Tim Whitnall

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

Douglas (Big World! Big Adventures! only)
Oliver (Big World! Big Adventures! only)
Bill (Big World! Big Adventures! only)
Timothy
Mike
Jerome
Reg
Oliver the Excavator
The Deputy Minister
Some Workmen
A Quarry Worker (P.A. Problems)
A Moai Head (Big World! Big Adventures!)

UK

Max (twentieth series onwards, excluding Free the Roads)

US

Edward (Spencer's VIP original workprints)
The Man with the Hat

Songs

Never Overlook a Little Engine (performed)
Will You Won't You (performed)
Where in the World is Thomas? (performed)

Filmography

Films

Animal Farm (1999)
Rainbow Magic: Return to Rainspell Island (2010)
Devil's Playground (2010)
Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave (2014)
Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins (2015)
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure (2015)
Thomas & Friends: The Great Race (2016)
Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! (2018)

Television

Play for Today (1980)
The All Electric Amusement Arcade (1983)
Summer Season (1985)
C.A.T.S. Eyes (1986)
The Bill (1989)
Bergerac (1990)
Mike and Angelo (1990-2000)
Link's Shorts (1997)
Teletubbies (1997-2001)
It's Itsy Bitsy Time (1999)
MechaNick (2003)
Fifi and the Flowertots (2005-2006)
Underground Ernie (2007)
The Beeps (2007-2008)
Roary the Racing Car (2007-2009)
The Mr. Men Show (2008)
Muddle Earth (2010)
Tree Fu Tom (2012-2014)
Henry Hugglemonster (2013)
Thomas & Friends (2014-present)
Claude (2018)

Games

Play with the Teletubbies (2000)
The World Is Not Enough (2000)

Trivia

He tried voicing Edward in the US version of the episode Spencer's VIP, but did not make the final cut.
Prior to joining 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, Pulling Together! and It's Great to be an Engine!. He also narrated the UK trailers for Days Out with Thomas previews, 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.