The Talkative Trains (French: Les trains bavards) is a 2003 French VHS release featuring eighteen second series episodes. It was released on DVD in 2004 featuring eight first series episodes and one second series episode. All episodes on both the VHS and DVD are narrated by Gérard Boucaron.
Description
French
THOMAS la petite locomotive fonceuse et malicieuse vit avec tous ses amis sur l'île du SODOR. Tous ensemble, ils sáctivent pour faire fonctionner le chemin de fer dans la joie et la bonne humeur. Mais tout nést pas si simple et les gentilles petites machines doivent souvent faire face à de nombreux imprévus...
English Translation
THOMAS, the mischievous little locomotive, lives with all his friends on the island of SODOR. Together they try to keep the railway running in good spirits. But everything is not so simple and the friendly little machines often have to deal with many unforeseen events...
Episodes
VHS
- Pierre et Herbert (Percy and Harold)
- Le fugitif (The Runaway)
- Pierre fait le grand plongeon (Percy Takes the Plunge)
- En avant Diesel (Pop Goes the Diesel)
- Sale boulot (Dirty Work)
- D'un cheveu (A Close Shave)
- Mieux vaut tard que jamais (Better Late than Never)
- Le wagon-frein (Break Van)
- La délégation (The Deputation)
- Thomas s'invite au petit déjeuner (Thomas Comes to Breakfast)
- Daisy
- Pierre traverse une mauvaise passe (Percy's Predicament)
- La Diesel grippé (The Diseasel)
- La mauvaise voie (Wrong Road)
- L'exploit d’Édouard (Edward's Exploit)
- Le train fantôme (Ghost Train)
- L'ours poilu (Woolly Bear)
- Thomas et le sapin de Noël manquant (Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree)
DVD
- Le hareng volant (The Flying Kipper)
- Sifflements et éternuements (Whistles and Sneezes)
- Toby et le gros monsieur (Toby and the Stout Gentleman)
- Thomas a des ennuis (Thomas in Trouble)
- Des objets sales (Dirty Objects)
- Le déraillement (Off the Rails)
- Dans la mine (Down the Mine)
- Le Noël de Thomas (Thomas' Christmas Party)
- Thomas, Pierre et le charbon (Thomas, Percy and the Coal)
Bonus Features (DVD)
- Thomas' Album
- Find friends of Thomas
- Summaries of episodes
Trivia
- The back cover features images from the sixth series episodes Gordon Takes a Tumble, A Friend in Need and Jack Frost. The DVD back cover features an additional image from Coal.
- With the exception of the second series episodes Dirty Work and Ghost Train, accessible thanks to French audio tracks included on US and Canadian DVD Releases, the second series episodes from Percy Takes the Plunge to Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree were only released on this VHS and not made available on DVD.
- On the DVD, a short clip from the end of the first series episode Coal is included after the opening credits.
Goof
- The DVD back cover lists Off the Rails as "Le déraillements" instead of "Le déraillement".