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Thomas & Friends: Season 1

26 episodes Premiered Oct 9, 1984 Updated Jul 19, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

Thomas & Gordon

Oct 9, 1984 · 5 min

Thomas the Tank Engine works at the Big Station, fetching coaches for the bigger engines. He keeps teasing Gordon the Big Engine, making him very cross. When the Shunter later acci

S1·E2

Edward & Gordon

Oct 9, 1984 · 5 min

Edward is feeling sad, as all the other engines are bigger and younger than him. But when Gordon gets stuck whilst pulling trucks up a hill, it's Edward to the rescue.

S1·E3

The Sad Story of Henry

Oct 16, 1984 · 5 min

Henry the Green Engine doesn't like getting his paint wet - so refuses to come out of the tunnel. The Fat Controller tries everything, including getting Thomas to push Henry out bu

S1·E4

Edward, Gordon and Henry

Oct 16, 1984 · 5 min

Henry is sad that he is stuck in the tunnel, and Gordon is having fun teasing him whenever he passes. One day Gordon's safety valve bursts just outside the tunnel. Edward is the on

S1·E5

Thomas's Train

Oct 23, 1984 · 5 min

Thomas wants to pull a train instead of just shunting coaches for the big engines, who laugh and say he wouldn't be able to do it. One night Henry is ill, and next morning he still

S1·E6

Thomas and the Trucks

Oct 23, 1984 · 5 min

Thomas is bored, and when one night Edward offers to swap duties with him for the next day, Thomas takes up the offer. This involves taking Edward's trucks. However Thomas is not u

S1·E7

Thomas and the Breakdown Train

Oct 30, 1984 · 5 min

Thomas is in the yard shunting when new engine James rushes past with a goods train yelling for help. James has wooden brakes and the trucks are pushing him down the line. The alar

S1·E8

James and the Coaches

Oct 30, 1984 · 5 min

James the new engine has to pull some coaches with the help of Edward. They do very well but James is so excited that he accidentally showers water all over the Fat Controller's ne

S1·E9

Troublesome Trucks

Nov 6, 1984 · 5 min

James is feeling sad as he is still staying in his shed for being naughty. Eventually the Fat Controller lets him out to pull a goods train, but the trucks don't want to be pulled

S1·E10

James and the Express

Nov 6, 1984 · 5 min

Gordon boasts to James that he is the only engine who can pull the Express. One day he sets off with it, but due to points problems he comes back to the station feeling very sheepi

S1·E11

Thomas and the Guard

Nov 13, 1984 · 5 min

One day Thomas is late with his train due to Henry being late at the Junction, and when the Guard blows his whistle Thomas zooms off - without giving the Guard enough time to get o

S1·E12

Thomas Goes Fishing

Nov 13, 1984 · 5 min

Thomas has a desire to fish, and the others tell him "Engines don't fish!" When the water tower is out of order, Thomas has to take water from the river via a bucket. When suddenly

S1·E13

Thomas, Terence and the Snow

Nov 20, 1984 · 5 min

In Autumn, Thomas stops by a signal. There he meets Terence the Tractor, and teases him about his caterpillar tracks. When winter comes, so does the snow. Thomas refuses to wear hi

S1·E14

Thomas and Bertie

Nov 20, 1984 · 5 min

Bertie the Bus challenges Thomas to a race, to see who can get to the end of the line first. Thomas faces obstacles such as stations, signals and a slow start, Bertie has bus stops

S1·E15

Tenders and Turntables

Nov 27, 1984 · 5 min

Gordon has to pull his train backwards due not trying hard enough to move into the correct position on the turntable, so as to be turned around. And when James gets on the turntabl

S1·E16

Trouble in the Shed

Nov 27, 1984 · 5 min

Henry, Gordon and James decide to go on strike, declaring that "Tender Engines don't shunt!" The Fat Controller sends Edward to do the work; but when poor Edward is being teased, t

S1·E17

Percy Runs Away

Dec 4, 1984 · 5 min

After being shut up for days in the shed, Henry, Gordon and James have been let out to work again. So the Fat Controller sends Thomas, Edward and Percy to play on the Branch Line.

S1·E18

Coal

Dec 4, 1984 · 5 min

Henry keeps feeling ill, unlike the other engines. It turns out that Henry's firebox is much smaller than the other engines', so the Fat Controller orders special Welsh coal that w

S1·E19

The Flying Kipper

Dec 11, 1984 · 5 min

One winter's evening, Henry is excited to be given the chance to pull the fish train that the men call, "The Flying Kipper". Unfortunately, snow and ice result in an accident. The

S1·E20

Whistles and Sneezes

Dec 11, 1984 · 5 min

Gordon becomes a little too above himself but learns a lesson when his whistle valve comes out of place causing quite a noise! Meanwhile, some boys also soon learn a lesson after

S1·E21

Toby and the Stout Gentleman

Dec 18, 1984 · 5 min

We meet Toby the Tram Engine and his coach Henrietta, who both work hard on their little line. One day, a stout gentleman (the Fat Controller), his wife and grandchildren, Stephen

S1·E22

Thomas in Trouble

Dec 18, 1984 · 5 min

There is a Quarry at the end of Thomas's Branch Line, and he has to take the trucks to and from it. One day a new Policeman starts work and tells Thomas off because he has no cowca

S1·E23

Dirty Objects

Dec 25, 1984 · 5 min

Toby and Henrietta are old and shabby looking. James remarks about how dirty they are, and says how he'd never be seen looking like that. James then has to pull a goods train along

S1·E24

Thomas's Christmas Party

Dec 25, 1984 · 5 min

It's Christmas on the Island of Sodor, and after Edward reminds the engines of last Christmas when an ill Mrs Kyndley waved her dressing gown out of her window to save Thomas from

S1·E25

Off the Rails

Jan 8, 1985 · 5 min

One day, Gordon is dozing in a siding when Henry comes by, waking him up with a loud whistle or two! Gordon tells Henry, "Mind you keep on the rails today," in regard to his previo

S1·E26

Down the Mine

Jan 8, 1985 · 5 min

Gordon is in disgrace after falling in the ditch. Thomas teases him about it, saying he has, "A funny, musty, sort of smell!"Later, Thomas has to deliver trucks to an old Lead Mine