Trivia
- This season is the first of a few things.
- The first season since Season 12 to have 7 minute episodes. The other 4 minutes are bonus content.
- The first season to be narrated by Thomas in his perspective.
- The first season to be fully animated by Jam Filled Toronto as Arc Productions already produced a few episodes from Season 21.
- The first season to feature the new Steam Team - Thomas, Gordon, James, Percy, Emily, Nia and Rebecca.
- The first season to not have Edward and Henry as part of the main cast. Toby however, is still retained in the new version of Engine Roll Call.
- Charlie Barnard, Damon Denton Snape, Mia Hope Gaywood, Jessica Hann, Holly Hazelton, Innis Robertson Purnell, Siu-See Hung and Windson Liong join the voice cast.
- This is the last season to have Micaela Winter as producer.
Theshocker1 (talk) 22:08, January 2, 2018 (UTC)
Dianna Basso is confirmed as director. Saw her name appear just after Thomas’ fourth-wall introduction in the Italian dub rip of “Trusty Trunky”.
Hiikamaru (User talk:Hiikamaru) 02:47, August 6, 2018 (UTC)
Australian airdate
https://twitter.com/RealDankEngine/status/1032187329010491394
S22 confirmed to air September 3rd on ABC Kids in Australia. The episodes will be airing daily at 4:45pm.
Also, this seems to be the confirmed order so far and Australian airdates:
- Number One Engine (03/09/18)
- Forever and Ever (04/09/18)
- Thomas and the Dragon (05/09/18)
Hiikamaru (talk) 10:40, August 22, 2018 (UTC)
Speaking of air dates, when I went on my television guide to record Big World Big Adventures, I saw that it is airing on Saturday, September 8th instead of the 7th. Can someone please update it.
Episode order (so far)
So it's looking like this is the official episode order, at least in the UK since it looks like Australia is airing S22EP03 out of order:
- Number One Engine
- Forever and Ever
- Confusion Without Delay
- Trusty Trunky
- What Rebecca Does
- Thomas Goes to Bollywood
- Thomas in the Wild
- Thomas and the Monkey Palace
- An Engine of Many Colours
- Outback Thomas
- School of Duck
Tweet confirming Trusty Trunky is Episode 4: https://twitter.com/Adski702/status/1032855492773724161
Tweet confirms What Rebecca Does is Episode 5: https://twitter.com/Adski702/status/1033217748049059847
Hiikamaru (talk) 06:52, August 24, 2018 (UTC)
Freeview TV Guide lists Episode 6 as Thomas Goes to Bollywood NarrowGaugeFanatic38
More Australian airdates confirmed on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Adski702/status/1034237590684278787
Due to ABC Kids airing 7 days a week and Milkshake only being 5 days, this means some episodes will air in Australia before the UK. Thomas Goes to Bollywood and Samson and the Fireworks will both air in Australia first.
Australian airdates for the following episodes:
What Rebecca Does - 08/09/18
Thomas Goes to Bollywood - 09/09/18
Samson and the Fireworks - 10/09/18
Hiikamaru (talk) 06:43, August 28, 2018 (UTC)
https://mobile.twitter.com/SunilFan48/status/1034612016315621376
Runaway Truck will be airing on September 11th in Australia. That’s now another episode debuting in AUS before UK.
https://mobile.twitter.com/MichaelfromNZ1/status/1034653719655137281
Another China-based episode, “Thomas in the Wild” will air on September 11th for the UK. Plot is Thomas taking a film crew to film giant pandas, which Thomas is in awe of like every other forced wild animal gimmick of this series. Pretty dumb episode plot-wise but at least it’s new info.
Hiikamaru (talk) 04:41, August 29, 2018 (UTC)
https://mobile.twitter.com/SunilFan48/status/1034973930208063488
English title of the Rosie episode is “Rosie is Red” and it’s airing in Australia on September 12th. Another one that the Aussies are getting before the Brits.
Hiikamaru (talk) 01:46, August 30, 2018 (UTC)
Judging from the photo with Yvonne Grundy, there the TV screen reveals another episode title which seems to be called; 'Counting on Nia.' https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/chuff-chuff-thomas-gets-multicultural-makeover/ar-BBMJE0y?li=AAnZ9Ug
ThomasExpert001 (talk) 21:13, September 01, 2018 (UTC)
Duck's School confirmed to air in the UK on September 17th, with the English title "School of Duck". I can clearly tell that is a pun on the movie School of Rock.
Hiikamaru (talk) 07:18, September 4, 2018 (UTC)
New pics
https://mobile.twitter.com/SunilFan48/status/1034996121331027970
SunilFan48 found more pics on the ABC TV website. One pic confirms Merlin will appear in the season, though I’m guessing he may have a different voice actor, much like what happened with Ryan.
Australian episode order is:
- Number One Engine
- Forever and Ever
- Thomas and the Dragon
- Confusion Without Delay
- Trusty Trunky
- What Rebecca Does
- Thomas Goes to Bollywood
- Samson and the Fireworks
- Runaway Truck
- Rosie is Red
- Thomas in the Wild
- Thomas’ Animal Ark
- Thomas and the Monkey Palace
- A Engine of Different Colors
- Outback Thomas
- Duck’s School
- Tiger Trouble
- Seeing is Believing
- Kangaroo Christmas
- ?????? (Not sure, but Rebecca and Philip are in it)
- ?????? (China episode, Hong-Mei appears again)
- ?????? (Sodor episode, Christmas themed, Bill and Ben appear)
- ?????? (Australia episode)
- The Case of the Puzzling Parts
- ?????? (Australia episode, seems to involve a bushfire)
- Counting on Nia
Also, going by the pictures it looks like the only countries Thomas visits are China, India and Australia. No episodes for Africa, Europe or the Americas, which is absolute wasted potential.
Episode count for each location
- Sodor: 13
- China: 5
- India: 4
- Australia: 4
Hiikamaru (talk) 07:01, August 30, 2018 (UTC)
What Will Be The 11th Episode
S22EP11 is confirmed to be "School of Duck". Episode airs in the UK on September 17th.
Hiikamaru (talk) 08:19, September 4, 2018 (UTC)
Trivia needs adding
- This season marks the first of a few things.
- Tina Desai, Rufus Jones, Oliver McCue and Ashna Kapur return to the voice cast.
- The first season to not have Edward and Henry as part of the main cast.
- Nia, Yong Bao, Merlin, Ashima, Shane and Rajiv's first appearances in a season.
- The first season without a narrator.
- The first season to air in the US on a Friday for New Episodes.
- The first season to feature More Love, More Romance and More Relationships.
Where did you hear all this information? Some of it doesn’t sound right. Also, the only countries Thomas is visiting are Australia, China and India.
Hiikamaru (talk) 09:35, August 31, 2018 (UTC)
Shane
According to this news article, Shane is going to be voiced by Australian comedian Shane Jacobson. Or at least I’m certain.
Hiikamaru (talk) 09:45, August 31, 2018 (UTC)
Rebecca
Rebecca's voice actress is Rachael Miller.
Hiikamaru (talk) 11:18, September 1, 2018 (UTC)
Chinese voices
Siu-See Hong appears in the Behind The Scenes video, and she voices An An. Based on Number One Engine's cast list, that means Windson Liong voices Lin Yong and Chipo Chung voices Hong-Mei.
Hiikamaru (talk) 07:04, September 3, 2018 (UTC)
Dexter
School of Duck is confirmed to air on September 17th in the UK, though we had the cast listing leaked last month. I'm betting that Mark Moraghan will be voicing Dexter. Just my thought.
Hiikamaru (talk) 08:20, September 4, 2018 (UTC)
Indian voices
https://mobile.twitter.com/Ryuu8_t/status/1037584452124270592
Trusty Trunky’s cast listing, and I’m guessing these were the voices:
- Nikhil Parmar - Rajiv
- Sanjeev Bhaskar - Shankar
- Sheena Bhattessa - Noor Jehan
Hiikamaru (talk) 06:21, September 6, 2018 (UTC)