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Thomas & Friends
Thomas and Friends - Series 16 DVD.png
Official cover art for the series 16 DVD
Country of origin United Kingdom, Canada
No. of episodes 20
Release
Original network Channel 5
Original release 20 February (2012-02-20) – 25 December 2012 (2012-12-25)
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 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 United Kingdom audiences, while Michael Brandon narrates the episodes for the United States audiences. This was their last series before Mark Moraghan took over as narrator. 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. This the final series narrated by Michael Angelis in the UK and last series narrated by Michael Brandon.

Episodes

No.
overall		 No. in
season		 UK title (top)
Main title (middle)
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 (2012-02-20) 901a
Flynn becomes nervous when he is told he has to run on the road for the first time, much to Thomas and Victor's amusement. Some of the other Sodor Engines like Charlie call him a "wobbling toad", but Flynn figures that he is just as fine on the road as well on the rails when Sir Topham Hatt's shed is on fire.
370 2 "Ol' Wheezy Wobbles" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 20 February 2012 (2012-02-20) 901b
Ol' Wheezy has stopped working. The Logging Locos don't know what to do, which makes Thomas want to help them. First he goes to the dieselworks and asks Dart to come with him to help. After Dart's 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, Den's attempt also fails. In the end Thomas realises that Den and Dart can manage things when working together.
371 3 "Express Coming Through" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 21 February 2012 (2012-02-21) 902b
Dowager Hatt is having a party for some important visitors, and Thomas is chosen to pull the express that Gordon pulls, which is harder than he expected.
372 4 "Percy and the Monster of Brendam" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 21 February 2012 (2012-02-21) 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 (2012-02-22) 903a
After shunting the Troublesome Trucks with Thomas, Charlie tries to show Henry how much fun snow is and hides behind a snowman as Henry passes and pretends to be the former snowman to help him appreciate snow.
374 6 "Flash Bang Wallop!" Greg Tiernan Jessica Sandys Clarke 22 February 2012 (2012-02-22) 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 his friends to have accidents, and suddenly the photographer's 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 (2012-02-23) 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 to take the Dutches of Boxford.
376 8 "Thomas Toots the Crows" Greg Tiernan Dan and Nuria Wicksman 23 February 2012 (2012-02-23) 904a
Thomas tries to help keep the crows off Farmer McColl's seeds, but gets distracted when two crows lead him to the Dieselworks with a sleeping Den, the Steamworks with Gordon and his new paintwork, and the Ffarquhar Quarry with Mavis shunting the Troublesome Trucks in line.
377 9 "Bust My Buffers!" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 24 February 2012 (2012-02-24) 905a
Gordon's bufferbeam is broken when bashing into flatbeds and he is given a diesel locomotive bufferbeam from Den and Dart, much to his dismay.
378 10 "Percy and the Calliope" Greg Tiernan Max Allen 24 February 2012 (2012-02-24) 905b
While taking trucks of scrap with Diesel to the Smelters Yard, Percy tries to save an old calliope that came from the Duke and Duchess of Boxford.
379 11 "Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor" Greg Tiernan Gerard Foster 27 February 2012 (2012-02-27) 906a
Thomas helps a famous composer look for inspiration for his new music, but thinks that Percy and Emily with the Troublesome Trucks, Gordon with the express, Mavis with flatbeds of logs, and James at the Ffarquhar Quarry are very noisy.
380 12 "Salty's Surprise" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 27 February 2012 (2012-02-27) 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 (2012-02-28) 907a
Thomas tries to get Gordon to have fun on Sodor Surprise Day, but makes Rosie run into the Troublesome Trucks of Coal, Whiff run into his garbage train, and ruins the fireworks Gordon was supposed to collect for Callan Castle instead.
382 14 "Emily's Winter Party Special" Greg Tiernan Max Allen 28 February 2012 (2012-02-28) 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 (2012-02-29) 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 realizes he is running late, he takes the chance and takes the easiest way through muddy tracks. The photograph takes the photos of the festival, stating "that's a really useful engine" because James worked hard, even though he got muddy.
384 16 "Whiff's Wish" Greg Tiernan Andy Bernhardt 29 February 2012 (2012-02-29) 908b
Whiff wishes that he was as grand as Spencer, and tries to implement the advice that Spencer gave him by taking important jobs instead of collecting garbage trucks.
385 17 "Welcome Stafford" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 1 March 2012 (2012-03-01) 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 (2012-03-01) 909b
Mr. Percival 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 (2012-12-25) 910a
Thomas and Winston attempt to find and restore an open-top carriage for Sir Topham Hatt's birthday.
388 20 "The Christmas Tree Express" Greg Tiernan Sharon Miller 25 December 2012 (2012-12-25) 910b
Toby takes Rheneas to Misty Island, where Bash, Dash, and Ferdinand live, to find the perfect Christmas tree.

Characters

Introduced

  • Stafford
  • The Great Composer

Returned

  • Skarloey
  • Rheneas
  • Peter Sam
  • Sir Handel
  • Rusty
  • Mr. Percival
  • Duncan (mentioned until he returns in Season 18)

Recurring

Voices

Steven Kynman (Peter Sam) joined the voice cast.

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.

William Hope takes over the voice of Bert from Kerry Shale, Ben Small takes over the role of Charlie in the UK and Matt Wilkinson takes over the role of Butch the UK from Rupert Degas.

Actor Region Role(s)
Michael Angelis UK Narrator
Michael Brandon US The Narrator
Ben Small UK Thomas, Toby and Ferdinand
UK Charlie
UK Rheneas and the Troublesome Trucks
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 Salty, Den, Stafford, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Dowager Hatt and the Great Composer
Kerry Shale UK Diesel
UK 'Arry
UK 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
Matt Wilkinson UK Spencer, Charlie, Bash, Victor, Rocky, Cranky, Butch, Kevin, Farmer McColl, the Duke of Boxford, the Photographer and the Dock Manager
UK Winston and Rusty
David Bedella Victor and the Mayor of Sodor
Rupert Degas UK Dart, Flynn and Bertie
Steven Kynman Peter Sam