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Starting This Fall on PBS is a promotional screening US VHS tape featuring two seventh series and four eighth series episodes narrated by Michael Brandon, and two songs. It was distributed by HiT Entertainment to various PBS TV stations in 2004.

Description[]

Who's that pulling into PBS stations everywhere?

It's Thomas the Tank Engine, and he's delivering the ALL-NEW half-hour series Thomas & Friends. These adventures, based on the classic childhood stories from the Reverend. W Awdry, follow the lives of Thomas and all his Island of Sodor friends as they work hard, overcome "cracks in the tracks," and in the end, strive to be Really Useful Engines.

These 13 live-action, half-hour episodes feature 3 exciting Thomas & Friends journeys as well as interactive interstitials that bring children and their families to the Island of Sodor. And with more adventures being delivered in 2005, children will keep tuning in to see what's coming around every bend.

Episodes[]

  1. Thomas to the Rescue
  2. Emily's New Coaches
  3. Henry and the Wishing Tree *
  4. Too Hot for Thomas **
  5. Salty's Stormy Tale
  6. Percy and the Magic Carpet *

* Followed by Engine Roll Call * Followed by A World Around You

Songs[]

Trivia[]

  • The tape is divided into two sections. The first half featuring the half-hour episode "Differences", and the second half featuring "The Weather".
  • This is the only US VHS release to feature the half-hour episodes that were broadcasted on television.
  • This is the only VHS release to feature Robert Hartshorne's music of Salty's Stormy Tale.

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