Simon Spencer (born 26 June 1959 in Clacton-on-Sea) was the producer and showrunner for Thomas & Friends from 2003 until 2008. He replaced Phil Fehrle when HiT Entertainment began producing the show. He also wrote six episodes for the show and served as a creative producer for The Birthday Express.
He was replaced by Nicole Stinn in the producer role, when production moved to Nitrogen Studios in 2009.
Episodes Written
Series 11
Series 12
Specials
- The Great Discovery (story; uncredited with Sam Barlow (uncredited) and Sharon Miller)
- He also wrote the outline for an unproduced special where Thomas gets set on a ship to the mainland, which has later evolved into Misty Island Rescue.
Series Producer
Series
Specials
DVDs
- The Birthday Express (creative producer)
Trivia
- Simon is in ownership of several pieces of crew memorabilia from the series, including Gauge 1 replicas of Thomas, Spencer (who was named after him according to Abi Grant[1]), the Steam Team statue, as well as a Sir Topham Hatt Wharf Scale Hiking figure and Dowager Hatt's original Series 5 figure.
- Simon also owns several production material from Calling All Engines!, including storyboards and behind the scenes images.
- He also used to own the stunt model of Hector (whose introductory episode he wrote), before he sold it to The Prop Store in 2024.
Gallery
Owned Props
Hector's second stunt model as formerly owned by Simon
A replica crew gift of the Steam Team Statue as owned by Simon
A replica crew gift of Thomas' model as owned by Simon
A crew gift replica of Spencer's model as owned by Simon
Sir Topham Hatt's gauge 3 hiking figure and Dowager Hatt's small scale figure as owned by Simon
A basketball player's small scale figure as owned by Simon
Episode Production
Storyboards
Calling All Engines! (2004)
Miscellaneous
Thank you poster for production crew from Series 12
References
- ↑ Abi Grant on Twitter (archived)