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Thomas & Friends
Season 22
No. of episodes26
Release
Original networkChannel 5
Original release3 September 2018 (2018-09-03) –
15 May 2019 (2019-05-15)
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The 22nd series of the children's television show Thomas & Friends is the first series of the Thomas & Friends: Big World, Big Adventures! part of the Thomas franchise. It began airing on 3 September 2018 in the UK, and on 17 September 2018 in the US. The series follows the adventures of Thomas and his friends on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry.

Season 22 marks the first major upgrade of the franchise since the show switched to full CGI in the thirteenth season. The episodes keep their eleven minute-long runtime, but have now been divided into seven minute-long stories, with an additional four minutes reserved for a variety of segments like sing-along karaoke songs, music videos or Thomas talking directly with the audience about lessons learned during a particular episodes.[1]

Production

Among many other changes, Edward, Henry and Toby have been removed from the Steam Team to make room for Nia and Rebecca, and the narrator has been replaced with Thomas talking to the audience (however, Mark Moraghan who was the previous narrator had said that he still works on the series). In addition, one of the characters has a fantasy sequence in each episode, and the show has a brand new theme song.[2]

Season 22 is set after Big World! Big Adventures!. The season is split into two halves; the first half sees Thomas travelling around the world and visiting India, Australia and China, while the second half takes place back on the Island of Sodor. The season was released on Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu in the fall of 2018.[3]

Voice cast

Main article: List of Thomas & Friends voice actors

The following voice actors were listed in the closing credits for the series:

The following are also considered main characters but were not listed in the credits:

  • Yvonne Grundy voices Nia, a steam train from Kenya. She is based on the East African Railways’ ED1 class steam train.[4][5][6]
  • Rachael Miller voices Rebecca, a yellow steam train from mainland Britain. Her design is based on a Southern Railway West Country 4-6-2 Pacific steam train .[5][6][7]

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		Title[a]Directed byWritten byOriginal air dateTV Order
5131"Number One Engine"Dianna BassoDavey Moore3 September 2018 (2018-09-03)37a
5142"Forever and Ever"Dianna BassoAndrew Brenner4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)37b
5153"Confusion Without Delay"Dianna BassoDavey Moore5 September 2018 (2018-09-05)38a
5164"Trusty Trunky"Dianna BassoBecky Overton6 September 2018 (2018-09-06)38b
5175"What Rebecca Does"Dianna BassoDavey Moore7 September 2018 (2018-09-07)39a
5186"Thomas Goes To Bollywood"Dianna BassoBecky Overton10 September 2018 (2018-09-10)39b
5197"Thomas in the Wild"Dianna BassoDavey Moore11 September 2018 (2018-09-11)40a
5208"Thomas and the Monkey Palace"Dianna BassoBecky Overton12 September 2018 (2018-09-12)40b
5219"An Engine of Many Colours"
"An Engine of Many Colors"		Dianna BassoMichael White13 September 2018 (2018-09-13)41a
52210"Outback Thomas"Dianna BassoTim Bain14 September 2018 (2018-09-14)41b
52311"School of Duck"Dianna BassoLee Pressman17 September 2018 (2018-09-17)42a
52412"Tiger Trouble"Dianna BassoBecky Overton18 September 2018 (2018-09-18)42b
52513"Seeing is Believing"Dianna BassoAndrew Brenner19 September 2018 (2018-09-19)43a
52614"Apology Impossible"Dianna BassoBecky Overton20 September 2018 (2018-09-20)43b
52715"The Water Wheel"Dianna BassoDavey Moore21 September 2018 (2018-09-21)44a
52816"Samson and the Fireworks"Dianna BassoLee Pressman5 November 2018 (2018-11-05)44b
52917"Runaway Truck"
"Runaway Car[b]"		Dianna BassoDavey Moore3 December 2018 (2018-12-03)45a
53018"Thomas' Animal Ark"Dianna BassoLee Pressman10 December 2018 (2018-12-10)45b
53119"Cyclone Thomas"Dianna BassoTim Bain17 December 2018 (2018-12-17)46a
53220"Kangaroo Christmas"Dianna BassoTim Bain22 December 2018 (2018-12-22)46b
53321"Thomas and The Dragon"Dianna BassoDavey Moore5 February 2019 (2019-02-05)47a
53422"Rosie is Red"Dianna BassoDavey Moore14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)47b
53523"The Case of The Puzzling Parts"Dianna BassoDavey Moore18 February 2019 (2019-02-18)48a
53624"Banjo and the Bushfire"Dianna BassoTim Bain19 February 2019 (2019-02-19)48b
53725"Counting on Nia"Dianna BassoLee Pressman20 February 2019 (2019-02-20)49a
53826"Hunt the Truck"
"Hunt the Car"		Dianna BassoMichael White15 May 2019 (2019-05-15)49b

Notes

  1. ^ Titles are for the UK version. The North American version has US English spelling such as "colors" instead of "colours"
  2. ^ The US title of the episode is "Runaway Car" instead of "Runaway Truck"[8]

References

  1. ^ "Thomas & Friends' makeover includes two new female main characters".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Thomas & Friends™ New TV Series Theme Tune | Thomas & Friends UK".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Up to speed: Mattel revamps Thomas series, toys". kidscreen.com.
  4. ^ a b PremiereScene (7 July 2018). Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie – Premiere interviews - Yvonne Grundy. Retrieved 20 September 2018 – via YouTube.
  5. ^ a b "Thomas the Tank Engine is getting two new female characters to help with gender imbalance". irishexaminer.com. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  6. ^ a b Thomas & Friends™ Behind the Scenes of the New TV Series - Thomas & Friends UK (YouTube). Thomas & Friends UK. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  7. ^ @RachaelLouiseMiller (September 4, 2018). "Chuffed to bits to be part of the @ThomasFriends family playing Rebecca who chugs onto screens for the first time in Season 22. Catch it on @milkshaketv at 7am. 🚂 #ThomasandFriends #animation" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/thomas-friends/episode-36943818/194977/
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