Created in 1983, the five-minute episode introduced the signature elements of "Thomas & Friends," including Ringo Starr's soothing narration and hand-crafted model trains. But for decades, it collecte ...

By Victor Mather Thomas the Tank Engine notices a funny smell ... a producer of the series for a decade, told the BBC. The episode was pieced together from multiple film stripsCredit ...

Thomas the Tank Engine notices a funny smell ... Ian McCue, a producer of the series for a decade, told the BBC. The 5-minute episode was pieced together from multiple 35-mm film strips.

A Thomas the Tank Engine superfan says it is "surreal" and "wonderful" that a long-lost pilot episode of ITV's classic children's cartoon series Thomas & Friends has been released for the first time.

A rediscovered and restored version of the pilot episode of Thomas & Friends, the animated children's steam train series ...

Thomas fans everywhere can view the pilot on YouTube beginning Friday, May 9, at 1 p.m. ET and participate in other fun anniversary activities by listening to podcasts, bidding in auctions and ...

PEOPLE has a first look at the never-before-seen 1983 pilot episode of Thomas ... Tank Engine has been a beloved constant for kids for 80 years! In celebration of eight decades of Thomas and his ...

Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT In 1979, writer and producer Britt Allcroft came across them and arranged a deal to make the television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (later ...

For the first time ever, Mattel is releasing the original, never-before-seen 1983 pilot episode of the classic model series, Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, on YouTube. By meticulously piecing ...

classic, timeless story to it, and the voices, everything is just so delightful." Making his first appearance in the book world in 1945, Thomas was later adapted for television in a series that ra ...