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Thomas & Friends
Thomas and Friends - Series 15 DVD.jpg
Official cover art for the series 15 DVD
Country of origin United Kingdom, Canada
No. of episodes 20
Release
Original network Channel 5
Original release 28 February (2011-02-28) – 25 March 2011 (2011-03-25)
List of Thomas & Friends episodes

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 Reverend 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 UK audiences, while Michael Brandon narrates the episodes for the US audiences.

Episodes

No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title Directed by Written by Original air date TV Order
349 1 "Gordon and Ferdinand" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 28 February 2011 (2011-02-28) 801a
The Fat Controller gives Ferdinand the honour of helping Gordon take the Lion of Sodor to the summerhouse. Gordon, however, gets very jealous, which causes a nasty accident on the track.
350 2 "Toby and Bash" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 1 March 2011 (2011-03-01) 801b
Bash is rewarded by the Fat Controller for being a Really Useful Engine. His prize is to spend the day with Toby. Bash enjoys himself so much that Toby thinks his friend would like to live on Sodor. Together, the pair set out to find Bash the perfect new home.
351 3 "Emily and Dash" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 2 March 2011 (2011-03-02) 802b
Emily is given the job of looking after Dash on a trip to the steam fair. Dash shows Emily how to make special tweeting noises with his whistle, but he does it so often, he runs out of fuel and gets stuck. Emily thoughtlessly goes on to the fair without him. Will she remember her job and come back?
352 4 "Percy's New Friends" Greg Tiernan Gerard Foster 3 March 2011 (2011-03-03) 802a
Percy wants to make friends with the wild animals on Sodor, but they are frightened of him and run away. Percy realises that if he is gentle and quiet rather than fast and loud, he will stop scaring them - and he is soon covered in friendly animals.
353 5 "Edward the Hero" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 4 March 2011 (2011-03-04) 803b
Edward is given a special job to do, so he decides that he needs to become a hero like Harold. He soon discovers that heroes come in all shapes and sizes.
354 6 "James to the Rescue" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 7 March 2011 (2011-03-07) 803a
James rejects Toby's help and refuses to work as part of a team when Gordon needs rescuing. However, James soon has to swallow his pride and ask Toby to assist him.
355 7 "Happy Hiro" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 8 March 2011 (2011-03-08) 804b
Thomas tries to cheer Hiro up when he sees that he does not look very happy. Hiro tells Thomas he is sad because he misses his home, so Thomas takes him on a trip to forget his woes.
356 8 "Up, Up and Away!" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 9 March 2011 (2011-03-09) 804b
Thomas and Percy are chosen to deliver a giant balloon. But Percy thinks it would be done a lot easier if the balloon carried the engine with it. So Percy is tied to the balloon and whisked into the sky by the wind but soon Percy is in trouble when he does know how to lower the balloon or himself to the ground.
357 9 "Henry's Happy Coal" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 10 March 2011 (2011-03-10) 805a
Henry is given the special task of taking a very important visitor around on a tour, but finds himself teased about the special coal he has to use.
358 10 "Let It Snow" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 11 March 2011 (2011-03-11) 805a
Gordon and Thomas collect logs for an animal shelter and sing a song about snow in the hope that they can make snow clouds appear.
359 11 "Surprise, Surprise" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 14 March 2011 (2011-03-14) 806a
Thomas must help his friends be repaired in time for the Christmas party. He decides to get all of his friends that need help to the Sodor Steamworks to get fixed, and finally gets the idea that they can have the Christmas Party at the Steamworks.
360 12 "Spencer the Grand" Greg Tiernan Jessica Sandys Clarke 15 March 2011 (2011-03-15) 806b
It is a very foggy day and the engines are asked to stay put until the weather clears. However, Spencer and Percy do not heed the warning.
361 13 "Stop That Bus!" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 16 March 2011 (2011-03-16) 807a
Thomas feels sorry for Bertie, so he takes him on a tour. Bertie then realizes that he needs to go and collect a group of people and cannot be late.
362 14 "Stuck on You" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 17 March 2011 (2011-03-17) 807b
Thomas meets Butch, who has a magnet attached to his crane arm. However, he and Butch do not listen to Victor about how to use the magnet, which suddenly makes Thomas get stuck to the magnet. Eventually they try to figure out a way to use the magnet properly.
363 15 "Big Belle" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 18 March 2011 (2011-03-18) 808a
A new engine called Belle attempts to befriend Toby when she discovers that they have something in common. However, her bolshy behaviour overwhelms Toby.
364 16 "Kevin the Steamie" Greg Tiernan Laurie Israel and Rachel Ruderman 21 March 2011 (2011-03-21) 808b
When Kevin is left in charge of the Steamworks, he decides to use the space to practice his shunting skills with disastrous results.
365 17 "Wonky Whistle" Greg Tiernan Neil Ben 22 March 2011 (2011-03-22) 809a
Thomas' whistle is broken, so he goes to the Steamworks to have it repaired. However, he rushes off on a delivery before it is properly fixed.
366 18 "Percy the Snowman" Greg Tiernan Lizzie Ennever 23 March 2011 (2011-03-23) 809b
Thomas is charged with the important task of transporting the Fat Controller to the town square to switch on the Christmas lights.
367 19 "Tree Trouble" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 24 March 2011 (2011-03-24) 810b
The steam engines compete against the diesels to find the best Christmas tree on Sodor. Can the trains transport the trees back to town in one piece?
368 20 "Fiery Flynn" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 25 March 2011 (2011-03-25) 810b
A new enthusiastic fire truck called Flynn tries to impress the Diesels with his bravado, but his actions have potentially disastrous consequences, starting with that he ignores the Rescue manager's message of which blue engine who is on fire. First Flynn goes to Edward, but it is not him who is on fire, and he later goes to Gordon and his express coaches, but it isn't him either. Finally Flynn reaches the Dieselworks, where he finds Thomas; who is the blue engine on fire.

Characters

Introduced

Belle

Flynn

Butch

Den

Dart

Paxton

Norman

Sidney

Recurring

Voices

Rupert Degas joined the voice cast. Degas originally voiced Diesel 10 in Misty Island Rescue, but was replaced by Matt Wilkinson.

Actor/Actress Region Role(s) Notes
Michael Angelis UK The Narrator
Michael Brandon US The Narrator
Ben Small UK Thomas, Toby and Ferdinand
Keith Wickham UK Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Whiff, Dash, Harold, the Fat Controller, Mr. Bubbles and the Railway Coal Inspector
UK/ Salty, Norman, Den, Captain and Dowager Hatt
Kerry Shale UK Diesel
UK Henry, Gordon, James, Dash, Arry and Bert, Harold, Kevin, Sir Bertram Topham Hatt and the Railroad Coal Inspector
UK A Steamworks worker and the Farm Hands
Teresa Gallagher Belle
UK Emily, Rosie, Mavis, Lady Hatt, Some Children, The Ginger Haired Boy and The Blonde Haired Boy
The Ginger Haired Boy Emily and Dash and Percy the Snowman
Matt Wilkinson UK Spencer, Stanley, Charlie, Bash, Victor, Rocky, Cranky, Butch Kevin, Farmer McColl, the Duke of Boxford, the Maithwaite Stationmaster, and The Sodor Search & Rescue Centre Manager
David Bedella Victor
Togo Igawa UK Hiro
Rupert Degas Dart, Flynn and Bertie
Pierce Brosnan The Narrator Originally