Stafford! Sharon Miller 16 September 2012 #15
Spencer shows Stafford, a new electric shunting engine, around Sodor, but ignores Victor's warning that Stafford's batteries could run out.
Don'tBotherVictor!57 Don't Bother Victor! Sharon Miller 16 September 2012 #16
Mr. Percival leaves Peter Sam in charge of the narrow gauge railway, but refuses to fetch Victor when Sir Handel and Skarloey break down.
ExpressComingThrough27 Express Coming Through Sharon Miller 23 September 2012 #17
Dowager Hatt is having a party for some very important visitors and Thomas tries to pull them in the express.
Whiff'sWish74 Whiff's Wish Andy Bernhardt 23 September 2012 #18
Whiff wishes that he was as grand as Spencer, so he tries to help the other engines with their jobs.
TheChristmasTreeExpress22 The Christmas Tree Express Sharon Miller 30 September 2012 #19
Toby gets scared when he takes Rheneas to Misty Island to pick out a Christmas tree.
HoHoSnowman63 Ho Ho Snowman Sharon Miller 30 September 2012 #20
Charlie hides behind a snowman and makes Henry think it is alive.

Screenshot Title Written by Original JPN release date Episode number #
ExpressComingThrough27 トーマスときゅうこうれっしゃ
(Express Coming Through)		 Sharon Miller 8 April 2012 #01
Dowager Hatt is having a party for some very important visitors and Thomas tires to pull them in the express.
ThomasandtheSoundsofSodor67 トーマスとソドーとうのおと
(Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor)		 Gerard Foster 8 April 2012 #02
Thomas helps out the great composer look for inspiration for music.
FlashBangWallop!24 トーマスとしゃしん
(Flash Bang Wallop)		 Jessica Sandys Clarke 15 April 2012 #03
A photographer arrives to Sodor, and he wants to take some pictures of the engines for the book.
PercyandtheCalliope86 パーシーとパイプオルガン
(Percy and the Calliope)		 Max Allen 15 April 2012 #04
Percy tries to save a calliope from the smelter's yard.
RacetotheRescue22 ゆうかんなヒーロー フリン
(Race to the Rescue)		 Sharon Miller 24 June 2012 #05
Flynn is able to run on the roads again, but he is nervous because his wheels wobble.
Ol'WheezyWobbles29 こわれたオールド・ウィージー
(Ol' Wheezy Wobbles)		 Sharon Miller 24 June 2012 #06
Ol' Wheezy has stopped working. The Logging Locos do not know what to do, but Thomas is sure he can help.
PercyandtheMonsterofBrendam53 ブレンダムのかいぶつ
(Percy and the Monster of Brendam)		 Sharon Miller 21 October 2012 #07
Percy believes one of Salty's tales and looks for "the Monster of Brendam".
ThomasAndTheRubbishTrain35 トーマスとゴミのかしゃ
(Thomas and the Rubbish Train)		 Andrew Viner 21 October 2012 #08
Thomas helps Whiff pull a train to the waste dump.
ThomasTootstheCrows32 トーマスとカラス
(Thomas Toots the Crows)		 Dan Wicksman
Nuria Wicksman		 28 October 2012 #09
Thomas tries to keep the crows off Farmer McColl's seeds.
BustMyBuffers!60 シマシマのゴードン
(Bust My Buffers)		 Sharon Miller 28 October 2012 #10
Gordon's bufferbeam is broken and he is given a diesel's bufferbeam.
SodorSurpriseDay67 ソドーとうのサプライズ・デー
(Sodor Surprise Day)		 Jessica Kedward
Kirsty Peart		 4 November 2012 #11
Thomas tries to get Gordon to have fun on Sodor Surprise Day but ruins the fireworks.
MuddyMatters79 どろんこジェームス
(Muddy Matters)		 Max Allen 4 November 2012 #12
James needs to travel on muddy tracks to get Farmer McColl's sheep to the fair but does not want to dirty his paintwork.
Whiff'sWish74 ウィフのねがい
(Whiff's Wish)		 Andy Bernhardt 11 November 2012 #13
Whiff wishes that he was as grand as Spencer, so he tries to help the other engines with their jobs.
WelcomeStafford98 ようこそスタフォード
(Welcome Stafford)		 Sharon Miller 11 November 2012 #14
Spencer shows Stafford, the new electric shunting engine, around Sodor, but ignores Victor's warning that Stafford's batteries could run out.
Don'tBotherVictor!57 ピーター・サムのるすばん
(Don't Bother Victor)		 Sharon Miller 18 November 2012 #15
Mr. Percival leaves Peter Sam in charge of the narrow gauge railway.
TheChristmasTreeExpress22 クリスマスツリーをさがせ
(The Christmas Tree Express)		 Sharon Miller 18 November 2012 #16
Toby gets scared when he takes Rheneas to Misty Island to pick out a Christmas tree.
HoHoSnowman63 おしゃべりゆきだるま
(Ho Ho Snowman)		 Sharon Miller 2 December 2012 #16
Charlie hides behind a snowman and tricks Henry into thinking it is alive.
HappyBirthdaySir83 トップハム・ハットきょうのたんじょうび
(Happy Birthday Sir)		 Sharon Miller 2 December 2012 #18
Thomas and Winston, the new track inspection vehicle, look for an open-top carriage for Sir Topham Hatt's birthday.
Salty'sSurprise58 ソルティーへのプレゼント
(Salty's Surprise)		 Sharon Miller 23 Dectember 2012 #19
Edward tries to find Salty a Christmas present.
Emily'sWinterPartySpecial39 パーティーきかんしゃ エミリー
(Emily's Winter Party Special)		 Sharon Miller 23 December 2012 #20
Emily hopes she will be chosen to be the party engine at the Sodor Winter Festival if she finds Sir Topham Hatt's top hat.

Songs

Screenshot Title Composers Original release date
ThomasandPercy Thomas and Percy Robert Hartshorne 5th May 2012 (US)
Down in the middle of Tidmouth Sheds

two little engines, best of friends...

HeroOfTheRails82 Go, Go Thomas (different lyrics and footage) Robert Hartshorne 7th April 2012 (US)
Go, go Thomas... Go, go Thomas...

Go, go, number one... Go, go Thomas!

Characters

Characters Introduced

Locations

Half Hour Format

When Series 16 aired on PBS Kids in the US and Nick Jr. in the UK and Ireland, each broadcast aired two episodes and a song while the US airings includes a Down at the Station segment.

Chuffing with Pride

All Together Now

  • Ol' Wheezy Wobbles
  • Song: Hear the Engines Coming
  • Down at the Station: Diesel Engines (US only)
  • Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor
  • Guess Who? Puzzles - Thomas (yellow background) and Den and Dart

If a Job's Worth Doing

  • Thomas and the Garbage/Rubbish Train
  • Song: Day of the Diesels (Alternate cut)
  • Down at the Station: The Conductor (US only)
  • Sodor Surprise Day
  • Guess Who? Puzzles - Cranky and Scruff

Fun on the Farm

  • Thomas Toots the Crows
  • Song: Hear the Engines Coming
  • Down at the Station: Whistle (US only)
  • Muddy Matters
  • Guess Who? Puzzles - James and Den and Dart

Don't Give Up

  • Percy and the Calliope
  • Song: Thomas and Percy
  • Down at the Station: The End of the Line (US only)
  • Happy Birthday Sir!
  • Guess Who? Puzzles - Skarloey and Winston

A Friend in Need

  • Percy and the Monster of Brendam
  • Song: All You Need
  • Down at the Station: Morning (US only)
  • Flash Bang Wallop!
  • Guess Who? Puzzle - Percy

Winter Surprise

  • Emily's Winter Party Special
  • Song: All You Need
  • Down at the Station: Engines (US only)
  • Salty's Surprise
  • Guess Who? Puzzle - Emily

Communication

  • Welcome Stafford
  • Song: Working Together
  • Down at the Station: The Workman
  • Don't Bother Victor!
  • Guess Who? Puzzles - Peter Sam and Stafford

Let It Snow

  • The Christmas Tree Express
  • Song: Working Together
  • Down at the Station: The Level Crossing (US only)
  • Ho Ho Snowman
  • Guess Who? Puzzles - Rheneas and Charlie

Just Being You

  • Express Coming Through
  • Song: Thomas and Percy
  • Down at the Station: The Signalman (US only)
  • Whiff's Wish
  • Guess Who? Puzzles - Thomas and Percy and Spencer

Cast

UK

  • Ben Small as Thomas, Toby, Ferdinand, Rheneas and the Troublesome Trucks
  • Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Whiff, Dash, Salty, Den, Stafford, Skarloey, Sir Handel, the Fat Controller, Dowager Hatt, the Mayor of Sodor, the Thin Controller, the Man at the Fire and the Great Composer
  • Matt Wilkinson as Spencer, Charlie, Bash, Winston, Victor, Rusty, Rocky, Cranky, Butch, Kevin, Farmer McColl, the Duke of Boxford, Farmer Trotter, the Photographer and the Dock Manager
  • Teresa Gallagher as Emily, Rosie, Mavis, the Duchess of Boxford and the Schoolboy
  • Rupert Degas as Dart, Flynn, and Bertie
  • Steven Kynman as Peter Sam (uncredited)
  • Kerry Shale as Diesel and 'Arry
  • William Hope as Bert

US

  • Martin Sherman as Thomas and Percy
  • William Hope as Edward, Toby, Whiff, Bash, Bert, Rocky, Farmer McColl, the Duke of Boxford and the Dock Manager
  • Kerry Shale as Henry, Gordon, James, Dash, 'Arry, Kevin, Sir Topham Hatt, Mr. Percival, Farmer Trotter and the Photographer
  • Jules de Jongh as Emily, Rosie, Mavis, the Duchess of Boxford and the Schoolboy
  • Ben Small as Charlie, Rheneas and the Troublesome Trucks
  • Michael Brandon as Diesel
  • Keith Wickham as Salty, Den, Stafford, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Dowager Hatt, and the Great Composer
  • Matt Wilkinson as Winston and Rusty
  • Rupert Degas as Dart, Flynn, and Bertie
  • Glenn Wrage as Spencer, Ferdinand, Cranky and Butch
  • David Bedella as Victor and the Mayor of Sodor
  • Steven Kynman as Peter Sam

Trivia

  • Nitrogen Studios began production on this series in April 2010.[1] Additionally, according to writer Andrew Viner's website, the episode Thomas and the Rubbish Train was commissioned/written in 2010. Every episode has a copyright of 2011.
  • Originally, Derek was going to appear in this series in Bust My Buffers! with a non-speaking role, but when animating the episode, "Paxman" in the script was mistaken for Paxton.[1][2]
  • This series marks the first of several things:
    • The first series since their debuts where Belle and Harold appear, but do not speak in any of their appearances.
    • The first series in where Trevor does not appear since his return in the previous series.
    • The first series to have Steven Kynman as part of the voice cast.
    • The first series to have Matt Wilkinson as part of the US voice cast.
    • Skarloey, Rheneas, Sir Handel, Peter Sam and Rusty's first episodic appearances in full CGI.
    • The Skarloey Railway Depot, the Lighthouse and the Sodor Suspension Bridge's first appearances in full CGI.
    • The first series since the thirteenth series where the trucks have faces.
    • The first series to feature Matt Wilkinson as Butch in the UK version.
    • The first series to feature Ben Small as Charlie in the US version.
    • The first series to feature William Hope as Bert in both dubs.
    • The first series to feature Ian McCue as producer.
    • The first series to have an episode written by Andrew Viner since the twelfth series.
    • The first series where the end credits only list the cast members who provide voices in the particular episodes. The only exceptions are the UK dub of Whiff's Wish, where Ben Small is incorrectly added to the list of voice actors despite none of his characters speaking in that dub, and the UK dub of Don't Bother Victor!, where Steven Kynman is not credited despite voicing Peter Sam.
    • The first series to not be dubbed in Finnish.
    • The first series to have Baek Kyung-hoon and Lee Je-in as part of the voice cast in South Korea.
    • The first series recorded and mixed by An Ho-seong in South Korea.
    • The first series translated by Kim Hye-yeon in South Korea.
    • The first series directed by Lee Won-hee in South Korea.
    • The first series aired on Spacetoon for the Arabic dub.
    • The first series aired by Polsat JimJam since the eleventh series in Poland.
    • The first series that Ian McCue became producer instead of line producer.
  • This series marks the last of several things:
    • Sharon Miller's last series as head writer.
    • Greg Tiernan's last series as director.
    • Nicole Stinn's last series as producer.
    • The last series to feature Matt Wilkinson as Victor in the UK. David Bedella takes over the role in Blue Mountain Mystery.
    • Sam Barlow's last series as story executive.
    • The last series animated by Nitrogen Studios.
    • The last series to not feature Duck in the original series.
    • The last series to feature a standardized writing formula.
    • The last series to feature Bash, Dash, Ol' Wheezy, Hee-Haw and Misty Island. Although, the latter would later mentioned by Thomas in the twentieth series episode, The Way She Does It and by Paxton and Sidney the special, Big World! Big Adventures!.
    • The final series where Thomas' whistle bounces up and down until The Adventure Begins.
    • The last series to feature Glenn Wrage and Jules de Jongh as Butch and Mavis in the US. Steven Kynman and Teresa Gallagher took over the roles in the seventeenth series.
    • The last series to have twenty episodes until the twenty-third series.
    • The last series until the twenty-first series to not have at least 26 episodes.
    • The last series to feature Teresa Gallagher and Jules de Jongh as Rosie in the UK and US, respectively. Nicola Stapleton later took over the role in Journey Beyond Sodor.
    • The last series until the twenty-first series to have Hisayo Mochizuki as part of the Japanese voice cast.
    • The last series in fullscreen in Italy, Brazil, Canada, Latin America, the UK (Nick Jr. broadcasts only) and in the US (with some PBS broadcasts).
    • The last series aired by CBeebies in South Korea.
    • The last series narrated by Michael Angelis and Michael Brandon for the UK dub and US dub, respectively, and the last to have two separate narrators for the UK and US until the twenty-second series.
    • The last series to have Rupert Degas as part of the voice cast due to him relocating to Australia. Keith Wickham took over the role of Bertie and Steven Kynman took over the role of Dart. Ben Small only voiced Flynn in the next series, then this role was given to Kerry Shale and later, Rob Rackstraw in the nineteenth series.
    • The last series until Tale of the Brave to have a character voiced by the narrator in the US dub (Diesel in this case as Martin Sherman took over the role of this character until the eighteenth series and Mark Moraghan was the narrator from King of the Railway to the twenty-first series).
    • The last series to have the steam engines' whistles budge up and down when they use them.
    • The last series where the narrator has more dialogue than the characters.
    • The last series in where Toby in an episode finale until the third series of All Engines Go!.
    • The last series produced by HiT Entertainment under ownership of Apax Partners, as they sold HiT to Mattel on 1 February, 2012.
    • The last series of the Miller era.
  • This series marks the only of several things:
    • The only series in which where Hiro and Captain appear, but do not speak since their introductions in Hero of the Rails and Misty Island Rescue respectively.
    • The only series without Togo Igawa as part of the voice cast until the twenty-first series. This also applies with Tesshō Genda as part of the Japanese voice cast.
    • The only series in which 'Arry, Bert, Skarloey and Rheneas speak in all of their appearances.
    • The only series since Day of the Diesels to have Teresa Gallagher as part of the UK voice cast, but not the US voice cast.
    • The only series to have episodes written by Dan Wicksman, Nuria Wicksman, Max Allen, Jessica Kedward, Andy Bernhardt and Kristy Peart.
    • The only series to feature Rebecca Evans as script editor.
    • The only series for which all of the episodes (except The Christmas Tree Express) aired in Australia before airing in other countries. However, selected episodes from the seventeenth and eighteenth series also aired in Australia ahead of their overseas debuts.
    • The only series from the Miller era to have the narrow-gauge engines.
  • Skarloey, Rheneas and Peter Sam's whistles now budge up and down when they use them.
  • Prior to the narrow gauge engines' return, the team went to the Talyllyn Railway to measure the real engines to make the Skarloey Railway engines. However, Douglas, Duncan's basis, was under an overhaul and thus could not be measured. This could be why Duncan did not return until the eighteenth series.
  • On Netflix UK, this series was incorrectly listed as the fourteenth series. The mistake was later corrected.
  • In Norway, this series was shown on the TV 2 Sumo website before airing on television.
  • Only one episode from this series was dubbed in Dutch, that being Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor. The episode was dubbed alongside series 18. A short clip of the episode was uploaded on the Cinemeta website. The episode only appeared on a Belgian Take 'n Play DVD from 2015, titled Railway Stories in Dutch and Stories from Trains in French. The DVD was sold exclusively at the Belgian Days Out with Thomas events, which were held at Stoomtrein Maldegem-Eeklo.

References

  1. ↑ "Funny you should say, I heard rumours about Derek's supposed return to S16 too". Twitter. Elliot Killick-Ward. (17 September 2019).
  2. ↑ "I reckon it's been Paxton as opposed to Paxman, can't recall, was 2010 when it happened". Twitter. SiForums and Fansite!. 17 September 2019. Archived from the original on 17 September 2019.


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#01 Race to the Rescue #08 Thomas Toots the Crows #15 Muddy Matters
#02 Ol' Wheezy Wobbles #09 Bust My Buffers! #16 Whiff's Wish
#03 Express Coming Through #10 Percy and the Calliope #17 Welcome Stafford
#04 Percy and the Monster of Brendam #11 Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor #18 Don't Bother Victor!
#05 Ho Ho Snowman #12 Salty's Surprise #19 Happy Birthday Sir!
#06 Flash Bang Wallop! #13 Sodor Surprise Day #20 The Christmas Tree Express
#07 Thomas and the Rubbish Train #14 Emily's Winter Party Special
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