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*Thomas & Friends*
Thomas & Friends
Season 3
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No. of episodes	26
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Original network	ITV
Original release	17 November 1991 –; ; 14 July 1992
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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 third series of the show, which was first broadcast for the U.S. in 1991 as part of Shining Time Station, and followed a year later for the U.K. This series was narrated by Michael Angelis for the U.K. audiences, while George Carlin narrated the episodes for the U.S. audiences.

Some 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

Filming

Series 3 was produced in 1991 and 1992 by The Britt Allcroft Company in association with Japanese television station Fuji Television. It was divided into two parts, one part having 16 episodes and the other having 10. Sixteen episodes aired in the United States in 1991 as part of Shining Time Station, and the last ten episodes aired on the same program in 1993. The entire series aired in 1992 in the United Kingdom. It was made at a cost of £1.3 million (approximately $9.3 million in U.S. dollars).^[1] Before production of series 3, Clearwater Features closed down, with The Britt Allcroft Company becoming the sole producer. Producer Robert D. Cardona left before series 3, and Britt Allcroft took his place as co-producer alongside David Mitton. According to Robert Gauld-Galliers, "Gordon Goes Foreign" was originally planned to be filmed into an episode, but it wasn't because of high budgets.^[2]

Stories

The series was a combination of episodes derived from The Railway Series, stories in the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine (written by the series' current head writer, Andrew Brenner), and a couple of original stories by Allcroft and Mitton. One of the primary reasons for diverging from the original books was that many of the stories not yet used featured large numbers of new characters, which would be expensive to produce. Another was that the producers wanted more stories about Thomas, the nominal main character. Awdry worried that the new stories would be unrealistic (see Henry the Green Engine for more details).^[1]

Episodes

Total	#	UK title (top) US title (bottom)	Directed by	Source	Original air date
53	1	"A Scarf for Percy"	David Mitton	Henry the Green Engine by Rev. W. Awdry (based on "Percy and the Trousers")	24 December 1991 (1991-12-24)
54	2	"Percy's Promise"	David Mitton	Percy the Small Engine by Rev. W. Awdry	29 November 1991 (1991-11-29)
55	3	"Time for Trouble"	David Mitton	The Eight Famous Engines by Rev. W. Awdry (based on "Double Header")	26 December 1991 (1991-12-26)
56	4	"Gordon and the Famous Visitor"	David Mitton	Duck and the Diesel Engine by Rev. W. Awdry (based on "Domeless Engines")	21 November 1991 (1991-11-21)
57	5	"Donald's Duck"	David Mitton	Oliver the Western Engine by Rev. W. Awdry	23 December 1991 (1991-12-23)
58	6	"Thomas Gets Bumped"	David Mitton	Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner	18 December 1991 (1991-12-18)
59	7	"Thomas, Percy and the Dragon"	David Mitton	Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner	18 November 1991 (1991-11-18)
60	8	"Diesel Does It Again"	David Mitton	Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner	17 November 1991 (1991-11-17)
61	9	"Henry's Forest"	David Mitton	Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner	16 December 1991 (1991-12-16)
62	10	"The Trouble with Mud"	David Mitton	Gordon the Big Engine by Rev. W. Awdry (based on "Leaves")	26 November 1991 (1991-11-26)
63	11	"No Joke for James"	David Mitton	Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner	19 November 1991 (1991-11-19)
64	12	"Thomas, Percy and the Post Train" "Thomas, Percy and the Mail Train"	David Mitton	Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner	20 December 1991 (1991-12-20)
65	13	"Trust Thomas"	David Mitton	Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner	25 November 1991 (1991-11-25)
66	14	"Mavis"	David Mitton	Tramway Engines by Rev. W. Awdry	25 December 1991 (1991-12-25)
67	15	"Toby's Tightrope"	David Mitton	Tramway Engines by Rev. W. Awdry	25 December 1991 (1991-12-25)
68	16	"Edward, Trevor and the Really Useful Party"	David Mitton	Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner	27 December 1991 (1991-12-27)
69	17	"Buzz, Buzz" "James Goes Buzz, Buzz"	David Mitton	Main Line Engines by Rev. W. Awdry	19 May 1992 (1992-05-19)
70	18	"All at Sea"	David Mitton	Original by Britt Allcroft and David Mitton	26 May 1992 (1992-05-26)
71	19	"One Good Turn"	David Mitton	Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner	2 June 1992 (1992-06-02)
72	20	"Tender Engines"	David Mitton	Enterprising Engines by Rev. W. Awdry (based on "Tenders for Henry")	2 June 1992 (1992-06-02)
73	21	"Escape"	David Mitton	Enterprising Engines by Rev. W. Awdry	9 June 1992 (1992-06-09)
74	22	"Oliver Owns Up"	David Mitton	Oliver the Western Engine by Rev. W. Awdry (based on "Resource and Sagacity")	16 June 1992 (1992-06-16)
75	23	"Bulgy"	David Mitton	Oliver the Western Engine by Rev. W. Awdry	23 June 1992 (1992-06-23)
76	24	"Heroes"	David Mitton	Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner	30 June 1992 (1992-06-30)
77	25	"Percy, James and the Fruitful Day"	David Mitton	Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner	7 July 1992 (1992-07-07)
78	26	"Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure" "Thomas and Percy's Mountain Adventure"	David Mitton	Original by Britt Allcroft and David Mitton	14 July 1992 (1992-07-14)^[3]

Characters

Introduced

City of Truro (Gordon and the Famous Visitor)
Dilly the Duck (Donald's Duck)
The Chinese Dragon (Thomas, Percy and the Dragon)
Mavis (Mavis)
Flying Scotsman (Tender Engines)
Oliver (Escape)
Toad (Escape)
Bulgy (Bulgy)

Recurring character cast

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b Sibley, Brian (1995). The Thomas the Tank Engine Man. Heinemann. p. 318. ISBN 0-434-96909-5.
^ http://www.sodor-island.net/episodeguide/rgg.html
^ "Thomas the Tank Engine - CITV Trust Thomas Video Promo, 14th July 1992". Youtube. Retrieved 10 November 2014.

[sibley-1] Sibley, Brian (1995). The Thomas the Tank Engine Man. Heinemann. p. 318. ISBN 0-434-96909-5.

[2] ttp://www.sodor-island.net/episodeguide/rgg.html

[Youtube2-3] "Thomas the Tank Engine - CITV Trust Thomas Video Promo, 14th July 1992". Youtube. Retrieved 10 November 2014.

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  |ShortSummary=Henry loves going to the forest to admire the scenery. But one night, a windstorm damages the trees there, making him ever sadder. In order to make Henry feel happy again, new trees must be planted to replace the damaged ones.
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