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Thomas & Friends
Series 22
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No. of episodes26
Release
Original network
Original release3 September 2018 (2018-09-03) –
15 May 2019 (2019-05-15)
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Thomas & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry.

This article lists and details episodes from the twenty-second series of the show, which began airing on 3 September 2018 in the UK, and on 17 September 2018 in the US.

Retitled as Thomas & Friends: Big World, Big Adventures!, Series 22 saw the first major changes since the show switched to full CGI animation in the thirteenth series. The episodes kept their eleven-minute-long runtime, but were now divided into seven minute-long stories, with an additional four minutes reserved for a variety of segments, such as sing-along karaoke songs and music videos, or Thomas talking directly with the audience about lessons learned during a particular episode. [1]

Production

Production for series 22 began in fall of 2017. Clips of the series were released in October of that year, almost a year before its premiere on television.

The series introduced new characters Nia and Rebecca and also retired third-person narration, with Thomas now talking directly to the audience about the day's episode and during the learning segments. In addition, the show had a brand new theme song. [2] Similar to Chuggington, the vehicular characters now move their bodies.

The series is set directly after the events of the Big World! Big Adventures! movie. Episodes are split into two halves; the first half sees Thomas travelling around the world, while the second half takes place back on the Island of Sodor. The series was released on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu in the fall of 2018. [3]

Voice cast

The following voice actors were listed in the closing credits for the series:

The following are also considered main characters but were not listed in the credits:

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
series		Title [a] Directed byWritten byOriginal air dateTV Order
5131"Number One Engine"Dianna BassoDavey Moore3 September 2018 (2018-09-03)37a
Thomas is in China taking passenger trains with An An and Lin Yong, where he gets into trouble while racing with Hong-Mei, another blue tank engine, and the number 1 engine in China.
5142"Forever and Ever"Dianna BassoAndrew Brenner4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)37b
With all the changes being made to the railway, such as Edward and now Henry leaving Tidmouth Sheds and Nia staying in Edward's place, Gordon is feeling a little blue, so Nia has to help him get used to it.
5153"Confusion Without Delay"Dianna BassoDavey Moore5 September 2018 (2018-09-05)38a
A new tender engine named Rebecca comes to work on the North Western Railway, but gets clumsy and blocks the Flying Scotsman's platform at Vicarstown early, makes her passengers late by leaving the stations early, and blocks the engines down at Brendam Docks.
5164"Trusty Trunky"Dianna BassoBecky Overton6 September 2018 (2018-09-06)38b
While working on the Indian Railway, seeing new places, finding animals all around on the lines, and meeting Rajiv, Noor Jehan, and Shankar, Ashima tells Thomas that elephants used to work in the yards shunting trucks. When Thomas derails in a muddy pond, he is very surprised when an elephant comes to his rescue.
5175"What Rebecca Does"Dianna BassoDavey Moore7 September 2018 (2018-09-07)39a
After admiring Belle's water cannons for putting out fires, Marion's steam shovel for digging holes and playing games, and Harvey's crane hook for lifting crates and putting Bill, Ben, and the Troublesome Trucks back on the tracks, Rebecca is worried that, unlike the other engines, there is nothing special about her.
5186"Thomas Goes to Bollywood"Dianna BassoBecky Overton10 September 2018 (2018-09-10)39b
When an action movie is filmed on the Indian railway, Thomas is desperate to be involved.
5197"Thomas in the Wild"Dianna BassoDavey Moore11 September 2018 (2018-09-11)40a
Yong Bao informs Thomas about Pandas as the national animal in China, so he looks hard for one in the bamboo forests while taking the film crew, An An and Lin Yong to the Nature Reserve.
5208"Thomas and the Monkey Palace"Dianna BassoBecky Overton12 September 2018 (2018-09-12)40b
Thomas is pulling a truckload of coconuts to the Indian Railway Station for Charubala and her friends when he encounters some cheeky monkeys at the Monkey palace, despite Rajiv's warnings.
5219"An Engine of Many Colours"
"An Engine of Many Colors"		Dianna BassoMichael White13 September 2018 (2018-09-13)41a

After a crash at the back of Tidmouth Sheds for showing off, a sad James is waiting at the Steamworks to be repaired. He hears that there might not be enough red paint to repaint him and gets worried he will be repainted a different colour. He dreams he will be blue like Thomas, Edward, and Gordon, green like Henry and Percy, and silver like Spencer, and gets into a crash while showing off in every dream.

52210"Outback Thomas"Dianna BassoTim Bain14 September 2018 (2018-09-14)41b
Shane shows Thomas the Outbacks of Australia, leading Thomas to take his coaches, Aubrey and Aiden, and some passengers on the Outback tour, only to take a wrong turn and get stuck on a high bridge.
52311"School of Duck"Dianna BassoLee Pressman17 September 2018 (2018-09-17)42a
When a storm destroys a classroom at Harwick School, Duck tries to find a coach to take the children in, but fails when everyone seems unable to spare a coach, with Toby using Hannah while Henrietta is away, Edward using the Slip Coaches, Emily using hers, and Gordon just saying no. When he finds a coach named Dexter, Duck only gets bad news that reveals that Dexter has some bad wheels. He then chooses to take Reg's advice on recycling to take Judy and Jerome to help out Dexter and make him useful again.
52412"Tiger Trouble"Dianna BassoBecky Overton18 September 2018 (2018-09-18)42b
When Ashima tells Thomas that tourists come to India to try to see tigers in Noor Jehan's tiger safari trains, he wants to see the tigers too. After seeing a tiger, Thomas learns from Shankar that Tiger Hunters want to kidnap the tigers, leading the two to save the tigers from some Tiger Hunters in Rajiv's passenger train.
52513"Seeing is Believing"Dianna BassoAndrew Brenner19 September 2018 (2018-09-19)43a
Thomas' friend Merlin comes to Sodor from the Mainland for the first time, and Percy wants to see him.
52614"Apology Impossible"Dianna BassoBecky Overton20 September 2018 (2018-09-20)43b
James starts to bully Philip and not say sorry to him. But when Philip takes the Troublesome Trucks of sardines over the fenland track, James blocks his way and causes Thomas, Paxton, and Rebecca to stop behind them, Philip learns that sometimes even the smallest engine's actions can make them the bigger engine.
52715"The Water Wheel"Dianna BassoDavey Moore21 September 2018 (2018-09-21)44a
Thomas thinks he has been given very silly cargo until Hong-Mei explains that it is a very important water wheel, made from bamboo, but Thomas loses it while taking a shortcut and tries to get it back.
52816"Samson and the Fireworks"Dianna BassoLee Pressman5 November 2018 (2018-11-05)44b
Samson is terrified of fireworks, as Thomas finds out, and when Samson mistakes the sound of Cyril the Fogman's warning detonator for fireworks, he is so frightened that he races off with Bradford into the fog and gets lost, only for him to follow Sir Robert Norramby's fireworks display at Ulfsted Castle during the night.
52917"Runaway Truck"
"Runaway Car [b] "		Dianna BassoDavey Moore3 December 2018 (2018-12-03) [c] 45a
Thomas tries to save one of the Troublesome Trucks of China, named Lei, but fails to do so. Yong Bao teaches Thomas all about tai chi, and Thomas soon uses it to rescue Lei, who is racing down the tracks again.
53018"Thomas' Animal Ark"Dianna BassoLee Pressman10 December 2018 (2018-12-10)45b
It's Christmas and the boiler at the Animal Park breaks down, so it's up to Thomas and the Steam Team to find a way to keep the animals warm.
53119"Cyclone Thomas"Dianna BassoTim Bain17 December 2018 (2018-12-17)46a
Thomas wants to be just like Isla, a Flying Doctor's plane, who transports Dr. Claire to remote places where it is hard for patients to get to hospitals or doctors for treatment, but fails to do so. When a cyclone come in, Thomas is determined to save the day.
53220"Kangaroo Christmas"Dianna BassoTim Bain22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) [c] 46b
Thomas is in Australia for Christmas, and is disappointed that it is different from Sodor due to no snow. But in the meantime, he must help a little girl named Madeleine retrieve her toy kangaroo from a real one.
53321"Thomas and the Dragon"Dianna BassoDavey Moore5 February 2019 (2019-02-05)47a
Thomas is terrified when he is given the honor from Yong Bao of bringing a dragon to the Chinese New Year celebrations, thinking it would be a real fire breathing dragon.
53422"Rosie is Red"Dianna BassoDavey Moore14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)47b
During Valentine's Day, Thomas and Rosie try to avoid each other after Diesel, Bill and Ben tease them for being "special friends", but they must come through their fears when Sir Topham Hatt asks them both to prepare his Valentine's Day surprise for Lady Hatt at Vicarstown.
53523"The Case of the Puzzling Parts"Dianna BassoDavey Moore18 February 2019 (2019-02-18) [c] 48a
Sidney is shunting a flatbed of engine parts, but he cannot remember what he is supposed to be doing with them since Diesel jolted his memory. Paxton thinks this sounds like a kind of mystery that can only be solved by a Special Agent.
53624"Banjo and the Bushfire"Dianna BassoTim Bain19 February 2019 (2019-02-19)48b
Thomas offers a lift to a ranger named Ranger Jill while working in the Australian Rain Forest. Thomas is excited to learn from her about all the animals that live there, but he is too loud and impatient to be very useful.
53725"Counting on Nia"Dianna BassoLee Pressman20 February 2019 (2019-02-20)49a
Nia is a really clever engine and knows about all sorts of things, but when the Fat Controller asks her to take Annie and Clarabel and pick up passengers from Knapford Station to Thomas' Branch line, Nia has great trouble reading numbers so Annie and Clarabel teach her.
53826"Hunt the Truck"
"Hunt the Car"		Dianna BassoMichael White15 May 2019 (2019-05-15)49b
Bill and Ben's latest game consists of hiding trucks and making other engines look for them. But when the twins hide a van full of Sir Robert Norramby's Christmas supplies for Edward to collect, they try to return it, but have to travel all over Sodor to look for it.

    Notes

    1. ↑ Titles are for the UK version. The North American version has US English spelling such as "colors" instead of "colours"
    2. ↑ The US title of the episode is "Runaway Car" instead of "Runaway Truck" [8]
    3. 1 2 3 This episode was first released on Here Comes the Steam Team! DVD on September 24, 2018.

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