Thomas & Friends (series 24)

The 24th series of the children's television show Thomas & Friends started airing on 1 May 2020 in the UK, and on September 1st 2020 in the US on Netflix.[1] This is the last series of the original Thomas & Friends franchise. It is also the last to be animated by Jam Filled Toronto and this is the 3rd and last Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! season of the series.

Thomas & Friends
Series 24
Country of originUK
No. of episodes20 (+3 half-hour specials)
Release
Original networkChannel 5 (UK)
Netflix (Worldwide)
Original release1 May 2020 (2020-05-01) –
20 January 2021 (2021-01-20)
Series chronology

Mattel has revealed that Marc Forster would be directing a new film based on the franchise, and afterwards they will be producing new episodes in a new continuity separate from the original timeline. This new reboot, titled All Engines Go!, will be co-produced by Nelvana, which will also provide the animation for future episodes. The All Engines Go! reboot is set for an October 2021 Netflix debut.

Voice cast

Episodes
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateTV Order
5621"Emily's Best Friend"Dianna BassoCamille Ucan & Rose Johnson7 September 2020 (2020-09-07)64a
Emily worries she doesn't have a best friend to spend time with while doing her job, such as Edward, Henry, Marion, and Philip, but when Thomas and Percy help her out of a tricky situation to deliver trucks of sand to Tidmouth Town Hall for the sand sculpture of the Steam Team, she realizes she's been surrounded by best friends all along.
5632"Thomas' Fuzzy Friend"Dianna BassoBecky Overton8 September 2020 (2020-09-08)64b
Thomas discovers a missing dog on the railway and tries to find it a new home, despite getting protests from Annie and Clarabel. While stopped by a workman's hut, the dog notices a squirrel and gives chase. While trying to retrieve the dog, Thomas accidentally runs into a branch on the tracks and is derailed in the forest. Emily eventually finds Thomas in the woods and after fetching Rocky, takes him back to Knapford. At Knapford, little Thomas promises to look after the dog and bring it to see Thomas, and gives him the name Fuzzy.
5643"The Great Little Railway Show"Dianna BassoMichael White9 September 2020 (2020-09-09)65a
When a Railway Show for little engines comes to Sodor, an overly excited Percy finally gets his chance to shine as he spread the news of the show, passed throughout the Island by Philip, Oliver, Paxton, Rosie, and Thomas. But his misunderstanding leads the little engines to leave the Fat Controller, Mr. Percival, and Fergus Duncan's railways and head for Ulfstead Castle. Soon, after Percy states that everyone is there for the little railway show, the Thin Clergyman explains that the Fat Controller was referring to model engines, rather than small working engines.
5654"Thomas and the Forest Engines"Dianna BassoDavey Moore10 September 2020 (2020-09-10)65b
In Brazil, Thomas meets two wood-burning engines who've never travelled beyond their eucalyptus railway. Thomas agrees to swap jobs with them for the day, but this causes more trouble than he expects. His two new friends find that there is a reason why they are best suited to their short eucalyptus railway, they have a small fuel supply. Eventually, Thomas finishes work and, knowing that Marcia and Marcio should have returned by then, sets out to look for his new friends with Emerson's help. Eventually, he finds them and brings more eucalyptus wood from their railway. The three of them finally manage to make the delivery to the docks.
5665"Emily to the Rescue"Dianna BassoBecky Overton11 September 2020 (2020-09-11)66a
A Safety inspector comes to Sodor to make sure everything is running well. All the engines have to be checked over and can continue with their regular work. Then, there was an emergency drill. The engine closest to Rocky is to collect him. Rebecca, James, and Percy all go to collect Rocky, not knowing who is closest. Percy overruns a red signal, causing all three engines to derail and Emily immediately goes to fetch Rocky to help. Meanwhile, Gordon is forced to go a different route with the express, but a road bridge to start cracking. Luckily, Emily brings Rocky to hold the bridge up so Gordon can move and is made the official Sodor safety engine.
5676"Shankar's Makeover"Dianna BassoCamille Ucan & Rose Johnson14 September 2020 (2020-09-14)66b
In India, Thomas pushes Shankar into entering the Fancy Costume Contest with him, Ashima, Rajiv, and Noor Jehan, even though Shankar doesn't want to have the spotlight shine on him, especially doing the Shankar Shimmy with the Troublesome Trucks. When the attention becomes too much for Shankar, he shouts that he did not want to enter the contest in the first place. Charubala softly tells him he did not have to if he did not want to, and Thomas admits that it was his fault for pushing Shankar into it. Shankar happily goes back to doing what he does best, shunting in the yards.
5687"Thomas and the Royal Engine: 75th Anniversary"Ian McCueMichael WhiteMay 2, 2020 (2020-05-02)63
An invitation from Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles sends Thomas and the Fat Controller to London as they weave through delays and debacles past Beresford at the canal, tree branches, empty water towers from getting cleaned, and losing Thomas' Fireman while racing to a royal celebration. Luckily, the Fat Controller works with Thomas' Driver as a fireman and the Queen's royal engine, Duchess, helps Thomas with the directions of London as Thomas offers to push her the rest of the way.
5698"Nia and the Unfriendly Elephant"Dianna BassoDavey Moore15 September 2020 (2020-09-15)67a
Nia is given the job of bringing an elephant to the Animal Park but hits a problem. The elephant does not like steam engines. Nia tries all sorts of ways to get the elephant to agree with her and go to the park with singing a song, using Percy's apples, and having Belle spray water to lead the elephant onboard, but she is not able. She finally thinks of a way to succeed, and when she does, she is given the job of helping out at the animal park.
5709"Thomas' Not-So Lucky Day"Ian CherryBecky Overton16 September 2020 (2020-09-16)67b
When Thomas has a run of bad luck in Italy, he tries everything to get back on track, even if it means following Lorenzo and Beppe's strange superstitious advice. However, Gina, Ester, and Mia explain to Thomas that superstition isn't real and that he hat to be positive and focus on being on track.
57110"James the Super Engine"Dianna BassoDavid Stoten17 September 2020 (2020-09-17)68a
Rebecca tells James he could be a comic-book super-engine, he takes her seriously after Rocky accidentally spills oil barrels on him, and Rail Rocket is born. James hears the children calling, and he sees the children from a kite stuck in a tree. Then he blows steam in his funnel to blow the kite off the tree. The children save their kite. Then James hears a bell from the crossing, only to find it came from goats.
57211"Ace's Brave Jump"Ian CherryCamille Ucan & Rose Johnson18 September 2020 (2020-09-18)68b
Thomas helps his friend Ace overcome his fear of animals so that he can compete in the Super Stunt Rally to jump twenty-five buses. At first, Ace is nervous, but as he sees more and more animals, he stops being scared of them and grows to like them. The next day, Thomas is ready to watch Ace do his jump, but he realizes that none of the buses have shown up, likely because they were scared of being jumped over. Thomas, Shane, Tamika, Aubrey and Aidan decide to position themselves on the track so that Ace can jump over them, and the Super Stunt Rally is a success.
57312"A New Arrival"Joey SoCamille Ucan & Rose JohsonOctober 24, 2020 (2020-10-24)69
When Thomas finds out that the Earl's Technology Fair will bring new inventions to Sodor, he sets out to prove that steam engines are the best inventions ever, as Ruth, an American inventor who wanted to be a railway engineer, tells Thomas that he and the other steam engines are one of the best. Meanwhile, an engine from the Mainland named Sonny brings two men, Baz and Bernie, to Sodor so they could steal the most famous invention for money.
57413"World of Tomorrow"Joey SoLaura Beaumont and Paul LarsonOctober 25, 2020 (2020-10-25)70
After meeting Kenji, a fast electric diesel engine, the steam team were worried that they would be replaced by new inventions. As the Technology Fair commences, Baz and Bernie try to find the best invention to steal, until they decided on planning to steal Ruth's hover car. However, Sonny stood up to the pair, encouraged by the idea of becoming a really useful engine after meeting Thomas, who taught him the ways of the Fat Controller's railway. As a result, Baz and Bernie opted to use Kenji as their getaway vehicle instead and tied Sonny's regulator open to create a distraction. After being caught by Thomas, Sonny revealed Baz and Bernie's plans. Once Thomas catches up to Kenji with a jet engine, Baz and Bernie were taken away by the policemen. As Ruth decides to stay on Sodor, Sir Topham Hatt decides to give Sonny a second chance and brought him into the North Western Railway fleet.
57514"Sonny's Second Chance"Ian CherryBecky OvertonJanuary 11, 2021 (2021-01-11)72a
After being given a chance to prove himself by Sir Topham Hatt, Sonny does not think his chances are good when he is shown hostility by Gordon and James. It seems Diesel is the only one really willing to be his friend, but it turns out Diesel is just tricking Sonny into doing his jobs for him, which Sonny finds out while talking with Thomas and pulling fish trucks. Diesel tries to follow after him, but gets diverted into a siding, derails, and is about to fall into a pit. Sonny reverses to the siding, derailing the fish trucks over the points in the process, and saves Diesel. Although he had derailed the fish trucks, Sonny's heroic actions earn him praise from Sir Topham Hatt as a really useful engine indeed.
57615"Thomas and the Inventor's Workshop"Ian CherryCamille Ucan and Rose JohnsonJanuary 12, 2021 (2021-01-12)72b
Thomas travels around Sodor with Annie and Clarabel to help Ruth find a new place for her to stay at, instead of Arlesburgh with Skiff, Harwick with Daisy, or Tidmouth with its bustling people, only to fix up an old windmill on Thomas' Branch Line into her new, energy-efficient workshop.
57716"The Inventor's Spectacular Bridge"Ian CherryDavid StotenJanuary 13, 2021 (2021-01-13)73a
When the Rickety Old Bridge on Toby's line collapses, trapping Toby and Henrietta on the other side of the ravine, Ruth is asked by Thomas and Sir Topham Hatt to help build a new one, which came in the form of the Walking Bridge.
57817"Yong Bao and the Tiger"Ian CherryIan McCue and David StotenJanuary 14, 2021 (2021-01-14)73b
Yong Bao tells Thomas the story of how he came to have a magnificent tiger emblem on his tender after seeing a majestic tiger in the shunting yards, and a few months later, saved one of the Mean Engines who used to tease him from falling off a snowy cliff, with the tiger's help.
57918"Gordon and Rebecca, Coming Through!"Ian CherryDavey MooreJanuary 15, 2021 (2021-01-15)74a
Gordon and Rebecca do the same work, but they go about it differently. When Rebecca tries to be more like Gordon passing through with Henrietta, Diesel with the Troublesome Trucks, and Gordon himself with a goods train, Gordon derails and admits that Rebecca was right to do her own way.
58019"Kenji on the Rails Again"Ian CherryLaura Beaumont & Paul LarsonJanuary 18, 2021 (2021-01-18)74b
When Kenji hears that he must travel home in Japan alone, he gets scared and tries to hide. So, Thomas sets out to find him, along with Hiro.
58120"Cleo the Road Engine"Ian CherryLaura Beaumont & Paul LarsonJanuary 19, 2021 (2021-01-19)75a
When Ruth's new car, Cleo, takes to the rails to race Thomas, she soon discovers why she is designed to stick to the roads.
58221"Nia's Bright Idea"Ian CherryCamille Ucan & Rose JohsonDecember 5, 2020 (2020-12-05)71a
Nia uses what she learns about lighthouses from Skiff to suggest covering a big wheel in Christmas lights, so that Harold can see where he's going in a storm.
58322"Cleo's First Snow"Ian CherryBecky OvertonDecember 6, 2020 (2020-12-06)71b
Cleo learns about snow for the first time from Thomas and Ruth and wants to save it from the warm air to make it last longer.
58423"Thomas' Animal Friends"Ian CherryDavey MooreJanuary 20, 2021 (2021-01-20)75b
Thomas is asked to help at the animal park for the day and realises there's more to the job than he first thought.

References
  1. "'Thomas & Friends' Season 24 Coming to Netflix in September 2020". What's on Netflix. August 6, 2020.
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