Series 23

  Series 23 of Thomas & Friends will begin airing sometime 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.

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
 * 2) Grudge Match
 * 3) Free the Roads
 * 4) Chucklesome Trucks
 * 5) Heart of Gold
 * 6) Laid Back Shane
 * 7) Wish You Were Here
 * 8) Shankar's Makeover

Special Episodes

 * 1) Digs and 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
 * Raul
 * Shane
 * Yong Bao
 * Gina
 * Diesel
 * Shankar
 * Millie
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Henrietta
 * Troublesome Trucks
 * Aubrey and Aiden
 * Bertie
 * Bulgy
 * Jack
 * Alfie
 * Oliver (The Pack)
 * Max and Monty
 * Kevin
 * Ace
 * Isla
 * Emerson
 * Cassia
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Sir Robert Norramby
 * The Bird Watcher
 * The Grumpy Passenger
 * Albert's Wife
 * 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)
 * Winston (cameo)
 * Philip (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)
 * 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)

Characters Introduced

 * Gabriela
 * Lorenzo
 * Gustavo
 * Beppe
 * Stefano
 * Darcy
 * No. 13 Excavator

Duck, Donald and Douglas, Oliver, Bill and Ben, Harvey, Spencer, Whiff, Stanley, Charlie, Scruff, Belle, Connor, Caitlin, Porter, Timothy, Rajiv, Theo, Lexi, Hurricane, Merlin, The Brazilian Tank Engine, Hong-Mei, Daisy, Mavis, 'Arry and Bert, Salty, Den, Dart, Sidney, Paxton, Norman, Hugo, Frankie, The Chinese Diesel, Stafford, Marion, Skiff, Skarloey, Rheneas, Sir Handel, Peter Sam, Victor, Rex, Bert, Mike, Slip Coaches, Toad, Rocky, Bradford, An An and Yin-Long, Trevor, Harold, Lady Hatt, Jem Cole, Fergus Duncan, The Thin Clergyman, The Fat Clergyman, Farmer McColl, Cyril the Fogman, The Foreman, The Duke and Duchess of Boxford and Captain Joe are also likely to appear.

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 and Isla
 * Nicola Stapleton as Rosie
 * Tina Desai as Ashima
 * 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
 * Francisco Labbe as Gustavo
 * 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
 * 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 and Isla
 * William Hope as Toby
 * Nicola Stapleton as Rosie
 * Keith Wickham as Glynn, Bertie and Sir Topham Hatt
 * Tina Desai as Ashima
 * 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
 * Francisco Labbe as Gustavo
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Minako Saito as Millie
 * Sakura Yoshioka as Annie and Clarabel
 * Mitsuhiro Sakamaki as Bertie
 * Hinata Tadokoro as Bulgy
 * Emiko Takeuchi as Alfie
 * Yuta Odagaki as Oliver the Excavator and the Troublesome Trucks
 * Hayato Fujii as Max and Monty
 * Orie Tamaki as Isla
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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

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.
 * 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, and her buffers are recoloured black in order to look more consistent alongside the other Steam Team members.


 * This series will be Andrew Brenner's final series as head writer.
 * 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.Wai