Series 23

  Series 23 of Thomas & Friends has begun airing on May 18 2019 in the US And 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 three x 22-minute specials following the recent revamp of the series. The series will also see Thomas visiting two new countries: Italy and Brazil.

Series 23 will be the second series of ''Thomas and Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!''. Thomas explores the world and back home on Sodor with his friends James, Percy, Nia, Gordon, Rebecca and Emily.

Episodes

 * 1) The Other Big Engine - Thomas meets another big blue engine in Brazil that reminds him of Gordon.
 * 2) Grudge Match - Raul wants to beat Thomas in a game, but his competitive nature soon gets him into trouble.
 * 3) Crowning Around - Rajiv learns that he can be really useful with or without his crown.
 * 4) Thomas Masks a Mistake - Thomas causes confusion and delay by not seeking help when he makes a mistake.
 * 5) Batucada - Thomas finds a way to take part in the Brazilian carnival music.
 * 6) Gordon Gets the Giggles - Gordon becomes worried when he gets a serious case of the giggles.
 * 7) Free the Roads -  Bulgy wishes for passengers to take the bus instead of a train and gets his wish after accidentally tainting a water tower.
 * 8) Chucklesome Trucks - The engines fear Rebecca is in for a tough time when she is tasked with pulling Troublesome Trucks.
 * 9) Heart of Gold - Toby fills in for Stephen at Ulfstead Castle and stops a pair of thieves from stealing King Godred's crown.
 * 10) Laid Back Shane - Shane got laid back and he was laid back in the Outback, Australia.
 * 11) Wish You Were Here - Yong Bao wishes Thomas he was here.
 * 12) Shankar's Makeover - Shankar the Indian diesel engine is given a makeover.
 * 13) A Tale of Two Olivers - Oliver and Toad meets the Sodor Construction Company when Terence talks to the Great Western engine and an excavator.
 * 14) TBA
 * 15) TBA
 * 16) TBA
 * 17) TBA
 * 18) TBA
 * 19) TBA
 * 20) TBA

Special Episodes

 * 1) Digs and Discoveries - Thomas and the Sodor Construction Company travel to Italy, where they meet new friends and make exciting discoveries.

Characters

 * Thomas (main character)
 * Gordon (main character)
 * James (main character)
 * Percy (main character)
 * Emily (main character)
 * Nia (main character)
 * Rebecca (main character)
 * Toby
 * Rosie
 * Glynn
 * Ashima
 * Rajiv
 * Raul
 * Shane
 * Yong Bao
 * Gina
 * Diesel
 * Shankar
 * Noor Jehan
 * Victor
 * Millie
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Henrietta
 * Troublesome Trucks
 * Aubrey and Aiden
 * Bertie
 * Bulgy
 * Jack
 * Alfie
 * Oliver (The Pack)
 * Max and Monty
 * Kevin
 * Ace
 * Emerson
 * Cassia
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Sir Robert Norramby
 * The Bird Watcher
 * The Grumpy Passenger
 * Albert's Wife
 * Charubala
 * Edward (fantasy; does not speak)
 * Flying Scotsman (fantasy; does not speak)
 * Henry (does not speak)
 * Butch (does not speak)
 * Cranky (does not speak)
 * Hiro (cameo)
 * Ryan (cameo)
 * Philip (cameo)
 * Winston (cameo)
 * Judy and Jerome (cameo)
 * Carly (cameo)
 * Big Mickey (cameo)
 * Samson (stock footage)
 * Duncan (stock footage)
 * Luke (stock footage)
 * Terence (stock footage)
 * 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)
 * Farmer Finney (stock footage cameo)
 * Stephen (mentioned)
 * King Godred (mentioned)

Duck, Donald and Douglas, Oliver, Bill and Ben, Stepney, Harvey, Spencer, Whiff, Stanley, Hiro, Charlie, Scruff, Belle, Connor, Caitlin, Porter, Gator, Timothy, Theo, Lexi, Hurricane, Merlin, Hong-Mei, Daisy, Mavis, 'Arry and Bert, Den, Dart, Sidney, Paxton, Norman, Hugo, Frankie, Flynn, Stafford, Marion, Skiff, Skarloey, Rheneas, Sir Handel, Peter Sam, Tamika, Rex, Bert, Mike, Toad, Rocky, Slip Coaches, Bradford, Hannah, An An and Yin-Long, Lei, Dexter, Trevor, Harold, Elizabeth, Kelly, Byron, Ned, Isobella, Patrick, Nelson, Buster, Jeremy, Captain, Isla, Merrick, Owen, Reg, Lady Hatt, Stephen Hatt, Bridget Hatt, Jem Cole, Fergus Duncan, The Thin Clergyman, The Fat Clergyman, Farmer Trotter Dowager Hatt, Jenny Packard, The Foreman, Cyril the Fogman, Lord Callan, Sodor Brass Band, The Mayor of Sodor, The Duke and Duchess of Boxford, Mr. Percival and Captain Joe are also likely to appear.

Characters Introduced

 * Gabriela
 * Lorenzo
 * Gustavo
 * Beppe
 * Stefano
 * Darcy
 * No. 33 Excavator
 * No. 24 Bulldozer

UK, AUS and NZ

 * John Hasler as Thomas
 * Keith Wickham as Gordon, Glynn, Bertie, and Sir Topham Hatt
 * 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
 * Nikhil Parmar as Rajiv
 * Federico Trujillo as Raul
 * Shane Jacobson as Shane
 * Dan Li as Yong Bao
 * Emily Sharpe as Gina
 * Monica Lopera as Gabriela
 * Kerry Shale as Diesel
 * Sanjeev Bhaskar as Shankar
 * Sheena Bhattessa as Noor Jehan and Charubala
 * Francisco Labbe as Gustavo
 * David Bedella as Victor
 * Miranda Raison as Millie
 * Maggie Ollerenshaw as Henrietta
 * Genevieve McCarthy as Aubrey
 * Tim Bain as Aiden
 * Colin McFarlane as Bulgy
 * Steven Kynman as Jack
 * Nathan Clarke as Alfie
 * Tim Whitnall as Max and Oliver the Excavator
 * Rasmus Hardiker as Monty
 * Matt Wilkinson as Kevin
 * Peter Andre as Ace
 * Gabriel Porras as Emerson and the crowd
 * 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 and Sir Topham Hatt
 * Tina Desai as Ashima
 * Nikhil Parmar as Rajiv
 * Federico Trujillo as Raul
 * Shane Jacobson as Shane
 * Dan Li as Yong Bao
 * Emily Sharpe as Gina
 * Monica Lopera as Gabriela
 * Sanjeev Bhaskar as Shankar
 * Sheena Bhattessa as Noor Jehan and Charubala
 * Francisco Labbe as Gustavo
 * David Bedella as Victor
 * Miranda Raison as Millie
 * Teresa Gallagher as Annie and Clarabel
 * Maggie Ollerenshaw as Henrietta
 * 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
 * Gabriel Porras as Emerson and the crowd
 * 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 and Charubala
 * Yoshino Aoyama as Nia
 * Maki Uchiyama as Rebecca and Aubrey
 * Tomohiro Tsuboi as Toby
 * 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
 * Ryōsuke Morita as Shane
 * Hiroo Sasaki as Yong Bao
 * Hiroaki Tajiri as Raul
 * Keiko Nemoto as Gina, Henrietta and Jack
 * Ken Sanders as Diesel
 * 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
 * Emiko Takeuchi as Alfie
 * Hayato Fujii as Max and Monty
 * Kan Tanaka as Sir Topham Hatt
 * Kiyonobu Suzuki as Sir Robert Norramby

Germany

 * Christian Stark as Thomas
 * Tetje Mierendorf as Gordon
 * Tobias Schmidt as James
 * Robin Brosch as Percy
 * Kristina von Weltzien as Emily
 * Franziska Trunte as Nia
 * Manuela Bäcker as Rebecca
 * Volker Hanisch as Toby
 * Natascha Pavia as Rosie
 * Franziska Lessing as Ashima
 * Mark Bremer as Rajiv
 * Holger Umbreit as Shane
 * Jörn Linnenbröker as Yong Bao
 * Joachim Kretzer as Raul
 * Jennifer Böttcher as Gina
 * Sonja Stein as Millie
 * Martin May as Diesel
 * Erik Schäffler as Shankar
 * Ines Nierstenhöfer as Noor Jehan
 * Kailas Mahadevan as Victor
 * Julia Holmes as Annie
 * Marion von Stengel as Clarabel
 * Marion Gretchen Schmitz as Henrietta
 * Muriel Bielenberg as Aubrey
 * Flemming Stein as Aiden
 * Burkhard Schmeer as Bertie
 * Daniel Schütter as Jack
 * Kai-Hendrik Möller as Alfie
 * Matthias Klimsa as Oliver the Excavator
 * Robert Kotulla as Kevin
 * Eberhard Haar as Sir Topham Hatt
 * Bernd Stephan as Sir Robert Norramby
 * Anne Hoth as Charubala

Trivia

 * This season marks the first of many things:
 * Gina, Raul, Emerson, Cassia 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.
 * The first season since the sixteenth season in where Hiro does not speak since his introduction in Hero of the Rails.
 * The first season since the nineteenth season in where Rosie does not speak since her re-introduction in Journey Beyond Sodor and her introduction in the tenth season.
 * 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.


 * This marks the only season of many things:
 * The only season to date in where Ryan does not speak since his introduction in Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure.
 * The only season to date in where Philip does not speak since his introduction in the nineteenth season
 * The only season to date in where Flying Scotsman does not speak since his introduction in the third season.
 * The only season to date in where Judy and Jerome do not speak since their introductions in The Adventure Begins.
 * 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 and Nathan Clarke return to the voice cast.