Thomas & Friends series 3
| Thomas & Friends | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
 DVD cover art | |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 25 February – 14 July 1992 |
| 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 53 | "A Scarf for Percy" | David Mitton | Henry the Green Engine by Rev. W. Awdry (based on "Percy and the Trousers") | 25 February 1992 |
| 2 | 54 | "Percy's Promise" | David Mitton | Percy the Small Engine by Rev. W. Awdry | 3 March 1992 |
| 3 | 55 | "Time for Trouble" | David Mitton | The Eight Famous Engines by Rev. W. Awdry (based on "Double Header") | 17 March 1992 |
| 4 | 56 | "Gordon and the Famous Visitor" | David Mitton | Duck and the Diesel Engine by Rev. W. Awdry (based on "Domeless Engines") | 24 March 1992 |
| 5 | 57 | "Donald's Duck" | David Mitton | Oliver the Western Engine by Rev. W. Awdry | 31 March 1992 |
| 6 | 58 | "Thomas Gets Bumped" | David Mitton | Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner | 7 April 1992 |
| 7 | 59 | "Thomas, Percy and the Dragon" | David Mitton | Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner | 7 April 1992 |
| 8 | 60 | "Diesel Does It Again" | David Mitton | Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner | 14 April 1992 |
| 9 | 61 | "Henry's Forest" | David Mitton | Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner | 14 April 1992 |
| 10 | 62 | "The Trouble with Mud" | David Mitton | Gordon the Big Engine by Rev. W. Awdry (based on "Leaves") | 21 April 1992 |
| 11 | 63 | "No Joke for James" | David Mitton | Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner | 21 April 1992 |
| 12 | 64 | "Thomas, Percy and the Post Train" "Thomas, Percy and the Mail Train" | David Mitton | Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner | 28 April 1992 |
| 13 | 65 | "Trust Thomas" | David Mitton | Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner | 28 April 1992 |
| 14 | 66 | "Mavis" | David Mitton | Tramway Engines by Rev. W. Awdry | 5 May 1992 |
| 15 | 67 | "Toby's Tightrope" | David Mitton | Tramway Engines by Rev. W. Awdry | 5 May 1992 |
| 16 | 68 | "Edward, Trevor and the Really Useful Party" | David Mitton | Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner | 12 May 1992 |
| 17 | 69 | "Buzz, Buzz" "James Goes Buzz, Buzz" | David Mitton | Main Line Engines by Rev. W. Awdry | 12 May 1992 |
| 18 | 70 | "All at Sea" | David Mitton | Original by Britt Allcroft and David Mitton | 19 May 1992 |
| 19 | 71 | "One Good Turn" | David Mitton | Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner | 26 May 1992 |
| 20 | 72 | "Tender Engines" | David Mitton | Enterprising Engines by Rev. W. Awdry (based on "Tenders for Henry") | 2 June 1992 |
| 21 | 73 | "Escape" | David Mitton | Enterprising Engines by Rev. W. Awdry (based on "Little Western" and the same name) | 9 June 1992 |
| 22 | 74 | "Oliver Owns Up" | David Mitton | Oliver the Western Engine by Rev. W. Awdry (based on "Resource and Sagacity") | 16 June 1992 |
| 23 | 75 | "Bulgy" | David Mitton | Oliver the Western Engine by Rev. W. Awdry | 23 June 1992 |
| 24 | 76 | "Heroes" | David Mitton | Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner | 30 June 1992 |
| 25 | 77 | "Percy, James and the Fruitful Day" | David Mitton | Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends magazine story by Andrew Brenner | 7 July 1992 |
| 26 | 78 | "Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure" "Thomas and Percy's Mountain Adventure" | David Mitton | Original by Britt Allcroft and David Mitton | 14 July 1992 [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.
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