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The Railway Series books were read out loud by host Ted Ray. The first somewhat successful run was on the children's show 'Jackanory' in 1970. There have been several other attempts, however. Nothing else is known to remain of this project.

During the live airing of the first episode, Henry derailed and a hand was seen coming down to put him back on the tracks.

It was decided that Hornby Dublo models would be used and everything went ahead but the project did not succeed. The first known attempt to make a television adaptation of the Railway Series books was by the BBC in 1953. Percival, 'The Thin Controller' and the Arlesdale Railway is operated by Fergus Duncan, 'The Small Controller.' The head of the North Western Railway is Sir Topham Hatt, affectionately nicknamed 'The Fat Controller' by the engines and staff, the Skarloey Railway is operated by Mr. Thomas & Friends takes place on the standard gauge North Western Railway, the narrow gauge Skarloey Railway and the 15-inch gauge Arlesdale Railway. The show is mainly about the title character, Thomas, a cheeky little blue tank engine with six small wheels, a short stumpy funnel, a short stumpy boiler and a short stumpy dome. Thomas & Friends was a television series mainly based around railway engines that live on the Island of Sodor.

2.4 Making Tracks to Great Destinations (2004-2012).

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2.3 Thomas' First Feature Length Movie (2000-2003).

2.2 Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1984-1999).

On 22nd August 2016, it was confirmed that Jam Filled Entertainment had successfully acquired Arc Productions and thus taken over the animation for Thomas & Friends.Ī 2D-animated reboot and second theatrical film are currently in production, though it is currently unknown if the latter will have any connection to the main series. Jam Filled Entertainment, however, entered into an agreement, looking at acquiring the entirety of Arc. In August 2016, Arc Productions closed down after filing for bankruptcy. In February 2012, it was announced that Arc Productions would take over animation duties starting with the seventeenth series in 2013.

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Since then, the series had been animated in full CG until the late 2010's.

The first CG production, Hero of the Rails was released in Autumn 2009. CGI was first used during the twelfth series for the faces of the engines, people and animals, although characters in background shots would still have the traditional clay faces. In April 2008, it was announced that filming of the series would transfer to Nitrogen Studios in Canada and that it would be CG animated. The series was last produced by Mattel Creations taking over HiT Entertainment, who filmed the series since its acquisition of Gullane Entertainment in 2002. The series has been broadcast in over 185 territories and has spawned twenty-four series, a theatrical film, and fourteen specials. It was adapted for television by Britt Allcroft using the original stories from the Railway Series before using original stories written by independent writers. Thomas & Friends (previously known as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends) is the name of the television series based on the Railway Series by the Reverend W.