![]() ![]() In the US, the stories were originally encapsulated into the live-action PBS show Shining Time Station later series were aired as a Three Shorts format program with short interstitials or songs in between each story. The first four series followed the books, but since Series 5 the show has gone in a completely different direction, so much so that the show and books are almost unrecognizable to each other. The books were adapted for British television by Britt Allcroft in 1984. There is also a widely-available series of books based on TV episodes. The books were originally written by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry his son Christopher later took on the job. It began life as The Railway Series, a series of books about a group of talking steam engines living on the Island of Sodor and the adventures they have under the guardianship of the Fat Controller (Sir Topham Hatt). ![]() Thomas & Friends, formerly known as Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, is a British series first broadcast in 1984.
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