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Thomas is a fictional standard gauge tank locomotive created by the Reverend W. Awdry with help from his son Christopher Awdry. He is the No. 1 engine on the North Western Railway.
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Fantasy. Thomas the Tank Engine. The Troublesome Vans are a...
- Troublesome Vans (T&F)/Behind the Scenes
Fantasy. Thomas the Tank Engine. The Troublesome Vans are a group of fictional characters created by the Rev W. Awdry. They are pieces of rolling stock that are used for transporting goods around the Island of Sodor. The Troublesome Vans were first introduced in the first series, reprising their roles from The Railway Series...
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Bill and Ben are fictional standard gauge twin tank locomotives created by the Rev. W. Awdry. They live and work at the Sodor China Clay Company.
In 1986, Bill and Ben were introduced in the second series of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends and are regarded as the most iconic twin characters of the series along with Donald and Douglas. Unlike in The Railway Series, Bill and Ben are owned by Sir Topham Hatt and do not carry the numbers 1 and 2 respectively.
In the eighth series, Bill and Ben were meant to appear in the episode, Thomas to the Rescue, but their scene was cut resulting in them being absent for a year. But they returned in the following series. For the majority of the eighth to twelveth series, they only appeared as minor characters. There have also been occasions where Ben appears without Bill. When the show transitioned into full CGI in 2009, the twins were absent for four years. In 2013, Bill and Ben made their return in the seventeenth series.
From their return in 2013 until 2016, Jonathan Broadbent provided the voices for Bill and Ben. Following Broadbent's departure in 2017 or 2018, Tim Whitnall and Matt Wilkinson took over the roles of Bill and Ben in Big World! Big Adventures!. While Wilkinson continued to voice Ben in the twenty-second series, Rasmus Hardiker took over the role of Bill from Whitnall. All four voice actors gave Bill and Ben Birmingham accents.
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•Jonathan Broadbent (UK/US; seventeenth series - The Great Race) •Noriko Shitaya (Japan; ninth - twenty-fourth series, excluding The Great Race) •Sakura Yoshioka (Japan; The Great Race only) •Sascha Draeger (Germany; seventeenth series onwards) •Scott Maurstad (Norway; Tale of the Brave only) •Reinder van der Naalt (The Netherlands) •Yehonatan Magon (Israel; seventeenth series onwards, excluding Tale of the Brave for Bill) •Silas Borges (Brazil; seventeenth series onwards) •Salvador Serrano Jr. (Spain; seventeenth series - Tale of the Brave for Bill and eighteenth series, excluding Timothy and the Rainbow Truck and Samson at Your Service for Ben) •Miguel Ángel Poison (Spain; eighteenth series - twenty-second series for Bill and until Tale of the Brave for Ben) •Anton Savenkov (Russia; Emily Saves the World onwards for Bill and said episode only for Ben) •Loukas Frangoulis (Greece)
Bill
•Tim Whitnall (UK/US; Big World! Big Adventures! only) •Rasmus Hardiker (UK/US; twenty-second series - twenty-fourth series) •Tomoko Naka (Japan; second - seventh series) •Marek Bocianiak (Poland) •Christian Greger Strøm (Norway; seventeenth series only) •Alan Bravo (Latin America, seventeenth series onwards) •Dor Srugo (Israel; Tale of the Brave only) •Antti L. J. Pääkkönen (Finland; Tale of the Brave onwards) •Sasu Moilanen (Finland; Big World! Big Adventures!))
Ben
•Matt Wilkinson (UK/US; Big World! Big Adventures! - twenty-fourth series) •Miyuki Hara (Japan; second - third series) •Hiromi Nishida (Japan; fifth - seventh series) •Wojciech Chorąży (Poland) •Anders Sundstedt (Norway; seventeenth series only) •Carlos Domínguez (Latin America; seventeenth series only) •Miguel Ángel Leal (Latin America; Tale of the Brave onwards) •Alfredo Martínez (Spain; eighteenth series, excluding Timothy and the Rainbow Truck and Samson at Your Service) •Joonathan Kettunen (Finland; Tale of the Brave onwards)
In this video I showcase nearly 500 hundred images from behind the scenes from each and every single episode of 1984's Season 1, Thomas the Tank Engine and f...
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Jun 24, 2023 · Join today: / thomasthetankman111 It's time to look into Series 2's production history for Thomas the Tank Engine. Including the facts about the new Railways Series book (More About Thomas the...
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Images from Behind the Scenes of Thomas & Friends, and other Thomas related productions. Stock Images of Episodes and sets from ThomasTankMerch and other sources. Engine Models and other props.
