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People And Animals (Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends)
The following list of people and animals from ''Thomas & Friends'' describes the people and animals that have appeared in the British children's series ''Thomas & Friends'', along with ''The Railway Series'' books that the series is adapted from. The series features many fictional people and animals, including train drivers, footplate crews, workers and signalmen, who interact with the railway engine and vehicle characters and form the basis for many of the varying storylines. Hatt family * Sir Topham Hatt, also known as "The Fat Controller" in the UK, is the controller of the North Western Railway on the Island of Sodor and formerly the Skarloey Railway and Lady Hatt's husband.''Thomas & Friends'' series 1, "The Sad Story of Henry" He sometimes works on the steam engines himself, ''Thomas & Friends'' series 1, "Henry's Special Coal" and as a young man he drove a steam-powered lorry named Elizabeth. ''Thomas & Friends'' series 6, "Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry" Perceptive and shrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Thomas & Friends
''Thomas & Friends'' is a British children's television series which aired from 9 October 1984 to 20 January 2021. Based on ''The Railway Series'' books by Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher Awdry, Christopher, the series was developed for television by Britt Allcroft. The series centers on List of Thomas & Friends characters, various anthropomorphic engines as well as other vehicles living on the fictional Sodor (fictional island), Island of Sodor. Initially being filmed in live action on model sets, whereas the latter half of its run was produced using Computer-generated imagery, CGI, over 500 episodes were produced over the course of 24 series. In the United States, it was first broadcast along with the spin-off series, ''Shining Time Station'', on PBS' PTV Park block on 29 January 1989, while broadcast of the series did shift over time, it later aired on PBS Kids up until 2017. The rights to the series are currently owned by HIT Entertainment (a subsidiary of Mattel), w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Thomas & Friends Series 21
''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 Wilbert Awdry. This article lists and details episodes from the twenty-first series of the show, which started airing on 18 September 2017 in the UK and on 15 December 2017 in the US. The series was narrated by Mark Moraghan, in what was his last series. This was the first series to air on the Nick Jr. Channel in the United States. This series became the first to have engines and vehicles move their bodies as opposed to being static as they had been in the previous series. Episodes Voice cast Lucy Montgomery, Colin McFarlane and Nicola Stapleton officially join the cast from that year's special. Stapleton officially takes over the role of Rosie from Teresa Gallagher in the UK and Jules de Jongh in the US while Rob Rackstraw officially takes over the role of James i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjacent Islands of Scotland, islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. To the south-east, Scotland has its Anglo-Scottish border, only land border, which is long and shared with England; the country is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the north-east and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. The population in 2022 was 5,439,842. Edinburgh is the capital and Glasgow is the most populous of the cities of Scotland. The Kingdom of Scotland emerged as an independent sovereign state in the 9th century. In 1603, James VI succeeded to the thrones of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland, forming a personal union of the Union of the Crowns, three kingdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Musician
A musician is someone who Composer, composes, Conducting, conducts, or Performing arts#Performers, performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general Terminology, term used to designate a person who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters, who write both music and lyrics for songs; conductors, who direct a musical performance; and performers, who perform for an audience. A music performer is generally either a singer (also known as a vocalist), who provides vocals, or an instrumentalist, who plays a musical instrument. Musicians may perform on their own or as part of a Musical ensemble, group, band or orchestra. Musicians can specialize in a musical genre, though many play a variety of different styles and blend or cross said genres, a musician's musical output depending on a variety of technical and other background influences including their culture, skillset, life experience, education, and creative preferences. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Opera
Opera is a form of History of theatre#European theatre, Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libretto, librettist and incorporates a number of the performing arts, such as acting, Theatrical scenery, scenery, costume, and sometimes dance or ballet. The performance is typically given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble, which since the early 19th century has been led by a conducting, conductor. Although musical theatre is closely related to opera, the two are considered to be distinct from one another. Opera is a key part of Western culture#Music, Western classical music, and Italian tradition in particular. Originally understood as an sung-through, entirely sung piece, in contrast to a play with songs, opera has come to include :Opera genres, numerous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Thomas & Friends Series 8
''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 Wilbert 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 United Kingdom audiences, while Michael Brandon narrated the episodes for the United States audiences. This was the first series produced solely by HIT Entertainment HIT Entertainment Limited (stylised as HiT) was a British-American entertainment company founded in 1982 as Henson International Television, the international distribution arm of The Jim Henson Company, by Jim Henson, Peter Orton, and Sophie Turn .... Production Starting with this series, ''Thomas & Friends'' was broadcast in the United States as a whole television programme. It had first appeared in the form of sequences on the American televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Toby The Tram Engine
Started in 1945 and concluded in 2011, ''The Railway Series'' is a series of 42 British books written by Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher Awdry. This is a list of all characters who appeared in the book series. Unless otherwise said on this page, the technical notes come from actual notes laid out by Awdry when he was developing the characters and setting for his stories; these notes are cited in his publication ''The Island of Sodor: Its People, History, and Railways''. North Western Railway The North Western Railway (NWR) is the main standard gauge rail network on the Island of Sodor. The railway's motto is "Nil Unquam Simile", which is Latin for "There's nothing quite like it". From nationalisation on 1 January 1948, until it was privatised, the railway was the North Western Region of British Railways (BR). From 1925 onwards, it has been managed by three Fat Controllers. Steam engines Diesel engines Rolling stock Skarloey Railway The Skarloey Railway (SR) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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 books written by Wilbert Awdry. This article lists and details episodes from the third series of the show, which was first broadcast in the UK between 25 February and 14 July 1992, and in the United States as part of ''Shining Time Station'' in November 1991 (shortly after being released direct-to-video in the UK). In 1993, the last ten episodes were released in the United States on Shining Time Station. This series was narrated by Michael Angelis for UK audiences, taking over from Ringo Starr from the previous two series, while George Carlin narrated the episodes for US audiences. This was the first series produced by Gullane Entertainment (then known as The Britt Allcroft Company). In the US, this season was aired from 18 November 1991 to 7 June 1993 on Shining Time Station. Produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Vicar
A vicar (; Latin: '' vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English prefix "vice", similarly meaning "deputy". It also refers to a senior priest in the Church of England. The title appears in a number of Christian ecclesiastical contexts, but also as an administrative title, or title modifier, in the Roman Empire. In addition, in the Holy Roman Empire, a local representative of the emperor, such as an archduke, could be styled " vicar". Catholic Church The Pope bears the title vicar of Christ (Latin: ''Vicarius Christi''). In Catholic canon law, ''a vicar is the representative of any ecclesiastic'' entity. The Romans had used the term to describe officials subordinate to the praetorian prefects. In the early Christian churches, bishops likewise had their vicars, such as the archdeacons and archpriests, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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 Wilbert Awdry. This article lists and details episodes from the twentieth series of the show, which started airing on 5 September 2016 in the UK, and on 21 October 2016 in the US. The series was narrated by Mark Moraghan for audiences in the UK and US. It was notable for being the first series since the show’s fourth to directly adapt stories from the original ''Railway Series'' books. In the US, this was the last series to air on PBS Kids PBS Kids (stylized as PBS KIDS) is the branding used for nationally distributed children's programming carried by the U.S. public television network PBS. The brand encompasses a daytime block of children's programming carried daily by most PBS .... Episodes Notes References {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas and Friends ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Thomas & Friends Series 4
''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 Wilbert Awdry. This article lists and details episodes from the fourth series of the show, which was broadcast in 1995. It was produced by Britt Allcroft. This series was narrated by Michael Angelis for the United Kingdom audiences, with George Carlin narrating the episodes for the United States audiences, on what was also his final series. This was also the final series where ''Thomas'' appeared in the United States as a segment on ''Shining Time Station''; after that it became a program on Mister Moose's Fun Time and Storytime With Thomas. This was the final series to be produced before the death of Wilbert Awdry in 1997. Two of the episodes in this series have two titles: the original ones from the United Kingdom broadcasts are shown on top, while the American-adapted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Thomas & Friends Series 7
''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 Wilbert Awdry. This article lists and details episodes from the seventh series of this series, which was first broadcast between 6 October and 10 November 2003. This season was narrated by Michael Angelis for UK audiences, while Michael Brandon narrated the episodes for American audiences. In the United States, this series first aired in 2004 and 2005 on PBS Kids alongside series 8 and 9. Michael Angelis later re-narrated four episodes for United States audiences. This was the first series produced by HIT Entertainment and the final series produced by Gullane Entertainment. Episodes Home Video Releases Series 7 was released on VHS and DVD in the UK by Video Collection International 2 Entertain Video Limited, trading as BBC Studios Home Entertainmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
