Thomas & Friends (series 24)

The 24th series of the children's television show Thomas & Friends started airing on 1 May 2020 in the UK, and on September 1st 2020 in the US on Netflix.[1] This is the last series of the original Thomas & Friends franchise. It is also the last to be animated by Jam Filled Toronto and this is the 3rd and last Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! season of the series.

Thomas & Friends
Series 24
Country of origin	UK
No. of episodes	20 (+3 half-hour specials)
Release
Original network	Channel 5 (UK) Netflix (Worldwide)
Original release	1 May 2020 – 20 January 2021
Series chronology

Mattel has revealed that Marc Forster would be directing a new film based on the franchise, and afterwards they will be producing new episodes in a new continuity separate from the original timeline. This new reboot, titled All Engines Go!, will be co-produced by Nelvana, which will also provide the animation for future episodes. The All Engines Go! reboot is set for an October 2021 Netflix debut.

Voice cast

• John Hasler as Thomas (UK)
• Joseph May as Thomas (US)
• Federico Trujillo as Raul and Marcio
• Monica Lopera as Gabriela
• Laura Cucurullo as Cassia and Marcia
• Francisco Labbe as Gustavo
• Keith Wickham as Gordon (UK), Henry (UK), Edward (UK), Harvey, Salty, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Bert, Bertie, Harold (UK), Sir Topham Hatt, Mr. Percival (UK), Dowager Hatt, and Albert the workman
• Kerry Shale as Gordon (US), Henry (US), Diesel (UK/US), the Troublesome Trucks, Harold (US), and Mr. Percival (US)
• Teresa Gallagher as Emily (UK), Belle, Annie and Clarabel, Stephen Hatt, Bridget Hatt, the School children, some Passengers, and Some Children
• Jules de Jongh as Emily (US) and Some Children (US)
• William Hope as Edward (US), Toby (US), Rocky, (US), and Farmer McColl (US)
• Rob Rackstraw as James (UK/US), Toby (UK) (US only), Owen, the Troublesome Trucks, the Thin Clergyman, Professor Friedrich, Bernie, Headkeeper Jack, Fergus Duncan, The Announcer, and some Passengers
• Glenn Wrage as Cranky (US)
• David Bedella as Victor (UK/US)
• Tim Bain as Aiden and The Australian Bus
• Togo Igawa as Hiro
• Christopher Ragland as Percy (US) and the Troublesome Trucks
• Tina Desai as Ashima
• Steven Kynman as Peter Sam and Farmer Willie
• Nigel Pilkington as Percy (UK)
• Lucy Montgomery as Marion and Carly
• Mike Grady as Sir Robert Norramby
• Colin McFarlane as Bulgy, Beresford, and Dr. Holyfield
• Bob Golding as Baz
• Matt McCooey as Kenji
• Jamie Campbell Bower as Skiff
• Tim Whitnall as Reg
• Joe Swash as Sonny
• Shane Jacobson as Shane
• Sanjeev Bhaskar as Shankar
• Dominique Moore as Ruth
• Genevieve McCarthy as Aubrey
• Rachael Miller as Rebecca, Prince Charles, Some Children, Little Thomas, and Dr. Hetty
• Harriet Kershaw as Cleo
• Yvonne Grundy as Nia
• Tracy-Ann Oberman as Daisy
• Matt Wilkinson as Ben, Cranky (UK), Rocky (UK), Farmer McColl (UK), Rusty, and Merrick
• Rasmus Hardiker as Bill and Philip
• Nicola Stapleton as Rosie
• Maggie Ollerenshaw as Henrietta
• Siu-see Hung as Dr. Kim
• Windson Liong as Lei
• Chris Lew Kum Hoi as Yong Bao and the Mean Engines
• Rose Robinson as Tamika and The Crowd
• Rosamund Pike as Duchess
• Dan Li as Chinese Railway Inspector
• Nikhil Parnar as Rajiv
• Flaminia Cinque as Ester
• Anna Francolini as Gina
• Montserrat Lombard as Mia
• Vincenzo Nicoli as Lorenzo and Beppe
• Peter Andre as Ace
• Sharon Miller as Queen Elizabeth II

Episodes

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	TV Order
562	1	"Emily's Best Friend"	Dianna Basso	Camille Ucan & Rose Johnson	7 September 2020	64a
Emily worries she doesn't have a best friend to spend time with while doing her job, such as Edward, Henry, Marion, and Philip, but when Thomas and Percy help her out of a tricky situation to deliver trucks of sand to Tidmouth Town Hall for the sand sculpture of the Steam Team, she realizes she's been surrounded by best friends all along.
563	2	"Thomas' Fuzzy Friend"	Dianna Basso	Becky Overton	8 September 2020	64b
Thomas discovers a missing dog on the railway and tries to find it a new home, despite getting protests from Annie and Clarabel. While stopped by a workman's hut, the dog notices a squirrel and gives chase. While trying to retrieve the dog, Thomas accidentally runs into a branch on the tracks and is derailed in the forest. Emily eventually finds Thomas in the woods and after fetching Rocky, takes him back to Knapford. At Knapford, little Thomas promises to look after the dog and bring it to see Thomas, and gives him the name Fuzzy.
564	3	"The Great Little Railway Show"	Dianna Basso	Michael White	9 September 2020	65a
When a Railway Show for little engines comes to Sodor, an overly excited Percy finally gets his chance to shine as he spread the news of the show, passed throughout the Island by Philip, Oliver, Paxton, Rosie, and Thomas. But his misunderstanding leads the little engines to leave the Fat Controller, Mr. Percival, and Fergus Duncan's railways and head for Ulfstead Castle. Soon, after Percy states that everyone is there for the little railway show, the Thin Clergyman explains that the Fat Controller was referring to model engines, rather than small working engines.
565	4	"Thomas and the Forest Engines"	Dianna Basso	Davey Moore	10 September 2020	65b
In Brazil, Thomas meets two wood-burning engines who've never travelled beyond their eucalyptus railway. Thomas agrees to swap jobs with them for the day, but this causes more trouble than he expects. His two new friends find that there is a reason why they are best suited to their short eucalyptus railway, they have a small fuel supply. Eventually, Thomas finishes work and, knowing that Marcia and Marcio should have returned by then, sets out to look for his new friends with Emerson's help. Eventually, he finds them and brings more eucalyptus wood from their railway. The three of them finally manage to make the delivery to the docks.
566	5	"Emily to the Rescue"	Dianna Basso	Becky Overton	11 September 2020	66a
A Safety inspector comes to Sodor to make sure everything is running well. All the engines have to be checked over and can continue with their regular work. Then, there was an emergency drill. The engine closest to Rocky is to collect him. Rebecca, James, and Percy all go to collect Rocky, not knowing who is closest. Percy overruns a red signal, causing all three engines to derail and Emily immediately goes to fetch Rocky to help. Meanwhile, Gordon is forced to go a different route with the express, but a road bridge to start cracking. Luckily, Emily brings Rocky to hold the bridge up so Gordon can move and is made the official Sodor safety engine.
567	6	"Shankar's Makeover"	Dianna Basso	Camille Ucan & Rose Johnson	14 September 2020	66b
In India, Thomas pushes Shankar into entering the Fancy Costume Contest with him, Ashima, Rajiv, and Noor Jehan, even though Shankar doesn't want to have the spotlight shine on him, especially doing the Shankar Shimmy with the Troublesome Trucks. When the attention becomes too much for Shankar, he shouts that he did not want to enter the contest in the first place. Charubala softly tells him he did not have to if he did not want to, and Thomas admits that it was his fault for pushing Shankar into it. Shankar happily goes back to doing what he does best, shunting in the yards.
568	7	"Thomas and the Royal Engine: 75th Anniversary"	Ian McCue	Michael White	May 2, 2020	63
An invitation from Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles sends Thomas and the Fat Controller to London as they weave through delays and debacles past Beresford at the canal, tree branches, empty water towers from getting cleaned, and losing Thomas' Fireman while racing to a royal celebration. Luckily, the Fat Controller works with Thomas' Driver as a fireman and the Queen's royal engine, Duchess, helps Thomas with the directions of London as Thomas offers to push her the rest of the way.
569	8	"Nia and the Unfriendly Elephant"	Dianna Basso	Davey Moore	15 September 2020	67a
Nia is given the job of bringing an elephant to the Animal Park but hits a problem. The elephant does not like steam engines. Nia tries all sorts of ways to get the elephant to agree with her and go to the park with singing a song, using Percy's apples, and having Belle spray water to lead the elephant onboard, but she is not able. She finally thinks of a way to succeed, and when she does, she is given the job of helping out at the animal park.
570	9	"Thomas' Not-So Lucky Day"	Ian Cherry	Becky Overton	16 September 2020	67b
When Thomas has a run of bad luck in Italy, he tries everything to get back on track, even if it means following Lorenzo and Beppe's strange superstitious advice. However, Gina, Ester, and Mia explain to Thomas that superstition isn't real and that he hat to be positive and focus on being on track.
571	10	"James the Super Engine"	Dianna Basso	David Stoten	17 September 2020	68a
Rebecca tells James he could be a comic-book super-engine, he takes her seriously after Rocky accidentally spills oil barrels on him, and Rail Rocket is born. James hears the children calling, and he sees the children from a kite stuck in a tree. Then he blows steam in his funnel to blow the kite off the tree. The children save their kite. Then James hears a bell from the crossing, only to find it came from goats.
572	11	"Ace's Brave Jump"	Ian Cherry	Camille Ucan & Rose Johnson	18 September 2020	68b
Thomas helps his friend Ace overcome his fear of animals so that he can compete in the Super Stunt Rally to jump twenty-five buses. At first, Ace is nervous, but as he sees more and more animals, he stops being scared of them and grows to like them. The next day, Thomas is ready to watch Ace do his jump, but he realizes that none of the buses have shown up, likely because they were scared of being jumped over. Thomas, Shane, Tamika, Aubrey and Aidan decide to position themselves on the track so that Ace can jump over them, and the Super Stunt Rally is a success.
573	12	"A New Arrival"	Joey So	Camille Ucan & Rose Johson	October 24, 2020	69
When Thomas finds out that the Earl's Technology Fair will bring new inventions to Sodor, he sets out to prove that steam engines are the best inventions ever, as Ruth, an American inventor who wanted to be a railway engineer, tells Thomas that he and the other steam engines are one of the best. Meanwhile, an engine from the Mainland named Sonny brings two men, Baz and Bernie, to Sodor so they could steal the most famous invention for money.
574	13	"World of Tomorrow"	Joey So	Laura Beaumont and Paul Larson	October 25, 2020	70
After meeting Kenji, a fast electric diesel engine, the steam team were worried that they would be replaced by new inventions. As the Technology Fair commences, Baz and Bernie try to find the best invention to steal, until they decided on planning to steal Ruth's hover car. However, Sonny stood up to the pair, encouraged by the idea of becoming a really useful engine after meeting Thomas, who taught him the ways of the Fat Controller's railway. As a result, Baz and Bernie opted to use Kenji as their getaway vehicle instead and tied Sonny's regulator open to create a distraction. After being caught by Thomas, Sonny revealed Baz and Bernie's plans. Once Thomas catches up to Kenji with a jet engine, Baz and Bernie were taken away by the policemen. As Ruth decides to stay on Sodor, Sir Topham Hatt decides to give Sonny a second chance and brought him into the North Western Railway fleet.
575	14	"Sonny's Second Chance"	Ian Cherry	Becky Overton	January 11, 2021	72a
After being given a chance to prove himself by Sir Topham Hatt, Sonny does not think his chances are good when he is shown hostility by Gordon and James. It seems Diesel is the only one really willing to be his friend, but it turns out Diesel is just tricking Sonny into doing his jobs for him, which Sonny finds out while talking with Thomas and pulling fish trucks. Diesel tries to follow after him, but gets diverted into a siding, derails, and is about to fall into a pit. Sonny reverses to the siding, derailing the fish trucks over the points in the process, and saves Diesel. Although he had derailed the fish trucks, Sonny's heroic actions earn him praise from Sir Topham Hatt as a really useful engine indeed.
576	15	"Thomas and the Inventor's Workshop"	Ian Cherry	Camille Ucan and Rose Johnson	January 12, 2021	72b
Thomas travels around Sodor with Annie and Clarabel to help Ruth find a new place for her to stay at, instead of Arlesburgh with Skiff, Harwick with Daisy, or Tidmouth with its bustling people, only to fix up an old windmill on Thomas' Branch Line into her new, energy-efficient workshop.
577	16	"The Inventor's Spectacular Bridge"	Ian Cherry	David Stoten	January 13, 2021	73a
When the Rickety Old Bridge on Toby's line collapses, trapping Toby and Henrietta on the other side of the ravine, Ruth is asked by Thomas and Sir Topham Hatt to help build a new one, which came in the form of the Walking Bridge.
578	17	"Yong Bao and the Tiger"	Ian Cherry	Ian McCue and David Stoten	January 14, 2021	73b
Yong Bao tells Thomas the story of how he came to have a magnificent tiger emblem on his tender after seeing a majestic tiger in the shunting yards, and a few months later, saved one of the Mean Engines who used to tease him from falling off a snowy cliff, with the tiger's help.
579	18	"Gordon and Rebecca, Coming Through!"	Ian Cherry	Davey Moore	January 15, 2021	74a
Gordon and Rebecca do the same work, but they go about it differently. When Rebecca tries to be more like Gordon passing through with Henrietta, Diesel with the Troublesome Trucks, and Gordon himself with a goods train, Gordon derails and admits that Rebecca was right to do her own way.
580	19	"Kenji on the Rails Again"	Ian Cherry	Laura Beaumont & Paul Larson	January 18, 2021	74b
When Kenji hears that he must travel home in Japan alone, he gets scared and tries to hide. So, Thomas sets out to find him, along with Hiro.
581	20	"Cleo the Road Engine"	Ian Cherry	Laura Beaumont & Paul Larson	January 19, 2021	75a
When Ruth's new car, Cleo, takes to the rails to race Thomas, she soon discovers why she is designed to stick to the roads.
582	21	"Nia's Bright Idea"	Ian Cherry	Camille Ucan & Rose Johson	December 5, 2020	71a
Nia uses what she learns about lighthouses from Skiff to suggest covering a big wheel in Christmas lights, so that Harold can see where he's going in a storm.
583	22	"Cleo's First Snow"	Ian Cherry	Becky Overton	December 6, 2020	71b
Cleo learns about snow for the first time from Thomas and Ruth and wants to save it from the warm air to make it last longer.
584	23	"Thomas' Animal Friends"	Ian Cherry	Davey Moore	January 20, 2021	75b
Thomas is asked to help at the animal park for the day and realises there's more to the job than he first thought.

References

1. "'Thomas & Friends' Season 24 Coming to Netflix in September 2020". What's on Netflix. August 6, 2020.