The BEST episodes written by David Mitton
#1 - 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?
#2 - 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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#3 - 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...
#4 - 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!
#5 - 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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#6 - 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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#7 - 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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#8 - 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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#9 - 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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#10 - 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...
#11 - 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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#12 - 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?
#13 - 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.
#14 - Rusty to the Rescue
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 4 - Episode 15
During the springtime, a new line has been opened; it runs through fields of bluebells. Rusty thinks that what they need is a 'Bluebell Engine'. So, with some advice from Douglas, the little diesel ventures off on a journey to rescue one from 'The Other Railway'!
#15 - Edward, Trevor & the Really Useful Party
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 3 - Episode 16
The Vicar is having a garden party so that he can raise money for a seaside trip for the children. Trevor is the star attraction, but Edward wishes he had something to do to help out too. In the end he helps the vicar with the posters advertising the party. Meanwhile, Bertie is teasing Trevor about being old, but Trevor has the last laugh when Bertie gets into a sticky situation.
#16 - Heroes
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 3 - Episode 24
At the docks, the Troublesome Trucks play tricks on and confuse Bill & Ben which makes them late to deliver the coaches for Gordon's Express, making him very late indeed. The next day, a rockslide threatens the quarry and only Bill & Ben are the ones who can save the workmen in danger...
#17 - Sleeping Beauty
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 4 - Episode 2
Thomas tells the engines the rest of his story about Duke and how a group of people set out to save him.
#18 - Diesel Does It Again
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 3 - Episode 8
Duck and Percy are exhausted with the extra work in the harbour so the Fat Controller sends for another engine to help them. What a shock they receive when it turns out to be Diesel!
#19 - Put Upon Percy
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 9
Percy has been working very hard recently and feels put upon by this. The trucks find out and try to make him work even harder. Percy then takes them to the mine, but they break away and cause the mine to collapse. Will Percy escape the vicinity in time?
#20 - Henry's Forest
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 3 - Episode 9
Henry's favourite place on Sodor is the forest; he loves the trees, the animals and the peaceful nature sounds. He is heartbroken when storms damage the trees and the broken timber gets cut up and turned into furniture. Luckily, help is at hand...
#21 - Granpuff
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 4 - Episode 1
The engines are having trouble getting to sleep, so Thomas tells them the story of Duke... Duke, Stuart and Falcon worked on their own little railway years ago, until hard times came forcing the line to be shut down. Stuart and Falcon are bought by other people but Duke is left alone in the shed...
#22 - Bulldog
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 4 - Episode 3
Percy is feeling rather annoyed because he has a new coat of paint and is longing for everyone and anyone to see it. So Thomas tells him the following story... Before the problems come to their railway, Falcon is doing rather well, and the manager explains to him that he is now ready to take on "The Mountain Road", a difficult part of the line, so Duke is coming along to help. Falcon is not happy about this. Falcon and Duke set off, but Falcon becomes careless and finds himself hanging on the edge of the hillside...
#23 - Toby's Discovery
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 14
The Fat Controller and his grandchildren, Bridget and Stephen, discover an old castle as well as the mine where "the little engines once worked" whilst out on a trip with Toby and Henrietta. The Fat Controller decides to turn sites into tourist attractions, but Toby hears that the mine is haunted...
#24 - Busy Going Backwards
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 23
Toad the brake van is feeling glum as he is always seeing things sliding away from him and would like to go forward for a change. Oliver wants to help but doesn't know how. That afternoon, Oliver is pulling some trucks up Gordon's Hill, with Toad as his brake van. The trucks break away after a coupling snaps and now Toad is at the front of the train going forwards. Unfortunately he is on the Main Line with various possible disasters up ahead!
#25 - Lady Hatt's Birthday Party
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 4
It's Lady Hatt's birthday, and her husband, Sir Topham Hatt, is throwing a party for her. While driving on his way to Kirkronan where the party is being held, he accidentally runs into a large pothole in the road and this leads to all sorts of unexpected difficulties for the poor chap!
#26 - All at Sea
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 3 - Episode 18
Duck wishes he could sail to far away lands but Percy tells Duck he'd rather stay on his dry rails. So, when Duck helps Harold out in an emergency situation, he decides that Percy is right and that he would be much happier on his own rails.
#27 - Toby & the Flood
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 10
Toby has been sent to check the dam on the river. It has been raining heavily recently and there are worries the dam won't hold. After inspection, the dam starts to break up! Will Toby escape its wrath in time?
#28 - Thomas & the Rumours
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 17
Harold is seen by the engines suspiciously flying around and think he's scouting the area so he can find ways to replace them. Thomas tries to find out the truth, but what does the children's playground have to do with it?
#29 - Make Someone Happy
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 22
Mrs Kyndley is upset that her sister, who was coming to visit, isn't able to make it. The Fat Controller decides Mrs Kyndley needs cheering up and asks Harold and James to help out.
#30 - Gordon & the Gremlin
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 6
One morning, a special coach is being prepared to be coupled to Gordon to carry a V.I.P. but unfortunately the turntable it is on becomes jammed. After Godon finally receives the coach after the turntable's repair, he puffs off to Kirkronan station to pick up the mystery person. But as he is now late, will he make it on time or will "gremlins" strike again?
#31 - One Good Turn
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 3 - Episode 19
Bill and Ben are sent to the big yard by the Fat Controller to help the other engines with important goods. They work well but when it comes to going onto a turntable for the first time, things get out of hand.
#32 - No Joke for James
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 3 - Episode 11
When Gordon annoys James by saying he's not as important as him, James decides to get revenge by telling Thomas that the Fat Controller wants James to pull the express and that Gordon should pull the trucks. Confusion ensues...
#33 - Thomas, Percy, & the Dragon
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 3 - Episode 7
Percy teases Thomas about the time that he got scared in "Ghost Train". But one afternoon, Percy gets stuck in a siding after a points failure and has to spend the night there, where he encounters a terrifying dragon! But will anyone believe him?
#34 - Cranky Bugs
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 1
At the docks, Thomas and Percy are working hard, but the new crane, Cranky, thinks little engines are useless - "bugs" he calls them. But that night some rough weather makes a tramper crash into the shed where Gordon, Henry, James and Duck are, trapping them inside. Cranky is then toppled over by the high winds. Who will save them all now?
#35 - Percy, James & the Fruitful Day
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 3 - Episode 25
Percy and James soon learn that pride comes before a fall when they have a rather bad day that involves fruit.
#36 - Baa!
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 8
The stations on the Island of Sodor are entering the "Best Dressed Station" competition. Percy agrees to help Maithwaite try and win by delivering fruit and vegetables to decorate the platform. On the way there with his special load, he has an unexpected run-in with a stray ram - however, the hungry creature later becomes Really Useful when some vandals strike at Maithwaite!
#37 - Edward the Very Useful Engine
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 6 - Episode 23
Gordon comments that "Edward is a useless old steam-pot" and that he should retire. The other big engines agree with him but Percy gets upset at this and tells the Fat Controller. In the end, Edward proves to be a Very Useful engine indeed when Duck and Gordon have a spot of bother...
#38 - Sir Topham Hatt's Holiday
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 20
The Fat Controller, his wife and grandchildren go on holiday, but various incidents keep affecting their plans!
#39 - Something in the Air
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 15
Whilst waiting for his fish vans to be loaded up, a crate of fish is accidentally dropped on poor Thomas! On the way to the docks, Thomas notices that the coastal line is damaged, and on his arrival with the "Flying Kipper" trucks which are to be passed on for Henry to pull, Henry teases him about his fishy smell. Then when Henry heads off, the signalman is unaware till too late that he has accidentally switched the train onto the damaged coastal line, which won't be able to take Henry's weight for sure!
#40 - James & the Trouble with Trees
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 5
James has recieved a new coat of paint and becomes too cocky, even to recognise the dangers trees could cause. However, he learns his lesson when his trucks cause trouble for him during wet weather.
#41 - Snow
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 25
Thomas and Rusty are both trapped at a tunnel and can't go any further until the the heavy snow is cleared away that has fallen. So to pass the time, Rusty tells Thomas the story of how Skarloey was traveling through a ravine when an avalanche came down on him.
#42 - Trust Thomas
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 3 - Episode 13
James is groaning because he has to deliver trucks to the quarry. Gordon tells him that he should pretend to be ill so he doesn't have to do the job. Thomas soon pulls in and offers to deliver the trucks instead and so the two big engines slyly agree. Later, Thomas unfortunately doesn't realise that trouble is ahead just down the line and he wouldn't have been put in such a situation if it weren't for Gordon and James...
#43 - A Surprise for Percy
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 5 - Episode 21
Percy is pulling some trucks up a hill when the coupling between him and the first truck breaks. This causes the trucks to break away and roll down the line, and at a tremendous pace at that! Will Percy catch them in time before they cause even more of a disaster?
#44 - Thomas Gets Bumped
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 3 - Episode 6
After helping some children out of a sticky predicament, Thomas gets behind his timetable and is very late. Then things go from bad to worse when his Branch Line gets damaged by hot weather and has to be closed whilst it is being repaired. Bertie the Bus offers to takes Thomas' passengers while he shunts in the yard; and this makes the little engine worry that his passengers will forget about him.