Series 23

  Series 23 of Thomas & Friends has already begin airing on May 18 2019 in the US & will air on September in the UK in 2019

Production
Mattel has greenlit a new series and several specials for Thomas & Friends that will premiere in 2019. Production has begun on the 23rd series that will consist of 20 x 11-minute episodes as well as two x 44-minute specials following the recent revamp of the series. The series will also see Thomas visiting two new countries: Italy and Brazil.

Episodes

 * 1) The Other Big Engine
 * 2) Grudge Match
 * 3) Crowning Around
 * 4) Thomas Makes a Mistake
 * 5) Batucada
 * 6) Gordon Gets the Giggles
 * 7) Laid Back Shane
 * 8) Chucklesome Trucks
 * 9) Wish You Were Here
 * 10) Diesel Glows Away
 * 11) Free the Roads
 * 12) Heart of Gold
 * 13) Shankar's Makeover

Main Cast

 * Thomas
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Emily
 * Nia
 * Rebecca

Additional Cast
Duck, Belle, The Chinese Diesel, Lei and Isla are likely to appear.
 * Toby
 * Rosie
 * Glynn
 * Ashima
 * Rajiv
 * Raul
 * Shane
 * Yong Bao
 * Gina
 * Hong-Mei
 * Diesel
 * Sidney
 * Paxton
 * Fernando
 * Shankar
 * Noor Jehan
 * Winston
 * Victor
 * Millie
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Henrietta
 * Judy and Jerome
 * Troublesome Trucks
 * Aubrey and Aiden
 * An An and Yin-Long
 * Bertie
 * Terence
 * Bulgy
 * Jack
 * Alfie
 * Oliver (The Pack)
 * Max and Monty
 * Kevin
 * Ace
 * Carly
 * Cassia
 * Emerson
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Sir Robert Norramby
 * The Bird Watcher
 * The Grumpy Passenger
 * Albert's Wife
 * Charubala
 * Edward (does not speak)
 * Henry (does not speak)
 * Flying Scotsman (does not speak)
 * Stephen (does not speak)
 * Butch (does not speak)
 * Cranky (does not speak)
 * Samson (stock footage)
 * Marion (stock footage)
 * Duncan (stock footage)
 * Luke (stock footage)
 * Ryan (cameo)
 * Philip (cameo)
 * Judy and Jerome (cameo)
 * Big Mickey (cameo)
 * Farmer Finney (cameo)
 * Bill and Ben (stock footage cameo)
 * Axel ​(stock footage cameo)​
 * Carlos ​(stock footage cameo)
 * Frieda ​(stock footage cameo)​
 * Salty (stock footage cameo)​
 * Ivan ​(stock footage cameo)​
 * The Mainland Diesels ​(stock footage cameo)​
 * Rusty (stock footage cameo)
 * Tamika (mentioned)
 * King Godred (mentioned)

Characters Introduced

 * Gabriela
 * Lorenzo
 * Gustavo
 * Beppe
 * Darcy
 * Ester
 * Brenda
 * Stefano

UK, AUS and NZ

 * John Hasler as Thomas
 * Keith Wickham as Gordon, Glynn, Bertie, Sir Topham Hatt, the Grumpy passenger and a child
 * Rob Rackstraw as James, Toby and the Troublesome Trucks
 * Nigel Pilkington as Percy
 * Teresa Gallagher as Emily, Annie and Clarabel
 * Yvonne Grundy as Nia
 * Rachael Miller as Rebecca
 * Nicola Stapleton as Rosie
 * Tina Desai as Ashima and the Fashion Designer
 * Nikhil Parmar as Rajiv, some trucks and the Grumpy and Friendly Stationmasters
 * Federico Trujillo as Raul, a Brazilian Railway Worker and a Musician
 * Shane Jacobson as Shane
 * Dan Li as Yong Bao
 * Emily Sharpe as Gina
 * Chipo Chung as Hong-Mei
 * Monica Lopera as Gabriela
 * Kerry Shale as Diesel
 * Bob Golding as Sidney
 * Steven Kynman as Paxton and Jack
 * Sanjeev Bhaskar as Shankar
 * Gabriel Porras as Fernando, Emerson and the Crowd
 * Sheena Bhattessa as Noor Jehan and Charubala
 * Francisco Labbe as Gustavo and a Musician
 * David Bedella as Victor
 * Miranda Raison as Millie
 * Maggie Ollerenshaw as Henrietta
 * Tim Whitnall as Oliver the Excavator and Max
 * Siu-see Hung as An An
 * Windson Liong as Yin-Long
 * Genevieve McCarthy as Aubrey
 * Tim Bain as Aiden
 * Colin McFarlane as Bulgy
 * Nathan Clarke as Alfie
 * Matt Wilkinson as Kevin
 * Peter Andre as Ace
 * Laura Cucurullo as Cassia
 * Christopher Ragland as the Troublesome Trucks
 * Mike Grady as Sir Robert Norramby

US and CAN

 * Joseph May as Thomas
 * Kerry Shale as Gordon, Diesel, Max and Kevin
 * Rob Rackstraw as James, Monty and the Troublesome Trucks
 * Christopher Ragland as Percy and the Troublesome Trucks
 * Jules de Jongh as Emily
 * Yvonne Grundy as Nia
 * Rachael Miller as Rebecca
 * William Hope as Toby
 * Nicola Stapleton as Rosie
 * Keith Wickham as Glynn, Bertie, Sir Topham Hatt, the Grumpy passenger and a child
 * Tina Desai as Ashima and the Fashion Designer
 * Nikhil Parmar as Rajiv, some trucks and the Grumpy and Friendly Stationmasters
 * Federico Trujillo as Raul, a Brazilian Railway Worker and a Musician
 * Shane Jacobson as Shane
 * Dan Li as Yong Bao
 * Emily Sharpe as Gina
 * Chipo Chung as Hong-Mei
 * Monica Lopera as Gabriela
 * Bob Golding as Sidney
 * Steven Kynman as Paxton
 * Sanjeev Bhaskar as Shankar
 * Gabriel Porras as Fernando, Emerson and the Crowd
 * Sheena Bhattessa as Noor Jehan and Charubala
 * Francisco Labbe as Gustavo and a Musician
 * David Bedella as Victor
 * Miranda Raison as Millie
 * Teresa Gallagher as Annie and Clarabel
 * Maggie Ollerenshaw as Henrietta
 * Siu-see Hung as An An
 * Windson Liong as Yin-Long
 * Genevieve McCarthy as Aubrey
 * Tim Bain as Aiden
 * Colin McFarlane as Bulgy
 * David Menkin as Jack
 * Nathan Clarke as Alfie
 * Tim Whitnall as Oliver the Excavator
 * Peter Andre as Ace
 * Laura Cucurullo as Cassia
 * Mike Grady as Sir Robert Norramby

Japan

 * Kumiko Higa as Thomas
 * Kenta Miyake as Gordon
 * Masashi Ebara as James
 * Chie Kōjiro as Percy
 * Erina Yamazaki as Emily, An An and Charubala
 * Yoshino Aoyama as Nia
 * Maki Uchiyama as Rebecca and Aubrey
 * Tomohiro Tsuboi as Toby and Sidney
 * Hisayo Mochizuki as Rosie
 * Tōru Akiyoshi as Glynn and Aiden
 * Misa Ishii as Ashima
 * Yuta Odagaki as Rajiv, Oliver the Excavator, Emerson and the Troublesome Trucks
 * Hiroaki Tajiri as Raul
 * Ryōsuke Morita as Shane
 * Hiroo Sasaki as Yong Bao
 * Keiko Nemoto as Gina, Henrietta, Jack and Cassia
 * Mikoto Nakai as Hong-Mei
 * Ken Sanders as Diesel
 * Kunihiro Kawamoto as Paxton, Fernando and Yin-Long
 * Kōichi Sakaguchi as Shankar and Victor
 * Chiaki Mori as Noor Jehan
 * Minako Saito as Millie
 * Sakura Yoshioka as Annie and Clarabel
 * Mitsuhiro Sakamaki as Bertie
 * Hinata Tadokoro as Bulgy
 * Hayato Fujii as Max and Monty
 * Takayuki Kawasugi as Kevin
 * Kan Tanaka as Sir Topham Hatt
 * Kiyonobu Suzuki as Sir Robert Norramby

Trivia

 * This season marks the first of many things:
 * The first season to have episodes written by Camille Ucan and Rose Johnson.
 * Gina, Raul, Emerson, Cassia, Fernando and Ace's first appearances in an episode and their first appearances since The Great Race and Big World! Big Adventures! respectively.
 * Knapford Harbour's first appearance in full CGI and it’s first full appearance since the Season 4 episode, Special Attraction.
 * This is the first time that Thomas, Gordon, James, Percy and Emily are seen in their new CGI models. They all gain additional rivets and handrails, while Gordon gains a second permanent lamp and Thomas gains a step on the front of his tanks. Emily also gains an additional handrail above her smokebox.
 * The first season to have two head writers for an episode since the nineteenth series.


 * This series will be Andrew Brenner's final series as head writer to date.
 * Emily Sharpe, Ferderico Trujillo, Francisco Labbe, Monica Lopera and Laura Cucurullo join the voice cast.
 * Peter Andre, Colin McFarlane, Miranda Raison, Mike Grady, Gabriel Porras and Nathan Clarke return to the voice cast.
 * Ian McCue is reinstated as producer, after having served as Creative Executive since Series 21. He is re-appointed as producer to replace Micaela Winter, who left the series in 2018 to take up a position with Blue Zoo Animation.