"which is based on the Snowdon Mountain Railway in Wales. The capital and administrative centre of Sodor is the city of Suddery, however, Tidmouth has grown to be the largest town on the island. One of the more famous settlements on Sodor is Ffarquhar, the terminus of Thomas the Tank Engine's Branch Line. All of the other settlements on the island are described in Locations on the Island of Sodor, while the six railway lines from The Railway Series are described below. The railways of Sodor include standard-gauge, narrow-gauge, Rack Railways and 15-inch gauge railways. The first few stories concerned"
"Fictional locations in Thomas & Friends The television series ""Thomas & Friends"" is mostly set on the fictional Island of Sodor. The children's books the series is based on, ""The Railway Series"" by Rev. W. Awdry and his son Christopher, feature a slightly different set of locations. The fictional island of Sodor is located off the west coast of England, not far from the Isle of Man which inspired it. The location was chosen for isolation to allow freedom in creating the setting while still retaining some familiarity for a primarily British audience. This lists each and every town and"
"Sodor (fictional island) Sodor is a fictional island located in the Irish Sea, just off the English mainland near Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria. It is the setting for ""The Railway Series"" books by the Rev. W. Awdry (and his son Christopher), and also for the popular television series ""Thomas & Friends"". The need for consistency in the locations for The Railway Series necessitated the creation of a suitable location. Awdry required a setting for his books that would be within Great Britain, but would be sufficiently isolated from the rest of British Railways to allow him to do as he wished"
"The Mayor of Sodor in the UK. Ben Small's remaining role of Charlie in the US (was later taken over by Steven Kynman). Thomas & Friends (series 19) Thomas & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters 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 the episodes from series 19 of the show, which began airing on 21 September 2015 in the UK, and on 13 October 2015 in the US. The series is narrated by"
"Thomas & Friends (series 19) Thomas & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters 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 the episodes from series 19 of the show, which began airing on 21 September 2015 in the UK, and on 13 October 2015 in the US. The series is narrated by Mark Moraghan, for the UK and US audiences, respectively. A new DVD ""Whale of a Tale and Other Sodor Adventures"" (containing 5 episodes)"
"likely towards Bridlington. It is the workplace of Hurricane and Frankie (who live and work there) along with Merlin, Theo and Lexi. Fictional locations in Thomas & Friends The television series ""Thomas & Friends"" is mostly set on the fictional Island of Sodor. The children's books the series is based on, ""The Railway Series"" by Rev. W. Awdry and his son Christopher, feature a slightly different set of locations. The fictional island of Sodor is located off the west coast of England, not far from the Isle of Man which inspired it. The location was chosen for isolation to allow"
"<onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Thomas & Friends (series 11) 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 eleventh series of this show, which was first broadcast in 2007. This series was narrated by Michael Angelis for the UK audiences, while Michael Brandon narrates the episodes for the US audiences. Starting in this series, the theme song is"
"Thomas & Friends (series 20) Thomas & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters 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 the episodes from series 20 of the show, which started airing on 5 September 2016 in the UK, and on 21 October 2016 in the US. The series is narrated by Mark Moraghan. Only 5 episodes were broadcast on PBS Kids in the US. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Tracy-Ann Oberman joins the voice cast and takes over"
"of anthropomorphised locomotives and road vehicles who live on the fictional Island of Sodor. The books were based on stories Wilbert told to entertain his son, Christopher, during his recovery from measles. Many of the stories from the first four series are based on events from Awdry's personal experience. Before the airing of the first episode of ""Thomas & Friends"" in 1984, previous attempts had been made to adapt Awdry's stories for television, but not all attempts were successful. The first was in 1953, when the editor of the ""Railway Series"" books, Eric Marriott, was approached by the BBC, who"
"Thomas & Friends (series 13) Thomas & 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 thirteenth series of the show, which was first broadcast in 2010. This series was narrated by Michael Angelis for the U.K.audiences, although Michael Brandon narrates the episodes for the U.S. audiences. Mark Moraghan later re-narrated ""Snow Tracks"" for the ""Santa's Little Engine"" DVD. This was Marion Edwards' first series as"
"Thomas & Friends (series 18) 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 series 18 of the show, which first began broadcasting from 2014. Some episodes in this series have two titles: the original titles are indicated in bold, with the American-adapted titles underneath. This series is narrated by Mark Moraghan for the U.K. and"
"Thomas & Friends (series 22) The 22nd series of the children's television show ""Thomas & Friends"" 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 Rev. W. Awdry. Series 22 marks the first major ""reboot"" 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"
"Thomas & Friends (series 10) 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 was Jocelyn Stevenson's last series as executive producer. Sharon Miller remained as script editor. This article lists episodes from the tenth Series of this show, which was first broadcast in 2006. This series was narrated by Michael Angelis for the UK audiences, while Michael Brandon narrated the episodes"
"Thomas & Friends (series 11) 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 eleventh series of this show, which was first broadcast in 2007. This series was narrated by Michael Angelis for the UK audiences, while Michael Brandon narrates the episodes for the US audiences. Starting in this series, the theme song is sung"
"Thomas & Friends (series 16) 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"
"Thomas & Friends (series 17) 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 seventeenth series of the show, which was first broadcast in 2013. This series was narrated by Mark Moraghan for the U.K. and U.S. audiences. Note: Episodes 1–20 were first broadcast in the U.K. in 2013 by Channel 5 (20 single episodes)."
"Thomas & Friends (series 8) 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 eighth series of the show, which was first broadcast in 2004. This series was narrated by Michael Angelis for the U.K. audiences, while Michael Brandon narrated the episodes for the U.S. audiences. Starting with this series, ""Thomas & Friends"" broadcast in"
"Thomas & Friends (series 12) 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 twelfth series of the show, which was first broadcast in 2008. This series was originally planned to be narrated by Pierce Brosnan, replacing Michael Angelis and Michael Brandon for the UK and US narrations starting with ""The Great Discovery"", respectively. However,"
"Stock Footage: This season had the same theme music as Seasons 3 & 4. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Thomas & Friends (series 6) 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 sixth series of the show, which was first broadcast in 2002. This series was narrated by Michael Angelis for the U.K. audiences, who also re-dubbed only two episodes for the U.S. audiences,"
"for the US audiences. In fact, it was first broadcast in America under Brandon's narration. Most episodes in this series have two titles: the original titles from the UK broadcasts are shown on top, while the American-adapted titles are shown underneath. Starting with this series, all 30-minute episodes include only 2 mini-episodes. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Thomas & Friends (series 10) 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 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). <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Thomas & Friends (series 3) 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"
"Sune (book series) The Sune series is a series of books for children and young adults, published since 1984, by Swedish writers Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson. The stories were originally 90 episodes made for the Swedish Radio and broadcast in 1983–93. The stories are set in the fictional town of ""Glimmerdagg"" (""Dew glimmer"") in central Sweden, situated ""somewhere between Karlskoga and Örebro"", with the ""Söderskolan"" (""South School"") for children age 7-13. The books are written in a present tense, third-person narrative and using imperfect for flashback scenes. Sune Andersson is a Swedish schoolboy, living in a two-storey, single-family house"
"The Sodor & Mainland Railway The Sodor & Mainland Railway (1853–1914) was a fictional railway that existed on the Island of Sodor in The Railway Series books written by the Rev. W. Awdry. In the books it is known as the S&M and was built when railway-mania was still in force, opening in 1853. The initial aim of the railway was to link Sodor with the British Mainland, though despite its close proximity, there is no direct connection with the Isle of Man's own transport network. The Sodor & Mainland Railway ran from the docks at Kirk Ronan to the"
"The Railway Series The Railway Series is a set of story books about a railway system located on the fictional Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first being published in 1945. Twenty-six were written by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry, up to 1972. A further 16 were written by his son, Christopher Awdry; 14 between 1983 and 1996, and two more in 2007 and 2011. Nearly all of ""The Railway Series"" stories were based upon real-life events. As a lifelong railway enthusiast, Awdry was keen that his stories should be as realistic as possible. The engine"
"created in The Railway Series have their own pages with information on routes and the stations served. The Island of Sodor in the ""Thomas & Friends"" television series differs significantly from that in the books. Wilbert and George Awdry's notes have been largely overlooked. The television version of Sodor appears quite larger and has more industry. The connection to the British mainland was not acknowledged until the 2013 feature-length film special ""King of the Railway"", which introduces ""The Vicarstown Rolling Bridge"", connecting Sodor to the Mainland Britain. In the 2000 film ""Thomas and the Magic Railroad"", the Island was portrayed"
"Thomas & Friends (series 9) 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 ninth Series of this show, which was first broadcast in 2005. This series was narrated by Michael Angelis for the U.K. audiences, while Michael Brandon narrated the episodes for the U.S. audiences. Some episodes in this series have two titles: the"
"Thomas & Friends (series 15) 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 was Christopher Skala's last series as executive producer. This article lists and details episodes from the fifteenth series of the show, which was first broadcast in 2011. This series was narrated by Michael Angelis for the U.K. audiences, while Michael Brandon narrates the episodes for the U.S. audiences."
"believed to be in possession of the original film footage. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Thomas & Friends (series 2) 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 second series of the show, which was first broadcast in 1986. This series was initially narrated by Ringo Starr for the U.K. audiences, who re-narrated 17 episodes for the U.S. audiences on ""Shining Time Station""."
"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 is also set to be released on Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu in the fall of 2018. 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: <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Thomas & Friends (series 22) The 22nd series of the children's television show ""Thomas & Friends"" began airing on 3 September 2018 in the UK, and on 17 September 2018"
"Time Station"", but Series 5 aired in the US as part of the half-hour ""Storytime with Thomas"" program. Each episode would include a new Series 5 episode, an episode of Britt Allcroft's ""Magic Adventures of Mumfie"", and a Series 4 episode narrated by George Carlin, with music videos and footage of Day out with Thomas in between. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Thomas & Friends (series 5) 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"
"major difference between this incarnation and the pre-rebuild version of the television series is that his sickness is cured by ""Island of Sodor coal"" rather than Welsh. Henry the Green Engine Henry the Green Engine is an anthropomorphic 4-6-0 steam locomotive from ""The Railway Series"" books written by the Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry, and the spin-off children's television series, ""Thomas & Friends"". Henry lives on the fictitious Island of Sodor with many other locomotives, including Thomas the Tank Engine. He is engine number 3 on the North Western Railway, and was one of the first"
"Thomas & Friends (series 1) 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 first series, which was originally broadcast in 1984. This series was initially narrated by Ringo Starr for the U.K. audiences, who re-narrated 25 episodes for U.S. audiences on the American television show ""Shining Time Station"". The entire series was later re-narrated by George Carlin for the U.S."
"vastly differently not only to the Railway Series but also to the television series. Sodor was a magical land that was supported by a magical railway line called The Magic Railroad. Without the Magic Railroad, the island would vanish off the face of the Earth. In the film, one could only travel to Sodor via The Magic Railroad or gold dust. This means the only way Diesel 10 and Splodge (Splatter and Dodge) could have arrived on Sodor is via boat. Sodor (fictional island) Sodor is a fictional island located in the Irish Sea, just off the English mainland near"