Series 6

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Rev. W. Awdry.

This article lists and details episodes from the 6th series of the show, which was first broadcast in 2002.

This was narrated by Alec Baldwin in the US.

Most episodes in this series have 1 title: the American titles are shown underneath.

Production
Phil Fehrle had taken over as producer from David Mitton and Britt Allcroft, while Angus Wright had been replaced by Allcroft and Peter Urie as executive producers.

This was the first series to oversee an introduction of a writing staff, since the stories from The Railway Series had already been adapted. Staff-written stories had been introduced in Series 5, and this practice remains unchanged since then.

Abi Grant served as script editor for the series. Stock Footage: This season had the same theme music as Seasons 3 & 4.

Songs

 * James the Really Splendid Engine
 * The Little Engines
 * Down by the Docks
 * Never, Never Never Give Up
 * Boo! Boo! Choo-Choo
 * The Winter Wonderland

Characters

 * Thomas (Voiced by Ben Small)
 * Edward (Voiced by Keith Wickham)
 * Henry (Voiced by Keith Wickham)
 * Gordon (Voiced by Keith Wickham)
 * James (Voiced by Keith Wickham)
 * Percy (Voiced by Keith Wickham)
 * Toby (Voiced by Ben Small)
 * Duck (Voiced by Keith Wickham with an English accent)
 * Donald and Douglas (Voiced by Lewis McCleod with an Scottish accents)
 * Bill and Ben (Voiced by Chris Lang and Ben Small)
 * Diesel (Voiced by Keith Wickham)
 * Mavis (Voiced by Adrienne Posta)
 * Arry and Bert (Voiced by Keith Wickham and Bob Saker)
 * Skarloey (Voiced by Keith Wickham with an English accent)
 * Rheneas (Voiced by Eric Idle)
 * Peter Sam (Voiced by Lewis McCleod)
 * Duncan (Voiced by Lewis McCleod with an Scottish accent)
 * Rusty (Voiced by Keith Wickham)
 * Bertie (Voiced by Bob Saker)
 * Trevor (Voiced by Bill Farmer with an Southern United States accent)
 * Harold (Voiced by Bob Saker)
 * Cranky (Voiced by Keith Wickham)
 * Sir Topham Hatt (Voiced by Keith Wickham with an English Yorkshire accent)
 * Harold's Pilot (Voiced by Bob Saker)
 * Stephen Hatt (Voiced by George Woolford)
 * Stepney (does not speak)
 * Annie and Clarabel (do not speak)
 * Henrietta (does not speak)
 * Terence (does not speak)
 * Jem Cole (does not speak)
 * Farmer Finney (does not speak)
 * The Lighthouse Keeper (does not speak)
 * The Railway Board (does not speak)
 * Oliver (cameo)
 * George (cameo)
 * Butch (cameo)
 * Tiger Moth (cameo)
 * Big Mickey (cameo)
 * Bridget Hatt (Voiced by Lily Snowden-Fine)
 * Dowager Hatt (Voiced by Adrienne Posta)
 * Mrs. Kyndley (Voiced by Adrienne Posta)
 * Farmer Trotter (Voiced by Bill Farmer with an Southern United States accent)
 * The Refreshment Lady (Voiced by Anna Bentinck)
 * Nancy (Voiced by Anna Bentinck)
 * Tom Tipper (Voiced by Bob Saker)
 * The Storyteller (Voiced by Anna Bentinck)
 * The Special Visitor (Voiced by Martin Clunes)
 * The Tailor (Voiced by Bob Saker)
 * One of the stone-dropping boys (Voiced by George Woolford)
 * The Dryaw Policeman (Voiced by Keith Wickham with an English accent)
 * One Member of the Elsbridge Cricket Club (Voiced by Bob Saker)
 * BoCo (music video cameo)
 * Sir Handel (music video cameo)
 * Duke (music video cameo)
 * Toad (music video cameo)
 * Bulstrode (music video cameo)
 * Percy's Ghost Engine (music video cameo)
 * Rusty's Ghost Engine (music video cameo)
 * Father Christmas (music video cameo)
 * The Barber (music video cameo)
 * The Quarry-master (music video cameo)
 * The Portly Man (music video cameo)
 * Boulder (music video cameo)
 * Bulgy (mentioned)
 * Bertram (dropped)

Characters Introduced

 * Harvey (Voiced by Keith Wickham)
 * Salty (Voiced by Keith Wickham with an West Country accent)
 * Elizabeth (Voiced by Adrienne Posta with an Victorian accent)
 * Jack (Voiced by Bob Saker)
 * Alfie (Voiced by Lewis McCleod)
 * Oliver (Voiced by Bob Saker)
 * Max (Voiced by Keith Wickham)
 * Kelly (Voiced by Keith Wickham)
 * Byron (Voiced by Bob Saker)
 * Ned (Voiced by Keith Wickham)
 * Isobella (Voiced by Adrienne Posta)
 * Jenny Packard (Voiced by Adrienne Posta with an Irish accent)
 * The Foreman (Voiced by Keith Wickham)
 * Cyril the Fogman (Voiced by Bob Saker)
 * Allicia Botti (Voiced by Adrienne Posta with an Italian accent)
 * The Coaling Plant Manager (Voiced by Bob Saker)
 * The Vet (Voiced by Eric Idle)
 * Headmaster Hastings (Voiced by Chris Lang)
 * Farmer McColl (Voiced by Bill Farmer with an Southern United States accent)
 * Edward's Ghost Engine (does not speak)
 * The Fisherman (cameo)
 * The Dockyard Manager (cameo)
 * The Captain (music video cameo)
 * Mr. Jolly (factory logo cameo, mentioned)

Japanese Voice Cast

 * Leo Morimoto as the Narrator
 * Keiko Toda as Thomas
 * Yasuhiro Takato as Edward and Ned
 * Ryō Horikawa as Henry and Oliver the Excavator
 * Kenji Utsumi as Gordon
 * Katsuji Mori as James
 * Chisato Nakajima as Percy, Clarabel and Stephen Hatt
 * Yasuhiko Kawazu as Toby and Max
 * Kōzō Shioya as Duck and Kelly
 * Yūki Satō as Donald, Iron 'Arry and Harold
 * Takeshi Endo as Douglas
 * Tomoko Naka as Bill and Annie
 * Miyuki Hara as Ben
 * Hikaru Midorikawa as Harvey and Bertie
 * Daisuke Gōri as Diesel
 * Yuka Shioyama as Mavis and Isobella
 * Keiji Hirai as Iron Bert
 * Naoki Tatsuta as Salty
 * Tomohisa Asō as Skarloey and Headmaster Hastings
 * Ryōtarō Okiayu as Rheneas
 * Shinobu Satouchi as Peter Sam
 * Hideo Ishikawa as Rusty
 * Ryōichi Tanaka as Duncan, Byron, The Foreman and Cyril
 * Toshio Kobayashi as Trevor and Alfie
 * Fu Suzuki as Elizabeth, Allicia Botti and Jenny Packard
 * Naomi Shindō as Jack
 * Hisao Egawa as Cranky
 * Takeshi Aono as Sir Topham Hatt

Trivia

 * This was the first series of several things:
 * The first series filmed in 16:9 widescreen. However, most of the first 7 episodes were matted from full screen, but whenever they use Tidmouth Sheds, The Seaside Village, Tidmouth Beach and the church for locations, the scenes are filmed in widescreen.
 * Phil Fehrle's first series as producer.
 * Peter Urie's first series as executive producer.
 * The first series to have a writing team.
 * The first time Robin Kingsland, Paul Larson, Abi Grant, James Mason, Brian Trueman, Robyn Charteris and Jenny McDade wrote episodes for the series.
 * Abi Grant's first series as script editor.
 * The first series to have more than 1 narrator.
 * The first series not dubbed in German, Greek and Portuguese.
 * The first series to use a Proteus 3 and Virtuoso 2000 to compose the music.
 * The first series since the third to appear on CiTV, marking the television series' return to terrestrial television.
 * The first series to see incomplete episode VHS releases in the American.
 * The first series not to feature Wellsworth since its introduction in the first series.
 * The first series in which Thomas does not appear in the finale.
 * The first series in where BoCo, Derek, Bertram, Smudger, Toad, Old Slow Coach, Bulgy, Caroline, the Horrid Lorries and Thumper do not appear since their introductions.
 * The first series in where Stepney, George, Annie and Clarabel do not speak since their introductions.
 * The first series where Sir Topham Hatt says "confusion and delay," though the second to feature the phrase because the narrator and other characters said it in 2 5th series episodes.
 * Kate Buckland's first series as editor.
 * This was the last series of several things as well:
 * Britt Allcroft's third and the last series as executive producer to date. She would be a script consultant in the 7th series.
 * The last series to be dubbed in Slovenia.
 * The last series to have the 3 head writers to date.
 * The last series to be dubbed in Norwegian until the 8th series.
 * Alec Baldwin's last series as the narrator in the US. Michael Brandon will be taking over from the narrator from Series 7-9.
 * The last series filmed by Gullane Entertainment prior to its acquisition by HiT Entertainment in 2002 to date.
 * This series had 1 narrator in it out of date.
 * From this series onwards, all the stories were written by individuals on a writing staff.
 * This series was broadcast on PBS Kids in the US in 2002.
 * On masters of episodes that feature the Gullane endboard, Britt Allcroft is credited as executive producer alongside Peter Urie. The masters that end with either the HiT Entertainment endboard, Britt Allcroft is not mentioned in the end credits at all.
 * This is the only series of several things:
 * The only series to date with its own special intro.
 * The only model series to date to have more than one director.
 * The only series to date in where Oliver does not speak since his introduction in the third series.
 * The only series to feature Steve Asquith as a director until the 8th series.
 * The only series in which Thomas does not speak in the premiere to date.
 * The only series to have Jonathan Trueman, Phil Fehrle and Ross Hastings as part of the writing team to date.
 * The only time Simon Nicholson wrote episodes for the series.