The BEST episodes directed by David Mitton
#1 - Best Dressed Engine
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 7 - Episode 22
All the engines are entering a competition to see which engine looks the fanciest and most eye attractive. But Gordon thinks it undignified to enter such a silly competition... until he has a slight mishap with a stray banner!
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#2 - Thomas, Percy & Old Slow Coach
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 16
Thomas and Percy discover Old Slow Coach, who is going to be scrapped. They want to save her, but aren't quite sure how. Later, the workmen's hut is burned down and the fire engines have to borrow water from Thomas' and Percy's tanks to put it out. But where will the workmen live now?
#3 - James and the Queen of Sodor
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 7 - Episode 7
After hearing that the Queen of Sodor is coming, James volunteers to get her - but his happiness is short lived when the Queen turns out to be an old, dirty coal barge. James tries to do his job and stay clean in the process.
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#4 - Thomas & Stepney (1)
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 4 - Episode 16
Stepney the 'Bluebell' engine feels sad that his line is so short, and longs for a good run to stretch his wheels; how delighted he is when he is invited to work on the Fat Controller's railway. Meanwhile, Percy and the others are excited themselves. But Thomas gets rather jealous...
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#5 - Woolly Bear
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 2 - Episode 25
During the summer, Percy likes to help the harvesters by delivering their bales of hay to Toby, who takes them to the farms, to feed the animals. Unfortunately, Percy makes Thomas very late and cross indeed. Percy doesn't care until a crate of treacle and a hay storm cause some embarrassment...
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#6 - Bowled Out (3)
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 4 - Episode 18
Stepney's visit is coming to an end and Thomas, Percy and the rest are very sorry that he is leaving. But they have other things to worry about when a big-headed Diesel comes to help in the yard and scoffs that steam engines are old fashioned. However, when a bowler hat causes delay, Duck and Stepney show him just what a steam engine can really do!
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#7 - Haunted Henry
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 11
One evening, Henry has to take some trucks to the other end of the line, and everything is fine until he has to travel through a spooky section before a viaduct, of which Henry becomes convinced is haunted after experiencing quite some oddities...
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#8 - Double Teething Troubles
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 12
Bill and Ben need some help at the China Clay Pits, so the Fat Controller sends a diesel, Derek, to help them out. But Derek suffers from mechanical failures, "teething troubles", and as expected, this leads to difficulties...
#9 - Bad Day at Castle Loch
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 7 - Episode 11
The old Scottish castle is reopening, much to Donald and Douglas' delight. Rumours start about there being a monster lurking in the waters near the castle, but the twins dismiss this as rubbish. One night, they get stuck near the castle - and in the water, something is heading towards them...
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#10 - Stepney Gets Lost
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 13
Stepney is bored, so the Fat Controller agrees to allow him to help out Mavis and Toby at the quarry for the day. He works well, but on the way home gets lost and ends up in the scrapyard, where diesels 'Arry and Bert take him for scrap!
#11 - Rusty & the Boulder
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 26
The Fat Controller has opened a new mine, and both the normal gauge and narrow gauge railways have tracks to it. An old boulder has had to be moved to make way for the mine, and Rusty is worried about it. Some time later the boulder is shaken loose and falls off the cliff it has been placed on and it chases Rusty down the line! Rusty manages to escape via a siding, but the boulder continues to thunder along! Back at the mine, Percy, with nowhere to run, sees the boulder up ahead, and it's heading straight for him...
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#12 - The Runaway Elephant
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 7 - Episode 16
A new park on the Little Engines' railway is being built. The final thing to add before the opening is a statue of an elephant, hence the name: "Elephant Park". Duncan is being impatient as usual and seeing as he is finished before the other engines, the Fat Controller orders him to take the elephant to the park. However, the foolish little engine realises too late that it's "Better safe than fast" when he leaves without waiting for the brakevan and is dragged down the line with the heavy load. Will he be able to stop in time?
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#13 - The World's Strongest Engine
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 6 - Episode 11
Diesel is back after Henry has an accident, and annoys the other engines by boasting about how he is the world's strongest engine. To prove it, Diesel tries to pull 20 trucks at once, but they all have their brakes on and cause a coupling to break resulting in Diesel being launched down the yard...
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#14 - Special Funnel
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 4 - Episode 11
Ever since his accident with the trucks, Peter Sam's funnel is constantly wobbling and clanking as the winter wind ties to blow it away. When the snow and frost comes, an icicle in a tunnel brings disaster for the poor engine; until the Fat Controller presents him with a new special funnel...
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#15 - Break Van (1)
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 2 - Episode 16
Donald & Douglas have arrived from Scotland to help the Fat Controller - but have caused great confusion in that only one engine was expected! Despite all, they try their best but a spiteful brakevan causes trouble between them.
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#16 - Peace and Quiet
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 7 - Episode 17
Murdoch is a new arrival on the Island of Sodor. What he especially likes is a bit of peace and quiet. However, this isn't to be...
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#17 - Thomas & the Special Letter
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 4 - Episode 22
Thomas, Percy and the others are invited to "the big city faraway" by a little girl as well as her friends who would like to meet them. However, Thomas becomes overexcited and has an accident. Will he be mended in time for the visit?
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#18 - Mind That Bike
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 4 - Episode 26
Percy loves seeing the cheerful postman Tom Tipper driving about in his old van and helping him with his mail train. But Tom feels very sad when the Postmaster scraps his van and replaces it with a bicycle. Percy's wish to help his friend comes true - well - by accident, at least!
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#19 - The Spotless Record
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 7 - Episode 9
A new tank engine from the LMS called Arthur arrives on the island. He has a spotless record which means he's never been naughty or left a mess. The Fat Controller puts him to work with Thomas and Percy. Arthur's first job on the island is to take a train of closed vans full of fruit to market. The trucks start to sing rudely and Thomas then plays a trick and tells Arthur that The Fat Controller doesn't like the trucks singing and that Arthur should stop them from doing just that. This soon leads to a terrible accident...
#20 - Percy's Chocolate Crunch
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 6 - Episode 18
There is a water shortage on the Island of Sodor and Percy is upset because he can't be washed down as often as he would like. He gets very dirty very quickly and so decides to deliver some sugar to the Chocolate Factory - after all, he can't get dirty doing that, can he? But an oil spillage on the track leading straight to the Chocolate Factory spells disaster - and dirtiness!
#21 - Thomas, Percy & the Post Train
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 3 - Episode 12
Thomas and Percy pull the Post Train most nights. When the trains start to run late though, the future of the Post Train is put in jeopardy as the Post Office decide to start using Harold instead. Luckily a special passenger - and some strong winds - save the day.
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#22 - Snow Engine
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 7 - Episode 14
Oliver does not like snow - at all. When he has to make a delivery to a mountain village, the weather conditions mean he can't get back until morning. And when morning does come, Oliver receives quite an unexpected surprise...
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#23 - Passengers & Polish
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 4 - Episode 13
Skarloey is delighted to hear the news that Rheneas is coming home from the menders. Nancy, the guard's daughter, is planning a 'welcome home' party for him; and because of this, she hasn't had time to polish Duncan. This makes Duncan very cross indeed and causes a great deal of trouble...
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#24 - James and the Red Balloon
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 6 - Episode 15
A red hot air balloon has arrived on the Island of Sodor and Thomas is sent to fetch it. The balloon becomes a popular tourist attraction, but James worries it will take his passengers away.
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#25 - Edward's Exploit
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 2 - Episode 23
Henry, Gordon and James are teasing poor Edward about being too old and "how he should be preserved before it's too late." Duck and Boco tell them to "Shut up!" as "Edward's better than any of you!"; and during a serious breakdown on an important journey, Edward proves his worth once and for all.
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#26 - Toby's Windmill
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 7 - Episode 10
Toby is very fond of the windmill near the branch line. The windmill needs repairs after a storm and the miller can not afford to do so. Toby wants to help, and when he has to help clean up the lines from debris caused by the storm, he finds the solution to the miller's problems.
#27 - A Better View for Gordon
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 3
Gordon is to take important people to the opening of the new station at Kirkronan, but as he comes near his crew find that they can't stop him, and he's heading for the station wall, and fast...
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#28 - Happy Ever After
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 19
Percy discovers from Mrs. Kyndley that her daughter is to be married "today" but has forgotten about the good luck package. Percy decides to try and help out with the problem.
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#29 - Oliver's Find
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 18
Oliver has to take the Post Train for the first time, and he gets lost on the way home. But what is it that he has found?
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#30 - Duncan Gets Spooked
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 24
Peter Sam is pulling some trucks, but when he has to stop to take on water, they use the opportunity to break away. The trucks are thrilled to be on their own - until they come to the ravine bridge and fall in. Peter Sam is told off and Duncan has great delight in teasing him. Rusty tries to stop this by telling the story of an engine who tried to cross the Old Iron Bridge but never made it to the other side due to loss of control. Duncan thinks this is a load of nonsense and puffs away, so the Driver and Fireman plan a trick to play on him for when they cross the bridge that night...
#31 - Home at Last
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 4 - Episode 9
Peter Sam is delighted when Skarloey returns home. He tells him about Duncan, who came as a spare engine after his accident. Skarloey would like to meet Duncan but gets to sooner than he expected!
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#32 - Thomas & Percy's Christmas Adventure
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 3 - Episode 26
It's Christmas time on the Island of Sodor and Thomas is looking forward to delivering letters and parcels to his friends in the towns and villages. But it's been snowing again and one of the villages has been snowed up. It's up to Thomas, Percy, Harold and Terence to help save the day!
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#33 - The Old Bridge
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 7 - Episode 4
Skarloey is crossing an old bridge when he notices the track is out of place and can't stop in time, thus leaving him dangling above the river from a long way up. Rheneas comes and rescues him with the breakdown train and the bridge is soon repaired. But Skarloey is terrifed of using the bridge again and has to shunt trucks and coaches in the yard. Rheneas has to do Skarloey's work now as well as his own. But when he runs out of water due to puffing too hard, he ends up stopping over the first quarter of the bridge and now Skarloey has to overcome his fear and must cross the bridge to save him...
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#34 - Percy & Harold
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 2 - Episode 9
Percy is enjoying his new work at the Harbour. The line is near an airfield, where a boastful helicopter called Harold lives. He reckons that, "Railways are slow and quite out of date!" But Percy proves a point when he challenges Harold to a race...
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#35 - Special Attraction
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 4 - Episode 25
Toby is excited when he is invited to be the "Special Attraction" for a seaside village's parade. But his excitement turns to disappointment when there isn't anymore room for him. Meanwhile, Percy and the trucks are having a hard time with a disagreeable barge called Bulstrode...
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#36 - Trucks
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 4 - Episode 8
Trucks - Sir Handel doesn't like them and they don't like him. So, after some 'helpful' tips from Gordon, he tricks Peter Sam into doing his work which leads to a great dilemma...
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#37 - Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 6 - Episode 5
Thomas, by accident, discovers an old sentinel lorry named Elizabeth who has been left in a shed for years.
#38 - The Runaway
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 2 - Episode 10
Thomas is feeling unwell, so Edward takes him to the Works to be repaired. Whilst Thomas is away, Duck fills in for him and is very popular with Annie, Clarabel and the passengers. When Thomas comes back, he resumes his duties. However his handbrake hasn't been fixed properly by the workmen and one day the Fireman forgets to pull it hard enough. As a result, Thomas and the coaches "run away", and only Harold and an Inspector can help stop the runaway train.
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#39 - Daisy (2)
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 2 - Episode 19
Thomas' recent accident has caused a great deal of trouble. The Fat Controller decides to send for a Diesel Railcar called Daisy to help Percy and Toby "whilt Thomas is...um...indisposed!" But poor Percy and Toby have a hard time when Daisy becomes difficult and bitter.
#40 - Bye George!
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 7
George the Steamroller is working around the island and as usual, is causing great problems for the engines. But this time, he just takes things too far. Will he receieve his just desserts?
#41 - Duck Takes Charge
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 2 - Episode 8
Percy is ill of the bigger engines around ordering him about. The Fat Controller releases him to work at his new Harbour, and also brings in a new engine called Montague, but who prefers the name of "Duck". The big engines try and order Duck around as well, but Duck won't stand for it and together with Percy, he puts them in their place.
#42 - Gordon Takes a Tumble
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 6 - Episode 17
Gordon says that pulling trucks "wouldn't be dignified" and Salty teases him about this and acting "too big for his buffers". Gordon becomes cross and wants to show Salty a thing or two but ends up in a rather "undignified" situation instead!
#43 - Thomas Comes to Breakfast (1)
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 2 - Episode 18
For many years, Thomas the Tank Engine has run his well-known branch line, and knows just where to stop. "You could almost manage it without me!" jokes his Driver. What a surprise Thomas gets when he tries to do so and pays the Stationmaster an unexpected visit!
#44 - Pop Goes the Diesel (1)
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 2 - Episode 12
Duck is boasting about being Great Western and how useful he is, much to the annoyance of the others. Later, the Fat Controller introduces Diesel, a shunter who is "on trial". He asks Duck to show Diesel around, but Diesel says he doesn't need Duck. Duck leaves him to it and Diesel has an accident with some trucks. He thinks it's Duck's fault...
#45 - Better Late Than Never
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 2 - Episode 15
The viaduct is being repaired on the Main Line. The Fat Controller doesn't want to close the railway whilst the repairs are being done, and so orders the mainliners to go slowly when crossing it. This delays them with their journey to Thomas, which makes him late to meet with Bertie. Altogether, Thomas becomes very annoyed; until the day comes when he realises that being late isn't such a bad thing after all.
#46 - Horrid Lorry
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 2
The engines are working really hard, and the Fat Controller thinks they need some help. He hires 3 lorries to help them, but the lorries are rude to the engines. The engines have the last laugh though when the lorries get into difficulties.
#47 - Jack Frost
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 6 - Episode 16
The weather is getting colder so the Fat Controller asks James and Percy to make extra coal deliveries. Thomas seemingly warns Percy that he should be careful or else scary Jack Frost will get him. James thinks this is a load of nonsense, but Percy believes him. But when night comes and Percy has to make a delivery of coal to Lower Suddery both he and then later James think differently, but not as you would probably expect!
#48 - Thomas & the Breakdown Train
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 1 - Episode 7
Thomas is in the yard shunting when new engine James rushes past with a goods train yelling for help. James has wooden brakes and the trucks are pushing him down the line. The alarm goes - James has crashed into a field of cows. Thomas has to get the Breakdown Train and help James. Afterwards, the Fat Controller gives Thomas a very special reward.
#49 - Train Stops Play (2)
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 4 - Episode 17
Stepney is very happy with his visit to the Fat Controller's railway. But one day, whilst waiting at a signal, a cricket team's "one and only ball" accidentally falls into one of his trucks. And when he steams away, Caroline the cranky old car, driven by her Master, gives chase to try and retrieve the ball!
#50 - Steam Roller
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 4 - Episode 12
Sir Handel brags about his "steamroller wheels" and boasts that he can go faster than the other engines. Tired of this, Skarloey tricks him into having a race with George, the grumpy steamroller.