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Thomas & Friends series 22

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Thomas & Friends series 22
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Thomas & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry.

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This article lists and details episodes from the twenty-second series of the show, which began airing on 3 September 2018 in the UK, and on 17 September 2018 in the US.

Retitled as Thomas & Friends: Big World, Big Adventures!, Series 22 saw the first major changes since the show switched to full CGI animation in the thirteenth series. The episodes kept their eleven-minute-long runtime, but were now divided into seven minute-long stories, with an additional four minutes reserved for a variety of segments, such as sing-along karaoke songs and music videos, or Thomas talking directly with the audience about lessons learned during a particular episode.[1]

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Production

Production for series 22 began in fall of 2017. Clips of the series were released in October of that year, almost a year before its premiere on television.

The series introduced new characters Nia and Rebecca and also retired third-person narration, with Thomas now talking directly to the audience about the day's episode and during the learning segments. In addition, the show had a brand new theme song.[citation needed] Similar to the trains in Chuggington, the vehicular characters now move their bodies full-time.

The series is set directly after the events of the Big World! Big Adventures! movie. Episodes are split into two halves; the first half sees Thomas travelling around the world, while the second half takes place back on the Island of Sodor.

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Voice cast

Main article: List of Thomas & Friends voice actors

The following voice actors were listed in the closing credits for the series:

The following are also considered main characters but were not listed in the credits:

  • Yvonne Grundy voices Nia, an orange steam train from Kenya. She is based on the East African Railways’ ED1 class steam train.[2]
  • Rachael Miller voices Rebecca, a yellow steam train from the Mainland Britain. Her design is based on a Southern Railway West Country 4-6-2 Pacific steam train.[2]
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Episodes

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    Notes

    1. Titles are for the UK version. The North American version has US English spelling such as "colors" instead of "colours"
    2. The US title of the episode is "Runaway Car" instead of "Runaway Truck"[3]
    3. This episode was first released on Here Comes the Steam Team! DVD on September 24, 2018.

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