Thomas and Friends

Paxton the diesel engine has been told not to be silly, but when he wobbles over a bumpy track he can’t help but think it’s fun. He persuades Thomas to have a go, but Thomas accidentally backs into Toby at the water tower and gets his firebox wet. Poor Thomas must wait for his firebox to dry out. When Paxton overhears Toby saying that Thomas has lost his puff, Paxton misunderstands and heads off a

Cranky the crane is very busy down at Brendam Docks. He struggles to keep on schedule, so the Fat Controller decides to send Kevin from the Steamworks to help him. The only problem is that Cranky doesn’t want any help. Kevin is very disappointed and he tries to please Cranky by working hard and picking up things Cranky has dropped. Soon there is trouble when Kevin falls off the docks into the wate

Scruff works with Whiff at the Waste Dump collecting rubbish trucks. When the Fat Controller sees how rusty and dirty Scruff looks, he insists that he goes straight to the Steamworks to be repainted. Soon the other engines are telling Scruff how smart he looks, so he decides he doesn’t want to work at the dirty Waste Dump anymore. He tries asking Percy, Thomas and Gordon if he can do their jobs in

When a team of railway inspectors come to the island of Sodor they question whether the Fat Controller needs two fire engines. This causes concern for Sodor’s fire fighting team, Flynn and Belle. When Belle beats Flynn to two fires in a row Flynn really starts to question it himself. He tells Belle to take his place on guard at the Castle Fireworks display and sulks in his shed. But when another f

Hiro is one of the strongest engines on Sodor, and he is also very polite and gentle, even when he’s pulling naughty Troublesome Trucks. Diesel tells Hiro that the only way to get the trucks to do what you want is to give them a biff and a bash, but Hiro is not convinced. So Diesel sneaks up behind Hiro and encourages the Troublesome Trucks to misbehave even more, forcing Hiro to lose his temper a

When Salty the dockside diesel develops engine trouble he worries he will be sent away from the docks. And when a new steam engine Porter arrives to help out, Salty becomes convinced that Porter has been sent to replace him. Salty is finally sent to the Dieselworks, but rushes away as soon as he is repaired, spilling oil over himself. Salty races back into the docks slipping and sliding out of con

Thomas and Bertie love racing, but Thomas gets annoyed when Bertie starts winning all the time. When Thomas discovers Bertie’s been re-routed and takes a shortcut now, he decides to try to take a shortcut too, despite Annie and Clarabel’s objections. But when Thomas comes off the rails he realises the error of his ways.

Bill and Ben, the tank engine twins, see Harvey the crane engine at Brendam Docks. They tease him about having a hook and ask ‘is he going fishing?’ Porter helps Harvey see the positive side of being both a crane and an engine, encouraging him to help pull some trucks. Harvey is not very confident, but when he has an accident and derails his trucks he soon realises just how useful being a crane en

Stephen becomes very excited when the Earl gives him the special job of collecting the ingredients for the afternoon teas at the Castle. But Spencer teases him about being too old and slow. Stephen, however, asks Thomas and the other engines to give him a push and he’s soon speeding along. But when it’s Spencer’s turn to give Stephen a push he goes too fast, forcing Stephen to lose control and spl

Henry and Hiro are both very strong engines, but one day as they are working together they both start to billow dark smoke from their funnels. Duck tells them they have taken on some of the bad coal that was delivered early that morning. Henry is worried that the bad coal will damage his firebox if he continues working, so he decides to head back to his shed. Hiro wants to keep on puffing and deli

Luke is the smallest narrow gauge engine on the island of Sodor. One day, up at the Blue Mountain Quarry he finds a nervous and scared young deer. The other narrow gauge engines warn Luke that the quarry is no place for an animal, but Luke remembers when he first arrived and how he was nervous and scared. He wants to help the young deer so he tries to get the other engines to work quietly. That is

When Luke is sent to Ulfstead Castle to deliver stone he meets Millie, the Earl’s private narrow gauge engine. The two engines compare jobs, boasting how much they like their own work and so the Earl agrees to let them switch jobs for the day. Luke stays at the estate pulling passengers around the castle grounds and Millie goes to work at the noisy Blue Mountain Quarry. By the end of the day both

Charlie is the small purple engine who likes to tell jokes. One day Charlie discovers an elephant on the line and tries to alert the other engines, but they all think he is joking. Finally Charlie alerts the Sodor Search and Rescue Centre where Harold takes him seriously. Then, with Harold’s help, Charlie finally recovers the elephant and returns it to the Sodor Animal Park. Charlie soon proves t

When Harold the helicopter breaks down near Callan Castle, Duck and Thomas are sent to take him to the Sodor Search and Rescue for repair. Thomas wants to give Harold a tour of the island and show him the sights from an engine’s perspective but Duck insists that there are only two ways to do things: the Great Western Way and the wrong way. Thomas and Duck have to learn to work together.

One night James tries to scare Percy by telling him that there’s a ghost at Ulfstead Castle. Stephen reassures Percy that there is no such thing as ghosts, but James comes to the castle to try to scare both of them. Percy and Stephen each end up falling into the moat, but James doesn’t know where they are and when he hears them whistling, he ends up believing his own story and scaring himself!

After a couple of mishaps involving a torn sack of mail and some cargo on the line, Percy begins to feel like he has too much bad luck. Stephen lends Percy a lucky charm which helps him regain his confidence. But when Percy realises that he doesn’t have it with him, he has to find the confidence to help pull Bill and Ben back onto the rails without it.

It is a snowy day, but Thomas doesn’t want to wear his snow plough. So he decides to hide it on a siding and pretends he doesn’t know where it is. The Fat Controller has no choice but to leave Thomas in his shed and send Emily out to clear the tracks instead, but when Thomas sees Emily having fun in the snow he soon feels like he’s missing out. Eager to join the fun Thomas goes in search of his sn

No one knows who is taking the Steamies’ Christmas decorations from Tidmouth Sheds. Until Percy discovers Diesel 10 stealing them and chases him back to the Dieselworks, where he also discovers poor forgotten Sidney hanging from the ceiling waiting for new wheels. Percy surprises everyone by deciding to give Sidney a Christmas present and his kindness does not go unrewarded.

Thomas is sent to bring a real sleigh for the Fat Controller to ride in when he plays Santa at the Ulfstead Castle Christmas Fair. When the sleigh slips down the hill with the Fat Controller in it, Thomas has to rescue him and ends up pulling the sleigh back up the hill with fallen branches round his funnel, making Thomas look more like a reindeer than an engine!