The BEST episodes written by Rev. W. Awdry
#1 - 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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#2 - 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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#3 - 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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#4 - 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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#5 - 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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#6 - 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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#7 - 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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#8 - 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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#9 - 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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#10 - 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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#11 - 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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#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - 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!
#15 - 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...
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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!
#18 - 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.
#19 - Off the Rails
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 1 - Episode 24
One day, Gordon is dozing in a siding when Henry comes by, waking him up with a loud whistle or two! Gordon tells Henry, "Mind you keep on the rails today," in regard to his previous incident with the Flying Kipper. Not long afterwards, Gordon feels most annoyed when he is asked to pull a goods train. So whilst on the turntable, he tries a bit of sabotage - which doesn't go according to plan...
#20 - Escape (1)
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 3 - Episode 21
Douglas attempts to rescue a frightened engine called Oliver, and his brakevan, Toad, from the place all steam engines fear to go - THE OTHER RAILWAY!
#21 - Whistles & Sneezes (3)
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 1 - Episode 20
Gordon becomes a little too above himself but learns a lesson when his whistle valve comes out of place causing quite a noise! Meanwhile, some boys also soon learn a lesson after throwing stones at Henry and his coaches from an overhead bridge.
#22 - Thomas & the Guard
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 1 - Episode 11
One day Thomas is late with his train due to Henry being late at the Junction, and when the Guard blows his whistle Thomas zooms off - without giving the Guard enough time to get on the train! Annie & Clarabel try to stop him, but Thomas continues to steam on!
#23 - Toby & the Stout Gentleman (1)
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 1 - Episode 21
We meet Toby the Tram Engine and his coach Henrietta, who both work hard on their little line. One day, a stout gentleman (the Fat Controller), his wife and grandchildren, Stephen and Bridget, come to visit and become very fond of Toby. Some months later, the line is sadly closed, but little does Toby know he has been saved by a letter from a certain personage...
#24 - Rock 'n' Roll
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 4 - Episode 10
Rusty and the men are working hard to mend the line; but there is still one bad bit, before the first station, which they haven't had time for. The little diesel tells Duncan to be careful. But Duncan doesn't like being told what to do, and so he rocks 'n' rolls along the line...with predictable results!
#25 - Thomas Goes Fishing
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 1 - Episode 12
Thomas has a desire to fish, and the others tell him "Engines don't fish!" When the water tower is out of order, Thomas has to take water from the river via a bucket. When suddenly he feels like he's going to burst, the Driver and Fireman look inside his tank and discover something rather unusual...
#26 - Bertie's Chase
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 2 - Episode 3
It's not a good day. Thomas' Fireman doesn't come into work, which means that Thomas can't deliver his passengers, which means that he can't make his connection with Edward, which means that this makes everyone late and cross. Bertie offers to take Thomas' passengers; but he has a field day of it when Edward, tired of waiting, steams away. The chase is on!
#27 - Bulls Eyes
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 4 - Episode 21
Daisy snorts about Toby the Tram Engine's cowcatchers and side plates, which prevent animals getting hurt if they stray on the line; she reckons that Toby is afraid himself and boasts that animals ALWAYS run "if you toot and look them in the eye". But she would have proved her point if it hadn't been for Champion the Bull!
#28 - Oliver Owns Up (2)
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 3 - Episode 22
The story about Oliver's rescue soon goes around the island, and the other engines compliment Oliver about how clever he is. This gets him rather big-headed until the trucks teach him a lesson...
#29 - Thomas' Christmas Party
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 1 - Episode 26
It's Christmas on the Island of Sodor, and after Edward reminds the engines of last Christmas when an ill Mrs Kyndley waved her dressing gown out of her window to save Thomas from a landslide, Thomas decides to thank Mrs Kyndley properly by having a Christmas party for her. The Fat Controller agrees. However, on the day of the party, Mrs Kyndley is trapped in her house by snowdrifts, so Thomas, Toby and Terence go to her rescue.
#30 - Tenders & Turntables (1)
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 1 - Episode 15
Gordon has to pull his train backwards due not trying hard enough to move into the correct position on the turntable, so as to be turned around. And when James gets on the turntable, the strong sea winds spin it round much too fast. The two, plus Henry, are very cross about the the unfortunate events that happened to them and so all formulate on a plan...
#31 - Ghost Train
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 2 - Episode 24
Percy tells Thomas and Toby a story about a ghost train. Thomas doesn't believe it and says Percy is a "silly little engine". Percy's Driver later tells him it wasn't true, it was on television. Later that night, Percy is on his way back from the Harbour when he crashes into a lime cart trapped on a crossing. Now white as a sheet, and with help from Toby, Percy heads off to find and scare Thomas...
#32 - 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.
#33 - Down the Mine
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 1 - Episode 25
Gordon is in disgrace after falling in the ditch. Thomas teases him about it, saying he has, "A funny, musty, sort of smell!"Later, Thomas has to deliver trucks to an old Lead Mine. The ground beneath the rails running overhead is weak and whilst it can support the weight of trucks, it can't support the weight of an engine. But Thomas ingnores the "Danger" signs.
#34 - The Deputation (2)
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 2 - Episode 17
The engines are worried that Donald & Douglas might be sent away after their accidents. Edward suggests that they hold a Deputation - and poor Percy gets the task to tell the Fat Controller about it!
#35 - Thomas & Bertie
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 1 - Episode 14
Bertie the Bus challenges Thomas to a race, to see who can get to the end of the line first. Thomas faces obstacles such as stations, signals and a slow start, Bertie has bus stops and traffic lights - who will win?
#36 - Edward, Gordon & Henry (2)
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 1 - Episode 4
Henry is sad that he is stuck in the tunnel, and Gordon is having fun teasing him whenever he passes. One day Gordon's safety valve bursts just outside the tunnel. Edward is the only other engine available, but the train is too heavy for him. How could the situation possibly be resolved?
#37 - 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...
#38 - Toby's Tightrope
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 3 - Episode 15
Mavis is told that she is not allowed anywhere near Toby's line, so when the trains get bigger she develops a plan for the trucks to push her there. But Toby accidentally takes those trucks and they decide to push him instead. As Toby speeds down the line, he realises that the bridge ahead is collapsing and he knows that he can't stop in time!
#39 - 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...
#40 - Dirty Objects
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 1 - Episode 23
Toby and Henrietta are old and shabby looking. James remarks about how dirty they are, and says how he'd never be seen looking like that. James then has to pull a goods train along Gordon's Hill, but the trucks push him down and up ahead, a train of Tar Wagons lies...
#41 - James & the Express
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 1 - Episode 10
Gordon boasts to James that he is the only engine who can pull the Express. One day he sets off with it, but due to points problems he comes back to the station feeling very sheepish. Another engine will now have to take over the job of pulling the Express for the day, but who will it be?
#42 - Paint Pots & Queens
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 4 - Episode 23
All the engines are thrilled when they hear that H.R.H, the Queen, is coming to visit their railway. But Thomas, Edward and Gordon are feeling sorry for themselves; things, however, get turned around for them when Henry accidentally gets covered with paint...
#43 - Thomas, Terence and the Snow
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 1 - Episode 13
One autumn day, Thomas meets a Terence the tractor and mocks his caterpillars, thinking them ugly. Winter soon arrives with heavy snow, and Thomas is forced to wear his uncomfortable snowplough. He shakes and bangs the snowplough and by the end of the day it's too damaged to use again. The next day, his crew find they cannot fix the snowplough in time, Thomas much to his delight. He continues his work, without his snowplough. But when Thomas runs into a deep snowdrift and gets stuck, he immediately regrets breaking his snowplough. Bertie arrives to take Thomas' passengers, and Terence comes to the rescue. Terence pulled Annie and Clarabel away, and then came back for Thomas. Thomas thanks Terence and promises to be sensible from now on.
#44 - You Can't Win
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 4 - Episode 4
Stuart is being rather cheeky to Duke about his old age but is taught a lesson later on that day thanks to a clever plan...
#45 - Buzz, Buzz
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 3 - Episode 17
James is chatting to Trevor about some bees who Trevor is looking after. Boco warns them to not to annoy the bees, which annoys James. The next day, some bees escape from the station and cling onto James' warm boiler... and refuse to let go!
#46 - Troublesome Trucks
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 1 - Episode 9
James is feeling sad as he is still staying in his shed for being naughty. Eventually the Fat Controller lets him out to pull a goods train, but the trucks don't want to be pulled by James and misbehave. Whilst pulling them up Gordon's Hill, a coupling breaks and the last few trucks roll back down the hill. James goes to get them (they were stopped by the Guard) and starts on up the hill once more...
#47 - Coal (1)
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 1 - Episode 18
Henry keeps feeling ill, unlike the other engines. It turns out that Henry's firebox is much smaller than the other engines', so the Fat Controller orders special Welsh coal that will allow Henry to work better. The Green Engine is thrilled with the results.
#48 - James & the Coaches
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 1 - Episode 8
James the new engine has to pull some coaches with the help of Edward. They do very well but James is so excited that he accidentally showers water all over the Fat Controller's new top hat! Later on he is pulling more coaches and bumps them so hard that a brake pipe is damaged. Newspaper and a leather bootlace could temporarily mend the problem, but only a passenger willing enough to hand over their laces will the train be able to continue...
#49 - Percy's Promise
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 3 - Episode 2
It's holiday time and the Vicar's Sunday School is spending the day at the seaside. Percy promises Thomas that he'll get Annie, Clarabel and the children home safe and sound; but floods spell disaster for the little engine until...
#50 - Wrong Road
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends - Season 2 - Episode 22
Since the arrival of Boco, Gordon is upset when the Fat Controller allows branch line diesels to pull main line trains. Edward suggests that he should run on the branch for a change. Gordon thinks such an idea "vulgar", but little does he know that a run on the branch is quite unexpectedly in store that night...