Thomas & Friends
British children's television series
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| 2025 | Campbell Bryer directs all episodes of Season 4 of Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go animated series. |
| 2024 | Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go won Best Preschool Series at the inaugural Collision Awards, marking a significant recognition for the rebooted animated series. |
| 2024 | Season 3 of Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go begins, with all episodes directed by Campbell Bryer. |
| 2024 | Thomas and Percy were given bubbles on their paintwork for 'Day Out with Thomas: The Bubble Tour'. |
| 2024 | Classic episodes of Thomas & Friends became available on the free streaming channel PBS Retro. |
| 2024 | Release of Thomas & Friends: The Christmas Letter Express |
| November 19 2024 | Release of 'The Christmas Letter Express' special DVD. |
| July 23 2024 | Release of DVD 'The Sights of Sodor' with 10 episodes from Season 2. |
| May 28 2024 | Release of DVD 'It All Adds Up' with 10 episodes from Season 2. |
| February 27 2024 | Announcement made that Series 3 would debut on Netflix in the United States. |
| February 6 2024 | Release of DVD 'All Wheels on Track' with 8 episodes from Season 2. |
| 2023 | The second season of Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go continued to air, representing a new era for the long-running children's television franchise. |
| 2023 | Thomas and Percy were given splats of different paint colors for the 'Day Out with Thomas: Let's Get Colorful! Tour'. |
| 2023 | Release of Thomas & Friends: The Great Bubbly Build |
| 2023 | Discover Thomas & Friends Exhibition is relocated to the Thomas Land Shop near Winston's Whistle-Stop Tour. |
| November 14 2023 | Release of DVD 'Off the Rails!' with 8 episodes from Season 2. |
| September 12 2023 | Release of DVD 'Brand New Track' with 8 episodes from Season 2. |
| July 25 2023 | Release of DVD 'Back on Track' with 8 episodes from Season 2. |
| April 29 2023 | Thomas and Percy's Submarine Splash water ride is added, based on the All Engines Go episode. |
| April 4 2023 | Release of 'The Mystery of Lookout Mountain' special DVD. |
| January 31 2023 | Release of DVD 'Musical Fun!' with 8 episodes from Season 1. |
| 2022 | Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go entered its second season, featuring a new animated series format with reimagined characters and storytelling style. |
| 2022 | The additional narrow gauge replica at Edaville Railroad was retired. |
| 2022 | Release of Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go - The Mystery of Lookout Mountain |
| December 2022 | Dialogue and visual script for the unreleased 'The Missing Coach' episode leaked on Twitter, along with scripts for three Railway Series stories: Percy's Promise, Gordon Goes Foreign, and Double Header. |
| October 11 2022 | Mattel announces renewal of the series for a third and fourth season, with each season consisting of 26 episodes and a special. |
| September 6 2022 | Release of DVD 'Special Delivery' with 8 episodes from Season 1. |
| August 2022 | A Toby the Tram Engine replica was added to the lineup, modified and repainted from a DD20 diesel locomotive. |
| May 24 2022 | Release of DVD 'Best Friends' with 8 episodes from Season 1. |
| March 8 2022 | Release of 'Race for the Sodor Cup' special DVD. |
| February 14 2022 | Release of 'Race for the Sodor Cup' special on DVD in the United Kingdom. |
| 2021 | Series 24 concluded, completing the television series run for this production cycle. |
| 2021 | The Thomas locomotive was repainted in his green L.B.S.C. livery, inspired by the 2015 direct-to-video special Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins. |
| 2021 | Release of Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go - Race for the Sodor Cup |
| December 31 2021 | Thomas & Friends television series concluded its broadcast run alongside Shining Time Station |
| December 7 2021 | Release of DVD 'Time for Teamwork!' featuring 8 episodes from Season 1. |
| November 8 2021 | The series began airing on Channel 5's Milkshake! pre-school block in the UK, featuring British voice actors. |
| October 2021 | Mattel Television announced pre-sales of the series to multiple international broadcasters, including Nick Jr. (UK pay-TV), TF1 (France), and WarnerMedia (MENA and Latin American regions). |
| October 29 2021 | The series became available for streaming on Netflix in the United States. |
| September 18 2021 | Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go premiered on Treehouse in Canada. |
| September 17 2021 | First hour-long special 'Race for the Sodor Cup' was released theatrically in the UK to introduce the new series and its visual style. |
| September 13 2021 | Premiere of new 2D-animated series Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go on Cartoon Network's Cartoonito preschool block. |
| August 31 2021 | Mill Creek Entertainment and NCircle Entertainment's parent company Alliance Entertainment announced a US and Canadian distribution deal with Mattel for DVD rights to All Engines Go. |
| February 5 2021 | The new Thomas & Friends series is officially announced, with executive producer Christopher Keenan emphasizing its design to appeal to contemporary audiences while maintaining the core brand ethos. |
| February 5 2021 | Cartoon Network and Netflix jointly acquired the broadcast and streaming rights for the new Thomas & Friends series in the United States. |
| January 2021 | Announcement of a new television series called Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go, serving as a complete reboot of the original series that ran from 1984 to 2021, with an entirely new approach to content and animation style. |
| 2020 | Series 23 concluded, representing a full season of episodes produced during the 2019-2020 period, showcasing the continued evolution of the Thomas & Friends animated series. |
| 2020 | A replica of Bulgy the double-decker bus was introduced, running alongside the existing Bertie bus replica. |
| 2020 | During the 75th anniversary press release, Mattel announced plans to develop more Thomas & Friends mobile apps. |
| 2020 | Streaming rights for Thomas & Friends were sold to Netflix. |
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