Thomas & Friends (series 16)
| Thomas & Friends (series 16) | |
|---|---|
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Official cover art for the series 16 DVD | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom, Canada, United States |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Five |
| Original release |
20 February – 25 December 2012 |
| 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 sixteenth series of the show, which was first broadcast in 2012. This series was narrated by Michael Angelis for the U.K. audiences, while Michael Brandon narrates the episodes for the U.S. audiences. This was also their last series.
This was Sharon Miller's last series as head writer, and it was also the last series to feature episodes written by Miller although she continued to work as voice director. This was also the last series to be produced by Nitrogen Studios.
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.
Episodes
| Total | # | UK title (top) US title (bottom) |
Directed by | Written by | Original air date | TV order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 369 | 1 | "Race to the Rescue" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 20 February 2012 | 901a |
| Flynn becomes nervous when he is told he has to run on the road for the first time. Some of the other Sodor Engines call him a wobbling toad, but Flynn figures that he is just as fine on the road as well on the rails. | ||||||
| 370 | 2 | "Ol' Wheezy Wobbles" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 20 February 2012 | 901b |
| Ol' Wheezy has stopped working. The Logging Locos don't know what to do, witch makes Thomas wanting to help them. First he goes to the dieselwoks and asks Dart to come with him to help. After Farts attempt, he gives up and returns to the works. Thomas then asks Den to come and help, but Den says he wouldn't leave without Dart. But Thomas ignores that fact. Back at Misty Island, Darts attempt also fails. In the end Thomas realise that Den and Dart can manage things when working together. | ||||||
| 371 | 3 | "Express Coming Through" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 21 February 2012 | 902b |
| Dowager Hatt is having a party for some important visitors, and Thomas is chosen to pull the express, which is harder than he expected. | ||||||
| 372 | 4 | "Percy and the Monster of Brendam" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 21 February 2012 | 902b |
| Percy believes one of Salty's tales and looks for "the Monster of Brendam." | ||||||
| 373 | 5 | "Ho Ho Snowman" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 22 February 2012 | 903a |
| Charlie hides behind a snowman and as Henry passes. Charlie pretends to be the former to help Henry appreciate snow. | ||||||
| 374 | 6 | "Flash Bang Wallop!" | Greg Tiernan | Jessica Sandys Clarke | 22 February 2012 | 903a |
| A photographer wants to take some pictures of the engines for a book, and Thomas wants to be in as many photos as he can, but he ends up causing many of friends to have accidents, and suddenly the photographers camera drops onto the tracks and gets smashed. Thomas races to the docks to get the spare camera, and helps his friends on the same time. Eventually, everything is put right again. | ||||||
| 375 | 7 | "Thomas and the Rubbish Train" "Thomas and the Garbage Train" | Greg Tiernan | Andrew Viner | 23 February 2012 | 904b |
| Thomas helps Whiff pull a train to the waste dump, but ends up causing an accident when he tries to get the job done faster. | ||||||
| 376 | 8 | "Thomas Toots the Crows" | Greg Tiernan | Dan and Nuria Wicksman | 23 February 2012 | 904a |
| Thomas tries to help keep the crows off Farmer McColl's seeds. | ||||||
| 377 | 9 | "Bust My Buffers!" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 24 February 2012 | 905a |
| Gordon's bufferbeam is broken and he is given a diesel's bufferbeam, much to his dismay. | ||||||
| 378 | 10 | "Percy and the Calliope" | Greg Tiernan | Max Allen | 24 February 2012 | 905b |
| Percy tries to save an old calliope from the Smelter's Yard. | ||||||
| 379 | 11 | "Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor" | Greg Tiernan | Gerard Foster | 27 February 2012 | 906a |
| Thomas helps a famous composer look for inspiration for his new music. | ||||||
| 380 | 12 | "Salty's Surprise" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 27 February 2012 | 906b |
| Edward tries to find Salty a Christmas present after Salty says he has no time for the holidays. | ||||||
| 381 | 13 | "Sodor Surprise Day" | Greg Tiernan | Jessica Kedward and Kirsty Peart | 28 February 2012 | 907a |
| Thomas tries to get Gordon to have fun on Sodor Surprise Day, but ruins the fireworks Gordon was supposed to collect instead. | ||||||
| 382 | 14 | "Emily's Winter Party Special" | Greg Tiernan | Max Allen | 28 February 2012 | 907b |
| Sir Topham Hatt tells Emily that she can pull the Winter Special if she finds his top hat. | ||||||
| 383 | 15 | "Muddy Matters" | Greg Tiernan | Max Allen | 29 February 2012 | 908a |
| James gets to take Farmer McCole's sheep to a festival, and finds himself making the decision of going onto muddy tracks or risk the chance on old or alternative tracks. When he realises he is running late, he takes the chance and takes the easiest way thru muddy tracks. The photograph takes the photo st the festival, stating that "that's a really useful engine" because James worked hard, even tho he got muddy. | ||||||
| 384 | 16 | "Whiff's Wish" | Greg Tiernan | Andy Bernhardt | 29 February 2012 | 908b |
| Whiff wishes that he was as grand as Spencer, and tries to implement the advice that Spencer gave him. | ||||||
| 385 | 17 | "Welcome Stafford" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 1 March 2012 | 909a |
| Spencer shows Stafford, the new electric shunting engine, around Sodor, but ignores a warning that Stafford's batteries could run out. | ||||||
| 386 | 18 | "Don't Bother Victor!" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 1 March 2012 | 909b |
| The Thin Controller leaves Peter Sam in charge of the Narrow Gauge Railway, telling him not to bother Victor during his visit. | ||||||
| 387 | 19 | "Happy Birthday Sir!" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 25 December 2012 | 910a |
| Thomas and Winston attempt to restore an open-top carriage for Sir Topham Hatt's birthday. | ||||||
| 388 | 20 | "The Christmas Tree Express" | Greg Tiernan | Sharon Miller | 25 December 2012 | 910b |
| Toby takes Rheneas to Misty Island to find the perfect Christmas tree. | ||||||
Voices
Steven Kynman (Peter Sam) joined the voice cast and takes over the role of Butch in the US with Matt Wilkinson taking over the role in the UK from Rupert Degas.
Togo Igawa did not feature (due to working on other television work), resulting in Hiro having a non-speaking role of appearance throughout this series of episodes. Michael Angelis and Michael Brandon left the voice cast after this series.
Ben Small takes over the role of Charlie in the US and William Hope takes over the voice of Bert in the UK and US.
| Actor | Region | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Angelis | UK | The Narrator |
| Michael Brandon | US | The Narrator and Diesel |
| Ben Small | UK | Thomas, Toby and Ferdinand |
| US | Charlie | |
| UK/US | Rheneas | |
| Martin Sherman | US | Thomas and Percy |
| Keith Wickham | UK | Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Whiff, Dash, The Fat Controller, The Thin Controller, The Mayor of Sodor and the Man at the Fire |
| UK/US | Salty, Den, Stafford, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Dowager Hatt and the Great Composer | |
| Kerry Shale | UK | Diesel |
| US | Henry, Gordon, James, Dash, Kevin, Sir Topham Hatt, Mr. Percival, Farmer Trotter, The Photographer and A Tree Specialist | |
| UK/US | 'Arry | |
| William Hope | US | Edward, Toby, Whiff, Bash, Rocky, Farmer McColl, The Duke of Boxford and the Dock Manager |
| UK/US | Bert | |
| Teresa Gallagher | UK | Emily, Rosie, Mavis, The Duchess of Boxford, the School Boy, Little Girl in the Red Dress, and The Ginger Hair Boy |
| Jules de Jongh | US | Emily, Rosie, Mavis, The Duchess of Boxford, the School Boy, Little Girl in the Red Dress, and The Ginger Hair Boy (Emily Winter Party Special) |
| Matt Wilkinson | UK | Spencer, Charlie, Bash, Victor, Rocky, Cranky, Butch, Kevin, Farmer McColl, the Duke of Boxford, the Photographer and the Dock Manager |
| UK/US | Winston and Rusty | |
| Glenn Wrage | US | Spencer, Ferdinand and Cranky |
| David Bedella | US | Victor and The Mayor of Sodor |
| Rupert Degas | UK/US | Dart, Flynn and Bertie |
| Steven Kynman | US | Butch |
| UK/US | Peter Sam |
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