Thomas & Friends (series 16)

Thomas & Friends (series 16)
Official cover art for the series 16 DVD
Country of origin	United Kingdom, Canada, United States
No. of episodes	20
Release
Original network	Channel 5
Original release	20 February – 25 December 2012
Series chronology

Thomas & Friends (previously known as 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 the Rev. 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 U.K. audiences, while Michael Brandon narrates the episodes for the U.S. audiences. This was also their last series.

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.

Some episodes in this series have two titles: the original titles from the U.K. broadcasts are shown on top, while the American-adapted titles are shown underneath.

Episodes

Total	#	UK title (top) US title (bottom)	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	TV order
369	1	"Race to the Rescue" "Chuffing With Pride (part 1)"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	20 February 2012	301a
Flynn becomes nervous when he is told he has to run on the road for the first time.
370	2	"Ol' Wheezy Wobbles" "All Together Now (part 1)"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	21 February 2012	301b
Ol' Wheezy has stopped working. The Logging Locos don't know what to do, so Thomas, Den, and Dart try to help.
371	3	"Express Coming Through" "Just Being You (part 1)"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	22 February 2012	302b
Dowager Hatt is having a party for some important visitors, and Thomas is chosen to pull the express, which is harder than he expected.
372	4	"Percy and the Monster of Brendam" "A Friend in Need (Part 1)"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	23 February 2012	302b
Percy believes one of Salty's tales and looks for "the Monster of Brendam."
373	5	"Ho Ho Snowman" "Let it Snow (part 2)"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	24 February 2012	303a
Charlie hides behind a snowman and as Henry passes. Charlie pretends to be the former to help Henry appreciate snow.
374	6	"Flash Bang Wallop!" "A Friend in Need (part 2)"	Greg Tiernan	Jessica Sandys Clarke	27 February 2012	303a
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 friends to have accidents, and suddenly the photographers 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" "If a Job's Worth Doing (part 1)/Thomas and the Garbage Train"	Greg Tiernan	Andrew Viner	28 February 2012	304b
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.
376	8	"Thomas Toots the Crows" "Fun on the Farm (part 1)"	Greg Tiernan	Dan and Nuria Wicksman	29 February 2012	304a
Thomas tries to help keep the crows off Farmer McColl's seeds.
377	9	"Bust My Buffers!" "Chuffing With Pride (part 2)"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	1 March 2012	305b
Gordon's bufferbeam is broken and he is given a diesel's bufferbeam, much to his dismay.
378	10	"Percy and the Calliope" "Don't Give Up (part 1)"	Greg Tiernan	Max Allen	2 March 2012	305b
Percy tries to save an old calliope from the Smelter's Yard.
379	11	"Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor" "All Together Now (part 2)"	Greg Tiernan	Gerard Foster	5 March 2012	306a
Thomas helps a famous composer look for inspiration for his new music.
380	12	"Salty's Surprise" "Winter Surprise (part 2)"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	6 March 2012	306b
Edward tries to find Salty a Christmas present after Salty says he has no time for the holidays.
381	13	"Sodor Surprise Day" "If a Job's Worth Doing (part 2)"	Greg Tiernan	Jessica Kedward and Kirsty Peart	7 March 2012	307a
Thomas tries to get Gordon to have fun on Sodor Surprise Day, but ruins the fireworks Gordon was supposed to collect instead.
382	14	"Emily's Winter Party Special" "Winter Surprise (part 1)"	Greg Tiernan	Max Allen	8 March 2012	307b
Sir Topham Hatt tells Emily that she can pull the Winter Special if she finds his top hat.
383	15	"Muddy Matters" "Fun on the Farm (part 2)"	Greg Tiernan	Max Allen	9 March 2012	308a
James needs to travel on muddy tracks to get Farmer McColl's sheep to the fair, but does not want to dirty his paintwork in the process.
384	16	"Whiff's Wish" "Just Being You (part 2)"	Greg Tiernan	Andy Bernhardt	12 March 2012	308a
Whiff wishes that he was as grand as Spencer, and tries to implement the advice that Spencer gave him.
385	17	"Welcome Stafford" "Communication (part 1)"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	13 March 2012	309b
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!" "Communication (part 2)"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	14 March 2012	309a
The Thin Controller leaves Peter Sam in charge of the Narrow Gauge Railway, telling him not to bother Victor during his visit.
387	19	"Happy Birthday Sir!" "Don't Give Up (part 2)"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	15 March 2012	310
Thomas and Winston attempt to restore an open-top carriage for Sir Topham Hatt's birthday.
388	20	"The Christmas Tree Express" "Let it Snow (part 1)"	Greg Tiernan	Sharon Miller	25 December 2012	310
Toby takes Rheneas to Misty Island to find the perfect Christmas tree.

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. Rupert Degas left the voice cast after this series, as did Michael Angelis and Michael Brandon.

Matt Wilkinson takes on the role of Butch in the UK, Ben Small takes over the role of Charlie in the US and William Hope takes over the role of Bert in both the UK and the US.

Actor	Region	Role(s)
Michael Angelis	UK	The Narrator
Michael Brandon	US	The Narrator and Diesel
Ben Small	UK	Thomas, Toby and Ferdinand
	US	Charlie
	UK/US	Rheneas
Martin Sherman	US	Thomas and Percy
Keith Wickham	UK	Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Whiff, Dash, the Fat Controller, the Mayor of Sodor, the Thin Controller and the Man at the Fire
	UK/US	Salty, Den, Stafford, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Dowager Hatt and the Great Composer
Kerry Shale	UK	Diesel
	US	Henry, Gordon, James, Dash, Kevin, Sir Topham Hatt, Mr. Percival, Farmer Trotter, The Photographer and A Tree Specialist
	UK/US	'Arry
William Hope	US	Edward, Toby, Whiff, Bash, Rocky, Farmer McColl, The Duke of Boxford and the Dock Manager
	UK/US	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
Jules de Jongh	US	Emily, Rosie, Mavis, The Duchess of Boxford, the School Boy, Little Girl in the Red Dress, and The Ginger Hair Boy (Emily Winter Party Special)
Matt Wilkinson	UK	Spencer, Victor, Charlie, Bash, Rocky, Cranky, Butch, Kevin, Farmer McColl, the Duke of Boxford, the Photographer and the Dock Manager
	UK/US	Winston and Rusty
Glenn Wrage	US	Spencer, Ferdinand and Cranky
David Bedella	US	Victor and The Mayor of Sodor
Rupert Degas	UK/US	Dart, Bertie and Flynn
Steven Kynman	UK/US	Peter Sam

References