Thomas & Friends series 6
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| Thomas & Friends | |
|---|---|
| Season 6 | |
 DVD cover art | |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 17 September – 22 October 2002 |
| Series chronology | |
Thomas & Friends (previously known as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends) is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Rev. W. Awdry.
This article lists and details episodes from the sixth series of the show, which was first broadcast in 2002.
This series was narrated by Michael Angelis for the U.K. audiences, who also re-dubbed only two episodes for the U.S. audiences, while Alec Baldwin narrated the episodes for the U.S. audiences, which was also his last series. Six were re-dubbed by Michael Brandon for the U.S. audiences.
Most episodes in this series have two titles: the original titles from the U.K. broadcasts are shown on top, while the American-adapted titles are shown underneath.
Production
This series marked the transition to 16:9 for the series and introduced new opening credits.
Phil Fehrle had taken over as producer from David Mitton and Britt Allcroft, while Angus Wright had been replaced by Allcroft and Peter Urie as executive producers.
This was the first series to oversee an introduction of a writing staff, since the stories from The Railway Series had already been adapted. Staff-written stories had been introduced in Series 5, and this practice remains unchanged since then.
Abi Grant served as script editor for the series.
Episodes
| Total | # | UK Title (top) US Title (bottom) |
Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131 | 1 | "Salty's Secret" | David Mitton | Robin Kingsland | 17 September 2002 |
| 132 | 2 | "Harvey to the Rescue" | David Mitton | Jonathan Trueman | 18 September 2002 |
| 133 | 3 | "No Sleep for Cranky" | David Mitton | Paul Larson | 19 September 2002 |
| 134 | 4 | "A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter" "A Bad Day for Harold" | David Mitton | Simon Nicholson | 20 September 2002 |
| 135 | 5 | "Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry" "Elizabeth the Vintage Quarry Truck" | David Mitton | Paul Larson | 21 September 2002 |
| 136 | 6 | "The Fogman" | David Mitton | Jonathan Trueman | 24 September 2002 |
| 137 | 7 | "Jack Jumps In" | Steve Asquith | Phil Fehrle, Jonathan Trueman and Abi Grant | 25 September 2002 |
| 138 | 8 | "A Friend in Need" | Steve Asquith | Phil Fehrle, Jonathan Trueman and Abi Grant | 26 September 2002 |
| 139 | 9 | "It's Only Snow" | David Mitton | James Mason | 27 September 2002 |
| 140 | 10 | "Twin Trouble" | David Mitton | Brian Trueman | 28 September 2002 |
| 141 | 11 | "The World's Strongest Engine" | David Mitton | Paul Larson | 1 October 2002 |
| 142 | 12 | "Scaredy Engines" | David Mitton | Robin Kingsland | 2 October 2002 |
| 143 | 13 | "Percy and the Haunted Mine" | David Mitton | Robyn Charteris | 3 October 2002 |
| 144 | 14 | "Middle Engine" | David Mitton | Brian Trueman | 4 October 2002 |
| 145 | 15 | "James and the Red Balloon" | David Mitton | Jenny McDade | 5 October 2002 |
| 146 | 16 | "Jack Frost" | David Mitton | Paul Larson | 8 October 2002 |
| 147 | 17 | "Gordon Takes a Tumble" | David Mitton | Robin Kingsland | 9 October 2002 |
| 148 | 18 | "Percy's Chocolate Crunch" | David Mitton | Brian Trueman | 10 October 2002 |
| 149 | 19 | "Buffer Bother" | David Mitton | Ross Hastings | 11 October 2002 |
| 150 | 20 | "Toby Had a Little Lamb" | David Mitton | Jenny McDade | 12 October 2002 |
| 151 | 21 | "Thomas, Percy and the Squeak" | David Mitton | Jenny McDade | 15 October 2002 |
| 152 | 22 | "Thomas the Jet Engine" "Thomas and the Jet Engine" | David Mitton | Ross Hastings | 16 October 2002 |
| 153 | 23 | "Edward the Very Useful Engine" "Edward the Really Useful Engine" | David Mitton | David Mitton | 17 October 2002 |
| 154 | 24 | "Dunkin' Duncan" | David Mitton | Jenny McDade | 18 October 2002 |
| 155 | 25 | "Rusty Saves the Day" | David Mitton | Paul Larson | 19 October 2002 |
| 156 | 26 | "Faulty Whistles" | David Mitton | Ross Hastings | 22 October 2002 |
Characters
Introduced
- Salty (Salty's Secret)
- Harvey (Harvey to the Rescue)
- Elizabeth (Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry)
- Cyril (The Fogman)
- Miss Jenny Packard (Jack Jumps In)
- Jack (Jack Jumps In)
- Oliver (Jack Jumps In)
- Byron (Jack Jumps In)
- Isobella (Jack Jumps In)
- Kelly (Jack Jumps In)
- Alfie (Jack Jumps In)
- Max (Jack Jumps In)
- Ned (A Friend in Need)
- Farmer McColl (Toby Had a Little Lamb)
- Alicia Botti (Thomas, Percy and the Squeak)
Recurring character cast
References
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