Simon Spencer

Simon Spencer (born 26th June 1959 in Clacton-on-Sea) was the producer and showrunner for Thomas & Friends from 2003 until 2008. He replaced Phil Fehrle when HiT Entertainment began producing the show. He also wrote six episodes for the show and served as a creative producer for The Birthday Express.

He was replaced by Nicole Stinn in the producer role, when production moved to Nitrogen Studios in 2009.

Series 11

 * Hector the Horrid!
 * Hide and Peep
 * Sir Handel in Charge

Series 12

 * The Party Surprise
 * James Works it Out
 * Don't Go Back

Specials

 * The Great Discovery
 * He also wrote the outline for an unproduced special where Thomas gets set on a ship to the mainland.

Series

 * Series 8
 * Series 9
 * Series 10
 * Series 11
 * Series 12

Specials

 * Calling All Engines!
 * The Great Discovery

DVDs

 * The Birthday Express

Trivia

 * Simon is in ownership of several pieces of crew memorabillia from the series, including the original model of Hector (whose introductory episode he wrote) along with Gauge 1 replicas of Thomas, Spencer, the Steam Team statue, as well as a Sir Topham Hatt figure and Dowager Hatt's original Series 5 figure.