| Thomas & Friends Series 11 | |||
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| Country of origin | UK | ||
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| Original channel | Channel 5 | ||
| Original run | 3 September 2007 – 14 September 2007 |
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Thomas and Friends (previously known as Thomas the Tank Engine and 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 eleventh season of this series, which was first broadcast 3–12 September 2007. It is narrated by Michael Angelis, and re-narrated for American audiences by Michael Brandon. Starting in this season, the theme song is sung by the kids from the "Thomas and Friends" suite. This is the last season to be distributed by CPTV (the 1st few episodes, while the rest and future seasons are distributed by Thirteen WNET-New York).
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Season 11 is the first in the series to be filmed in high-definition television format. The broadcast version only included 20 episodes, with six further episodes focusing on the narrow gauge engines on the Skarloey Railway released on DVD as Engines and Escapades. This is also the last season that uses models instead of CGI.
| # | Total | Title (Top) US Title (Bottom) |
Written by | Original air date | TV Order |
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| 1 | 276 | "Thomas and the Storyteller" | Abi Grant | 3 September 2007 | 401a |
| Thomas has to take a famous storyteller around the Island of Sodor so she can write a story and get her to the opening of the new library on time. | |||||
| 2 | 277 | "Emily's Rubbish" "Emily and the Garbage" |
Wayne Jackman | 3 September 2007 | 401b |
| Emily is sent to work with a cheerful but smelly new engine called Whiff. When the other engines tease her, Emily decides to run away from Whiff. | |||||
| 3 | 278 | "Dream On" | Neil Richards | 4 September 2007 | 402a |
| Spencer once again boasts about being faster, shinier and stronger than Thomas. Thomas vows to prove him wrong, but all his efforts only make him look worse. | |||||
| 4 | 279 | "Dirty Work" | Wayne Jackman | 4 September 2007 | 402b |
| James has the job of picking up the Mayor of Sodor for a festival, but Thomas, Percy and Emily have other jobs to do first, and James goes to wash instead of help them. | |||||
| 5 | 280 | "Hector the Horrid!" | Simon Spencer | 5 September 2007 | 403a |
| A new truck, nicknamed Hector "the Horrid" by Bill and Ben, has arrived to help with the heavy workload, and is unwilling to co-operate. Can Thomas shunt Hector without being scared of him? | |||||
| 6 | 281 | "Gordon and the Engineer" "Gordon and the Mechanic" |
Paul Larson | 5 September 2007 | 403b |
| The points are broken one day and Gordon must collect an engineer urgently. Unfortunately, Gordon rushes and his passenger turns out not to be who was expected. | |||||
| 7 | 282 | "Thomas and the Spaceship" | Sharon Miller | 6 September 2007 | 404a |
| Percy sees strange lights in the sky, and Thomas tries to follow them to discover the source, instead of delivering the mail. | |||||
| 8 | 283 | "Henry's Lucky Day" "Henry's Lucky Trucks" |
Paul Larson | 6 September 2007 | 404b |
| Henry is the only engine not held up by snow, because of supposed "lucky trucks", however the next day his luck runs out when his "lucky trucks" are taken by Edward. | |||||
| 9 | 284 | "Thomas and the Lighthouse" | Abi Grant | 7 September 2007 | 405a |
| Thomas wants to get to the festival, but learns not to hurry the hard way when he damages the bulb that he is taking to the lighthouse. | |||||
| 10 | 285 | "Thomas and the Big Bang" | Abi Grant | 7 September 2007 | 405b |
| Thomas likes to play jokes, and one day at the Wharf, he plays jokes on all the narrow gauge engines, however Mr. Percival does not see the funny side of them. | |||||
| 11 | 286 | "Smoke and Mirrors" | Neil Richards | 10 September 2007 | 406a |
| A famous magician is coming to perform on Sodor and Thomas is so excited about his grand finale that he rushes his work and does things wrong because he did not listen. | |||||
| 12 | 287 | "Thomas Sets Sail" | Sharon Miller | 10 September 2007 | 406b |
| The Mayor of Sodor is having a new sailing boat launched and Thomas is charged with delivering it to the ceremony, however when he leaves before letting the engineer lower the mast, he gets into difficulties. | |||||
| 13 | 288 | "Don't Be Silly, Billy" | Sharon Miller | 11 September 2007 | 407a |
| A new engine called Billy arrives and Thomas must show him around. Billy is too excited to listen and mistakes Thomas's friendly advice for Thomas bossing him about. | |||||
| 14 | 289 | "Edward and the Mail" | Paul Larson | 11 September 2007 | 407b |
| Percy is at the Works, so Edward has to take the mail for him instead. The others all think that Edward is very wise and knows everything, and this makes Edward ashamed to ask for help when he does not know how to take the mail. | |||||
| 15 | 290 | "Hide and Peep" | Simon Spencer | 12 September 2007 | 408a |
| While Thomas and Percy wait for an important cargo ship at the docks Thomas suggests a game of Hide and Peep. Cranky wants to play but Thomas tells him that he would be no good at hiding. | |||||
| 16 | 291 | "Toby's Triumph" | Abi Grant | 12 September 2007 | 408b |
| Toby is given a special job – to take Alicia Botti the opera singer to a special concert. Toby worries about making a mistake. | |||||
| 17 | 292 | "Thomas and the Runaway Car" | Sharon Miller | 13 September 2007 | 409a |
| Thomas is chosen to deliver The Fat Controller's brand new car to the Sodor Show. When Gordon challenges him to a race, Thomas is so determined to win that he does not wait for the workmen to couple up the car's flatbed truck properly. He races to the top of Gordon's Hill only for the truck – and the car – to race down the other side without Thomas. | |||||
| 18 | 293 | "Thomas in Trouble" | Wayne Jackman | 13 September 2007 | 409b |
| Thomas is at the fitters' yard before a special job taking the school choir to a concert. When James teases him, Thomas becomes determined to prove that he has not broken down and puffs away to collect the choir before his final inspection. | |||||
| 19 | 294 | "Thomas and the Stinky Cheese" | Paul Larson | 14 September 2007 | 410a |
| Thomas is indignant when the diesels call him a 'stinky steamie'. But his determination to prove them wrong gets him into trouble when he is asked to make a delivery of cheese to the docks. | |||||
| 20 | 295 | "Percy and the Left Luggage" "Percy and the Baggage" |
Abi Grant | 14 September 2007 | 410b |
| Percy has a busy day ahead – but he leaves a very important job till it is almost too late. Percy must work hard to prevent certain disaster. | |||||
| 21-26 | 296-301 | "Engines and Escapades" | - | 22 October 2007 | 501a-503b |
| Six episodes involving the narrow gauge engines were released on a VHS/DVD called Engines and Escapades. Although they were produced and released closely to Series 11, they aired in the United States within the 500 production code range, otherwise containing only episodes of Series 12. | |||||
Other characters introduced include a famous storyteller (Thomas and the Storyteller), a carpenter and an engineer (Gordon and the Engineer), an Italian magician (Smoke and Mirrors), and Cuffy the Clown (Ding-A-Ling).
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