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Thomas & Friends

1984

Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series, which had its first broadcast on the ITV network on 4 September 1984. It is based on The Railway Series of books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry. These books deal with the adventures of a group of anthropomorphised locomotives and road vehicles who live on the fictional Island of Sodor. The books were based on stories Wilbert told to entertain his son, Christopher during his recovery from measles. From Series one to four, many of the stories are based on events from Awdry's personal experience.

Steve Asquith

Director · Known for Thomas & Friends

Stephen "Steve" Asquith was a crew member of the Thomas & Friends television series from the first to the twelfth series. He, David Eves and Terence Permane hold the record for working the longest on the series, with a total of 24 years. He was the director of the series from the eighth to twelfth series.

Gerard Foster

Gerard "Gez" Foster is a British writer and actor who was an episode writer for Thomas & Friends. He has also written some of the Mr. Perkins segments. He has written eight scripts for the series in total, however only two have been aired and are unlikely to have been produced.

Sharon Miller

Writer · Known for Thomas & Friends

She was the script editor of the ninth, tenth and eleventh series of Thomas & Friends. Miller subsequently became the head writer for the series, starting with the twelfth series, and served as creative producer from Hero of the Rails, up until the fourteenth series. Additionally, Miller worked alongside Jo Jordan during the same series and Misty Island Rescue. In 2010, Miller stepped down as the head writer and was succeeded by Andrew Brenner. From Misty Island Rescue until the end of the show with the twenty-fourth series, she served as the voice director. She also provided the voice of Elizabeth II in Thomas and the Royal Engine. She also wrote the "Bob the Builder" episode "Roley's Rovers" and has written for "Mike the Knight" and "Lily's Driftwood Bay". She also currently voice directs and writes for "Wissper", and she also voice directed the Aardman stop-motion produced "Star Wars: Visions" episode, "I Am Your Mother".

Simon Spencer

Producer · Known for Thomas & Friends

Simon Spencer (born 26 June 1959 in Clacton-on-Sea) was the producer and showrunner for Thomas & Friends from 2003 until 2008. He replaced Phil Fehrle when HiT Entertainment began producing the show. He also wrote six episodes for the show and served as a creative producer for The Birthday Express.

Michael Brandon

Cast · Known for Thomas & Friends

Michael Brandon (born April 20, 1945) is an American actor who resides in the United Kingdom and United States. He is known for his role as James Dempsey in the British drama series Dempsey and Makepeace (1985–1986) and narrating the American dub of the children's television series Thomas & Friends (2004–2012). His theatre credits include the original Broadway production of Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? (1969), and Jerry Springer in the West End production of Jerry Springer: The Opera (2003–2004).

Chiaki Mori

Chiaki Mori (森 千晃, born on 19th June in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese voice actress who provides voices for the Japanese version of Thomas & Friends. She is most famous for voicing Candy Chiu from "Gravity Falls", "Pinky from Johnny Bravo Goes to Bollywood" and Miho Ito from "Detective Conan".

Robert Hartshorne

Composer · Known for Thomas & Friends

Robert Hartshorne (born 10 June 1956 in London, England, UK) is a British composer and singer who took over as composer for Thomas & Friends after the retirement of Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell. He has composed music for every episode of every series from the seventh series, to the nineteenth series, including Jack and the Sodor Construction Company, as well as recomposing six episodes of the sixth series and composing music for every special from 2005 to 2015, excluding The Adventure Begins. From Day of the Diesels on, his son Peter helped compose the music for the specials with him. He also took over composing the songs following Ed Welch's departure. He was also commissioned to write a song called "Stronger As One" in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, sung by Laura Wright. Robert and his son Peter also often work on the music for various Andrew Marr documentaries, including the recently released documentary series, "Andrew Marr's History of the World". After the nineteenth series, Robert and Peter's contracts with HiT Entertainment had ended and the executives wanted to use someone new. Chris Renshaw took their place as the main composer from Bubbling Boilers onwards, while Oliver Davis took over composing the songs.

Ed Welch

Composer · Known for Thomas & Friends

Ed Welch (born in Oxford, England on October 22nd, 1947) is an English composer and songwriter. He took over as songwriter and song composer for Thomas & Friends beginning with the eighth series, replacing original composers Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell. He left the show after The Great Discovery, and Robert Hartshorne took his position for Hero of the Rails. He also provides the music for other children's shows, Jim Henson's Animal Show with Stinky and Jake, Mopatop's Shop, Jim Henson's Construction Site, The Hoobs, Funky Valley, Grizzly Tales For Gruesome Kids, The Dodo Club, Frootie Tooties, Wolves, Witches and Giants, Funky Town and Binka. Other credits include the BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave and game shows Catchphrase, Blockbusters, and Knightmare.

Britt Allcroft

Writer · Known for Thomas & Friends

Britt Allcroft (born Hilary Mary Allcroft, 14 December 1943 – 27 December 2024) was an English writer, producer, director and voice actress. She was the creator of the children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (later re-titled Thomas & Friends), Shining Time Station (with Rick Siggelkow), Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales and Magic Adventures of Mumfie. She also wrote, co-produced and directed the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000). She wrote and directed the movie "Thomas and the Magic Railroad", released in 2000, as well as providing the voice for the character Lady. The film was not a critical success, and Allcroft resigned in September 2000. Her resignation followed many years of internal stress within the company. In 2007, news surfaced on a Thomas fan site that the released version of the Thomas movie was a drastically edited version of Allcroft's original script and shot film - in effect, the claim was that production of the film had been taken out of her hands. Britt Allcroft died on 25 December 2024, at the age of 81.

Keith Wickham

Cast · Known for Thomas & Friends

Keith Wickham (born 9 February 1965) is a British voice actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is known for providing the voice of various characters in the children's television series Thomas & Friends, and Polluto in Tommy Zoom.

Ben Forster

Ben Forster was a British actor best known for his role as Mr. Perkins between the episodes of the CGI Thomas & Friends DVDs.

Sky du Mont

Cast · Known for Derrick, Eyes Wide Shut

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sky du Mont (born Cayetano Neven du Mont; 20 May 1947) is a German actor. He is known for his role in Eyes Wide Shut, as "Santa Maria" in Der Schuh des Manitu and for narrating the German dub of Thomas & Friends. du Mont was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has been married five times and his current wife is Mirja Dumont, who is also the mother of two out of his three children, Tara Neven du Mont and Fayn Neven du Mont. His third and oldest son is called Justin Neven du Mont. He made an uncredited appearance in Das Boot as an officer aboard the resupply ship Weser. While he only appears in the background in the theatrical and director's cut, his full appearance is featured in the uncut mini-series. He appears in Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1 as "Herzog William der Letzte", and he plays one of the Nazi killers in The Boys from Brazil. Sky du Mont also does a lot of voiceover work for commercials as well as television continuity for German channel Pro 7.

Rasmus Hardiker

Rasmus Hardiker (born January 31, 1985) is a British actor, best known for voicing Scott and Alan Tracy in the reboot animated television series Thunderbirds Are Go. He played Raymond in Steve Coogan's sitcom Saxondale and Ben in the Jack Dee comedy Lead Balloon. Hardiker was also in the BBC3 sketch series The Wrong Door. He joined the voice cast of Thomas & Friends, voicing several characters in the UK and USA versions. He is also known for voicing Alfur from Hilda.

Colin McFarlane

Cast · Known for The War Between the Land and the Sea, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight

Colin Andrew Ignatius Peter McFarlane (born 15 September 1961) is a British actor and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Gillian B. Loeb in two films of Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy, Ulysses in the STARZ television drama series Outlander and as the voice of Bulgy in the children's television series Thomas & Friends.

Dana Puddicombe

Cast · Known for Hudson & Rex

Dana Puddicombe is an Actress, Writer and Improvisor from Newfoundland. She has appeared on various television shows, including The Handmaid's Tale, Baroness Von Sketch Show, Murdoch Mysteries, Republic of Doyle and Band Ladies, which she co-wrote and co-produced. She voices Darcy the Driller on Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go!

Teresa Gallagher

Cast · Known for The Amazing World of Gumball, Thomas & Friends

Teresa Gallagher is an American-born British actress, voice actress, and singer who is known for her roles in several animated television shows, such as Nicole Watterson, Margaret Robinson, Penny Fitzgerald, and various characters in The Amazing World of Gumball; Annie, Clarabel, Emily, Rosie, Mavis, Gina, Frieda, and numerous characters in Thomas & Friends; Egbert and Gilda in Poppy Cat; EOS and various guest characters in Thunderbirds Are Go; Elias and Helinor in Elias: Rescue Team Adventures; and the Tiddlytubbies in the 2015 reboot of Teletubbies. For Disney, she voiced Mater's computer in Disney/Pixar's Cars 2 and its video game; the titular character in the U.K. version of Henry Hugglemonster; Dashi in the Disney Junior British series The Octonauts; and Jessica Wright, Mallory, and Lolo Calorie in the Disney XD British/French series Dude, That's My Ghost!.

Jules de Jongh

Cast · Known for Thomas & Friends

Jules de Jongh is an American voice actress. She provided the original English dub voices of Yugo and Evangelyne in the first 2 seasons of Wakfu: The Animated Series, the voice of the protagonist Faith from the video game Mirror's Edge, and the voice of several characters in Thomas & Friends.

Anna Francolini

Cast · Known for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Anna Francolini (born 30 October 1973) is an English actress. Francolini was born in Chertsey, Surrey, attended Bristol Grammar School and studied theatre at the University of Warwick. She also trained as a member of the National Youth Theatre. After appearances in Godspell and Oliver during the early part of her career, Francolini appeared in two acclaimed musical productions at the Donmar Warehouse – Company (1995) and Merrily We Roll Along (2000), both by Stephen Sondheim. She also played the Baker's Wife in the Royal Opera House production of Sondheim's Into the Woods in 2007. She won the 2009 TMA Award for Best Performance in a Play with her portrayal of Jean Brodie in Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, which was staged at the Royal & Derngate in Northampton. During the period from December 1997 to December 2004 Anna Francolini was a mainstay of London's tiny but influential Bridewell Theatre during the latter part of its decade as a professional venue. In December 1997 to January 1998 she played lead role Helen in the historic fully staged premiere of Stephen Sondheim's Saturday Night. This was to be followed in 1999 by Floyd Collins and later on during 2000-1 Anna appeared in revue shows created from the work of Jason Robert Brown, Adam Guettel and John La Chiusa, one of which, The Cutting Edge transferred to the Donmar Warehouse in 2002. Further Bridewell Theatre work included There's Always A Woman (2002); The Ballard of Little Jo (2003) and an appearance at the venue's 10th Anniversary Farewell Concert on 12 December 2004. Following the demise of the Bridewell Theatre as a professional venue, Anna's other appearances included Caroline, or Change at the National Theatre (2006), Three Sisters on Hope Street at the Liverpool Everyman (2008) and Wolves at the Window at the Arcola Theatre during the same year, which gave her a New York debut at 59E59 in 2009. In 2010, she played the role of Maria Callas in Martin Sherman's play Onassis at the Novello Theatre. During the following year, Anna played the role of Beatrice in Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge at Manchester's Royal Exchange, a venue to which she was to return in 2014 as Enid in That Day We Sang. 2012 saw her take the lead role in Victor/Victoria at Southwark Playhouse and in February 2015 she made an appearance in Stephen Sondheim's Assassins at the Menier Chocolate Factory. July 2015, she was part of the premiere cast of Damon Albarn's new musical Wonder.land at the Manchester International Festival which transferred to the National Theatre later during the same year. 25 October 2015 saw Anna make an appearance in Stephen Sondheim's 85th Birthday Tribute Hey Old Friends. In 2016 she appeared as a female Captain Hook at the National Theatre in Peter Pan. From March to October 2018 she appeared in Strictly Ballroom at the Piccadilly Theatre. In April 2023 she appeared in Tom Fool at Richmond's Orange Tree Theatre and in May-June 2024 she played Olivia in Twelfth Night at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. Her screen credits include the movies Topsy-Turvy and Solo: A Star Wars Story and the TV series Rome, New Tricks and Vera. In 2019, she voiced Gina on Thomas & Friends in the US/UK versions.

Rufus Jones

Rufus Jones (born 1975) is an English actor known for his appearances on television which include David Wilkes in W1A, Dr. Foggerty in Hunderby, Tom in Camping, and Peter in Home (which he also wrote). Jones began his career as one fifth of the comedy group Dutch Elm Conservatoire. On television, he is known for playing Doctor Foggerty in Julia Davis's award-winning dark comedy Hunderby, producer David Wilkes in W1A, and Miles Mollison in the BBC television mini series The Casual Vacancy. He also played Terry Jones in the BBC Four BAFTA-nominated Holy Flying Circus, Cosmo in comedy-drama Stag, and Tom in Julia Davis's Camping. In 2006, Jones appeared as the journalist in series 2 episode 3 of the BBC comedy Extras. Other credits include Mongrels (in which he voiced Nelson the fox), William & Sinclair for Sky Atlantic's Common Ground season, Episodes, It's Kevin, The Wrong Mans, Fresh Meat (series 2), Toast of London, House of Fools, Extras, Lead Balloon, Peep Show, Crooked House, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, Love Soup, Katy Brand's Big Ass Show, Green Green Grass, My Family, Losing It, Secret Smile, White Teeth, and Edge of Heaven. In 2011, Jones starred in the one-off BBC Christmas show Lapland. His 2013 role as Nick Edwards, the slimy opposing candidate to Bob Servant, brought him recognition in the cult BBC Four Neil Forsyth comedy Bob Servant. Jones has written for Angelos Epithemiou, Mitchell & Webb, the MTV series Fur TV, Jon Culshaw and many others. He was script consultant on E4's Cardinal Burns. In 2012, he began portraying entrepreneur James Reed in adverts for reed.co.uk. As a voiceover artist, Jones has worked on numerous commercials, as well as games such as Fable III, Killzone and Xenoblade Chronicles. In 2016, he joined the voice cast of Thomas & Friends, as the voice of Flying Scotsman. Most recently, he has voiced Vermis in Robozuna for ITV/Netflix, various characters in Sadie Sparks for Disney, Constantin in 101 Dalmatian Street for Disney, and is the narrator for the Little Princess. In 2016, he played Coulson in the BAFTA nominated psychological thriller The Ghoul (directed by Gareth Tunley), and starred as Richard in the West End production of Dead Funny at the Vaudeville Theatre in London. More recent film work includes Paddington and Woody in The Foreigner with Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan. He also played Bernard Delfont in Stan & Ollie with Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly, released in January 2019. In 2018, Jones starred with Anna Paquin in Flack for Pop/W channel, released in February 2019. He also filmed Home, a 6 part series for Channel 4, that he also wrote, which began airing in March 2019. A second series was broadcast in February and March 2020.[13]

Robert Wilfort

Robert Wilfort (Robert Kenneth Wilfort) – Welsh actor, born 20 April 1977 in Porthcawl, Wales. Trained at RADA, graduating in 1998. He is best known for playing Jason West in the BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey (2007–2010, with specials through 2024). His most notable film roles include Dr. Simon Griffith in All or Nothing (2002, Mike Leigh), Bozo the Photographer in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Huysmans in The Libertine (2004), Lord Liverpool in Peterloo (2018), and Billy Lyons in The Dig (2021). On television he has also appeared in Dickensian (2015) as Bob Cratchit, Wolf Hall (2015, 2024) as George Cavendish, Bridgerton (2022) as Mr. Finch, Sex Education (2021) as Mark, and Skins (2007) as Tom Barkley. He has also voiced Samson in Thomas & Friends since 2015.

Greg Tiernan

Director · Known for Thomas & Friends

Greg Tiernan was the director of Thomas and Friends from 2009 to 2012. In the twelfth season, he worked as unit director for Nitrogen Studios. He began work directing the series after the CGI transition, taking over from Steve Asquith. He was replaced by David Baas when production was moved to Arc Productions in 2012. He is married to Nicole Stinn. He has been working in the animation industry for twenty-seven years. Tiernan is a fan of the Railway Series. So much in fact, that he owns a copy of both The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways and Sodor: Reading Between the Lines. According to an interview with SiF, Greg Tiernan says he would like to remake Pop Goes the Diesel and Dirty Work. And, if it was his choice, he would reintroduce every character ever introduced. Tiernan was involved in the animation of "Happily N'Ever After", the last film George Carlin played a part in.

Andrew Brenner

Andrew Lewis Brenner is an American-born British script writer, producer, songwriter and singer most well known for being the head writer of the tv show "Thomas and Friends" from November 2010 to August 2018

Togo Igawa

Togo Igawa, born in Tokyo on 26 September 1946, is a Japanese actor who works primarily in British films and television. In recent years he has had roles in major motion pictures such as Revolver, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Last Samurai, and Sunshine. He has also appeared in the Israeli movie A Matter of Size and the Thomas and Friends movies Hero of the Rails and Misty Island Rescue in 2009 and 2010. Additionally Igawa provides the voice for the character Professor Moshimo on the cartoon series Robotboy and the voice for the character Hiro, who first appeared in Hero of the Rails, in Thomas and Friends. He will appear in 2011's Johnny English Reborn, the sequel to Johnny English. Description above from the Wikipedia article Togo Igawa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.