Thomas was much an icon for UK children's television especially during its showings on CITV, Nick Jr, Cartoon Network and Milkshake on Channel 5.

I genuinely remember unhappy times where I was 7 or 8 and people would make fun of me for still liking thomas. The only way for me to watch it was to either get up so early in the morning to watch it on channel 5, or pretend to be sick and get to leave school early to see it in the afternoon. I am envious of kids today that have all the episodes at their disposal easily 😢 I wish I had the same because my childhood years might have been happier

@smokeyjoeproductions

2 ай бұрын

I feel you, I’m going through that in high school rn

Glad to see my recordings have been put to good use. I'm not 100% if the Nick Jr Party marathon began with James and the Trouble with Trees and ended with Gordon and Spencer. I seem to be the only person to have posted a recording of it online, it's incomplete, I can't find any promotional material for it and the T&F Wiki is unsourced with the episode listing, so your guess is as good as mine...

Just like the US and Canada TV journeys, the TV Series of Thomas & Friends has had quite a long one through the UK channels (Nick Jr especially). Great way to celebrate the 40th Anniversary. Wonder when that'll be when Milkshake airs TATMR. LOL!

@Danfun360

5 ай бұрын

Has anyone done a video on the Canadian journey? I know DuckStudios did a video on the US one, but I'm not quite sure about Canada's. I believe TVOntario picked it up in the late 80s (which may or may not have predated Shining Time, and by extension, the US dub). I know YTV picked up Shining Time, and that Treehouse and Family JR would pick up Thomas proper at various points. I just don't know what all of this looks like, or if there have been large gaps between one channel airing something and another beginning.

@thesudriana016

5 ай бұрын

@@Danfun360 Wario Percy had done a video on the Canadian TV journey once (though it left out TVO Kids and YTV). However, Thomas didn't air on TVO until 1999 w/ S5 being the first season to air in said-country, and before that it was YTV w/ STS. For the late 80s you mentioned, it was actually Knowledge TV.

Thomas had a really great journey on UK TV.

The fact that A Shed for Edward was missing its narration when it first aired, and not a single person noticed this until after it was released on DVD, is way funnier to me than it probably should be.

@BrimmySP

Ай бұрын

are you the guy from the ttte fandom

@MikeNicholsonThomas

Ай бұрын

@@BrimmySP Do you mean the wiki? Yeah, I used to be on there pretty regularly until I left in April, mostly for personal reasons.

@BrimmySP

Ай бұрын

@@MikeNicholsonThomas i thought you were that person with the elsa pfp bc youre a thomas fan with an elsa pfp

What a journey it's been for Thomas. I can only recall watching the classic reruns on Nick Jr Classics, watching it occasionally on Nick Jr. 2 and watching the new episodes on Milkshake. I would love it if there was a TV channel that aired classic kid shows so we could watch classic Thomas again.

@portablethomas

5 ай бұрын

Closest thing to this currently is Sky Kids

@cwlong0803

10 күн бұрын

Hi Quinnifer.

Interestingly, I've actually thought of a concept that if the show aired on UK terrestrial television around the time of Season 4 and 5's infancy that Seasons 1-5 probably would have aired on Channel 4 as part of their children's lineup from 1994 up until January 2003 around the time of Season 6's first airing on CITV.

On the subject of the Scottish dub of Thomas, there IS actually a recording of James and the Express floating around..also, technically the Welsh dub started in 1986

@Gondarth

5 ай бұрын

It probably comes down to the fact that the standard English version also aired on TV so very few people even bothered with the Gaelic version. I've lived in Scotland for 30 years, not once have I ever seen a Gaelic broadcast...

I remember watching thomas and friends on treehouse TV when I was young. of course it was the days of the hit era so I had no idea who duck oliver stepney and other engines were and I also didn’t know how different engines like henry toby skarloey and sir handel used to be.

@WigglySoundclown-ez3op

5 ай бұрын

I used to watch seasons 1-5 of Thomas all the time on Treehouse when I was young! They aired the classic eps from 2003-2008 Virtually I knew every classic character from those seasons. It was so sad seeing the classic series leave the channel in 2008…. I still had some VHS and DVD releases of the classic series, so I mainly watched classic TTTE on VHS and DVD after Treehouse stopped airing the classic eps

@karenfan010

5 ай бұрын

@@WigglySoundclown-ez3op well I was born in 2007 so I never got a chance to see them until I got dvd’s of them.

@WigglySoundclown-ez3op

5 ай бұрын

@@karenfan010 I was born in May 2003, and Thomas made its debut on Treehouse in September 2003

I remember watching Thomas and Friends, Yo-Yo TV, Momo Kids TV, CBeebies, and even some mainland Chinese and Chinese Taiwan dub DVDs, by the way.

I’m so excited for this!

Man, even though I was a CBeebies bloke (of which, coincidentally, the Thomas airs on that channel in Australia), Milkshake introduced me into this series.

@sonicthehedgehoggaming4808

5 ай бұрын

Hopefully uk cbeebies Aires Thomas & friends in the future

He had a blast

During the eighth season, just seventh season episodes were in the middle of between them on Nick Jr.. The ninth season only aired not only seventh season episodes, but the sixth season as well.

I am genuinely impressed by this vid. It’s so satisfying

@portablethomas

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! :D

You should have said "And continued to until season11 where S4C reapeted episodes until Thomas left the channel in 2022,".

Can’t wait for this

@Link0recordable

5 ай бұрын

GET HERE

Great video!

@portablethomas

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! :D

Personally, with the Thomas franchise now in the dire condition it’s in now thanks to Mattel’s idiocy, and with ITV having all but completely given up on children’s programming (I did a whole video on how I feel about that!), I’d love to see Channel 4 start airing kids shows again! If Mattel aren’t going to do much with Thomas, Channel 4 should buy it off them and put the original 5 pre-Gullane seasons back on UK TV! The original cuts, NOT the remasters with footage from blooper reels! I know those remasters feature blooper reel footage due to damage to the original film, but if the original cuts still exist either as broadcast copies, the masters to VHS releases etc, I’d be more than happy with those being broadcast as long as all the footage is correct! Seriously, seeing how a lot of beloved British kids shows were sold to pretty much the highest bidder each over the years is heartbreaking and has all but completely destroyed these favorites of ours! It’s time to get to work on making the future bright!

Ah yep. I do remember the HiT era transitions in between the 5 minute episodes decades ago.

My years was 2002 - 2008, so i remember Nick Jr premiering S6 and then going forward I remember every weekend the four episode blocks would do S1 - S7 but no matter which it would always run between 2pm - 5pm so we would get chronological order for the episodes so supposedly some weekends you could get a whole series and then I actually did have a recording of Thomas and Friends party on VHS so will try and dig that out 😊❤️ Also I do remember S10 and S11 would be repeat via Milkshake too as well Nick Jr premiering the new episodes then on the Sundays 😊

@bluefrogTV_

5 ай бұрын

Do you remember it being the complete party or partial, like the recording we have online from Gondarth. Eitherway please dig it out when/if you can, really interested to see it :)

@thomaslawrence2375

5 ай бұрын

@@bluefrogTV_ I think complete, but you never know, time may or may not have been kind, I'll try the VHS at somepoint during the week and then will take it from there :)

@bluefrogTV_

5 ай бұрын

@@thomaslawrence2375 Jolly good! Do you still have a video player to test it on? In terms of preservation you will need capturing equipment if you don't have those already

@Gondarth

5 ай бұрын

@@thomaslawrence2375 Sweet, if you've got a complete recording, that would be excellent to see. It's 6 hours long, so it'll be in not-so-great quality, but it's still better than nothing.

I am just as proud of the research put into the video going over Thomas' journey across UK television. As an American, this is very good.

@portablethomas

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I've got another video on Thomas on TV coming soon so be on the lookout for that! :D

@BriceGum138

14 күн бұрын

@@portablethomas I decided to subscribe to you for that next idea.

I used to love watching it in 1986/7 on citv. I was born too late for series 1

I never knew that Thomas got pulled from CITV due to Reverand Awdry's criticism of it.

Let’s go

There was some CT broadcasts for a short spell but now they’ve been taken down.

Bro I had a dream where the season 8 airings aired in the uk. I had a special app that shows TV Recordings on my tablet so I Recorded with the camera of my mom’s phone. But she kept making noise as I Started recording. I remember catching a bit of the Today on the Island of sodor bit of sounds. As well “unprepared” as the eventual was I would like to see it. Come on, the US gets re-runs of model era airings on pbs retro yet the place where the show originates from can’t!? Really

Actually recording to the Citv Trivia of the season 8 episode halloween I just found that season 8 also with season 6 & 7 and surprisey Season 1 in 2006 to 2007 so yeah

Woah I had no idea Thomas in the UK had such a journey

Wish there was some more Cartoon Network broadcasts on yt

sky kids also has miffy's adventures big and small

i liked. the nick jr part

Season 5 Did air on Cartoon Network later in 1998

I wonder if Dirty Objects A Close Shave or Break Van aired on Cartoon Network

@portablethomas

5 ай бұрын

S1-4 100% did air on CN UK so they did.

@jimsmith8360

5 ай бұрын

@@portablethomas did you ever see them? I saw a fair number of them

@user-zx8kd8xe6e

4 ай бұрын

Yes all of them did

there is something very cursed to me to see COmannder major zero from terrahawks talk about thomas the tank engine both being made with live models and practical effects and being legendary status cartoons

So here in Italy Thomas was on cartoonito since 2012 probably even earlier and today AEG Is on the channel How is it Thomas came there in Italy before the UK and why is AEG in Italy on cartoonito but not in the UK???

Reply with where you watched Thomas (For me mainly Channel 5, My memories with Nick Jr are messed up)

@SandySpeeder

5 ай бұрын

Tiny pop

@BrillBrix

5 ай бұрын

​@@SandySpeeder They never aired Thomas

@SandySpeeder

5 ай бұрын

@@BrillBrix yes they have

@WigglySoundclown-ez3op

5 ай бұрын

I’m Canadian, so I watched it on Treehouse TV and TVO Kids

@IMEEntertainment

5 ай бұрын

@@SandySpeeder Show the proof, that's not edited using Kinemaster or any other tablet or free app.

I lived off Nick Jr as a kid, and I think I still have a recording of all of series 1 to 7 minus the Christmas episodes so I want to say it was the 2013 airings. I don’t known if they still exist but I’d love to find out if they do.

@portablethomas

5 ай бұрын

Interesting! Would be bizarre seeing Classic Thomas with the modern Nick Jr screenbug.

@tudorbrancuturcu5996

29 күн бұрын

Can you Upload the recordings?

Luke,do you remember how much nickjr hyped up the uk satellite tv debut of blue Mountain mystery i'm sure i saw adverts for it on terrestrial channels and it was in every ad block and my mum actually invited my freinds over to watch the premiere

Great Histories! I wonder what his journey was in the US.

@portablethomas

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I highly recommend you watch DuckStudio's video on Thomas on US TV, it is really good and very informative! kzread.info/dash/bejne/n66Ludevkdiee9Y.htmlsi=lTTvMsWKwQwPww9Q

@TheCuteJ50Kid

5 ай бұрын

@@portablethomasomg I forgot about that video😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Speaking of Thomas on TV (I know this has nothing to do with the official Thomas series), I’m planning to do a custom airing of The stories of Sodor Season 3 by Victor Tanzig on BBC. Do you have enough experience with BBC to help me? What’s the minimum runtime for a TV show on that channel? An hour? 20 Minutes? 40 minutes?

@portablethomas

5 ай бұрын

Anytime I think

@tudorbrancuturcu5996

5 ай бұрын

@@portablethomas Thanks! So what’s the shortest runtime on BBC for a TV show? 20 minutes? 30? 10? 5?

I was wondering if someone was going to do this.

A sh*t for Edward.

now do one for ireland 😈😈😈😈 (there's no info on it 😈😈😈😈)

@joshproductions07

5 ай бұрын

Thomas' history on television in Ireland is rather similar to the UK history due to the channels being available in Ireland (with the exception of CITV and Milkshake). In terms of Irish exclusive channels, Thomas aired on RTE's block, The Den. The Fat Controller even made a guest appearance on The Den and he spoke to Dustin the Turkey. Thomas currently airs on RTÉjr in Ireland, and has been there are early as 2011 (from my memory), and they have only aired the CGI series and All Engines Go. As I'm Irish person, I'm interested in knowing Thomas' Irish television journey. There's probably more to it, but I was born in 2007, so I wasn't around back in the 1980s and 1990s to document this stuff.

@EthanTheEngine7

4 ай бұрын

​@@joshproductions07iirc there are ways to get itv and c5 in ireland

When Will Sky Kids Will Ever Air Thomas Series 8, 9, 10, 11, And 12.

3:20 Are you sure ITV aired Thomas until July 2006, Surley they stopped airing it before the CITV channel launched in March 2006

@JamieBoy-ij2ri

5 ай бұрын

Yes they defo did show Thomas on CITV in July 2006- I remember watching it

Where can I get a recording of Diesel’s ghostly christmas on Milkshake?

@portablethomas

3 ай бұрын

Not sure as it'd get blocked automatically if I upload it

If only all versions of calling all engines cut out the learning segments (it’s the worst part of the otherwise very underrated special)

Which of the piece of Music played during the TATMR?

@portablethomas

5 ай бұрын

Link is in the description

6:20 GROMIT!

Hopefully cbeebies uk decides to air Thomas and friends

@tobythetramengine0732

4 ай бұрын

I do not think they will to be fair. No offence.

@tudorbrancuturcu5996

3 ай бұрын

Thomas aired on CBBs in Poland

Why didn’t they air The great Discovery during specials Week? Someone please make a custom airing of TGD on Nick Jr.

@portablethomas

3 ай бұрын

Depends on what gets sent to Nick Jr. Perhaps HiT wanted to keep The Great Discovery as a DVD exclusive in the UK.

@tudorbrancuturcu5996

3 ай бұрын

@@portablethomas It aired in cinemas

Where did that statement that Nick Jr. made over technical difficulties come from? I checked Roll Along Thomas' blog posts from 2012 and can't really find anything

@portablethomas

5 ай бұрын

Here's a link to it: rollalongthomas.blogspot.com/2012/05/exclusive-nick-jr-responds-to-glitches.html?m=1

@joshproductions07

5 ай бұрын

Thanks I appreciate it. I actually remember the first few airings of Charlie and Eddie on Nick Jr. had Thomas You're the Leader playing until they left the station.

Just to note, S4C isn't owned by the BBC, and they're Welsh, not Gaelic.

@adultmoshifan87

5 ай бұрын

I think they are part-owned by the BBC, their shows have appeared on iPlayer until S4C Clic came along!

@IMEEntertainment

5 ай бұрын

@@adultmoshifan87 It's a working partnership that's been done since the channel launched in 1982. Originally the BBC offered up Welsh-language programming for BBC1 Wales but all of it moved to S4C upon launch. S4C has always been owned by the S4C Authority.

I posted a comment here and I think it was deleted automatically by KZread (not my response to thesudriana016). Is it hidden for anyone else?

Is there a recording of CAE on Nick Jr?

@portablethomas

3 ай бұрын

No

Is thomas a father since he will be 40 this year

AEG is a RIPOFF NOIT a REBOOT

@matteocaiti4878

5 ай бұрын

*not

How come Thomas never aired on CBeebies.

@tobythetramengine0732

4 ай бұрын

Because it is not part of the BBC.

@jordancampbell6775

4 ай бұрын

@@tobythetramengine0732 OK. Well I grew up watching both Thomas & CBeebies as a kid.

@tudorbrancuturcu5996

3 ай бұрын

It was on Cbeebies in Poland

0:06 what year is this

@portablethomas

Ай бұрын

2022 I think

@BrimmySP

Ай бұрын

@@portablethomas it looks older bc in 2022 march 19th was on a saturday and not a tuesday its most likely that its from the 2010s

@portablethomas

Ай бұрын

@@BrimmySP I didn't have my capture card before then so it can't be

@portablethomas

Ай бұрын

It also actually says April on the Sky EPG so it is 2022

@BrimmySP

Ай бұрын

@@portablethomas oh, my bad. it just looks older. wait, when did you get your capture card?