Timothy Charles "Tim" Whitnall (born on 27th June 1961 in Canvey Island, Essex, England, UK) is an English playwright, screenwriter and actor, who provided voices for the UK and US narrations of Thomas & Friends from 2014 to 2020.
He appeared in the CITV comedy "Mike and Angelo" and has provided voices for many children's shows including "Roary the Racing Car", "Fifi and the Flowertots", "Teletubbies" (as the show's narrator), "Tree Fu Tom", "The Mr. Men Show", and "Underground Ernie".
He also runs the production company Feather Productions with his partner Anna Murphy.
Voices
UK/US
- Bill (Big World! Big Adventures! only)
- Timothy (2014-2018)
- Mike (2015-2017)
- Jerome (2015-2018)
- Reg (2014-2021)
- Oliver the Excavator (2015-2020)
- The Deputy Minister
- Some Workmen
- A Quarry Worker (P.A. Problems)
- A Moai Head (Big World! Big Adventures!)
UK
- Max (2017-2020; excluding Free the Roads)
US
- Edward (Spencer's VIP original workprints)
- The Man with the Hat
Songs
Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
- Never Overlook a Little Engine (performed)
The Great Race
- Will You Won't You (performed)
Big World! Big Adventures!
- Where in the World is Thomas? (performed)
Filmography
Films
Television
Games
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Trivia
- He tried voicing Edward in the US version of the episode Spencer's VIP, but did not make the final cut.
- He, Jan Page, Louise Kramskoy and Ross Hastings have all worked on Underground Ernie.
- Before he joined the voice cast, he provided the narration for some of the games included on Thomas DVDs such as Peep Peep Party, Engines to the Rescue, All Aboard with the Steam Team and Pulling Together!. He also narrated the UK adverts for Days Out with Thomas previews, Brave Little Engines, Happy Little Helpers, Calling All Engines!, The Great Discovery, Hero of the Rails, and Splish, Splash, Splosh!, as well as one of the Hornby Thomas commercials.