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Thomas & Friends (series 16) facts for kids
| Thomas & Friends | |
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Official cover art for the series 16 DVD
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom, Canada |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
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| Original network | Channel 5 |
| Original release | 20 February – 25 December 2012 |
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.
Contents
Episodes
| No. overall |
No. in season |
UK title (top)
Main title (middle) US title (bottom) |
Directed by | Written by | Original air date | TV Order |
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| 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, 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 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 | 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 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 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 | 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) |
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| 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 |