CITV

Children's ITV (later known as CITV) is the children's strand of British terrestrial television network ITV, where Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends was originally broadcast in the UK. One of the ITV franchises, Central Independent Television, commissioned Clearwater Features to produce the first two series which premiered in 1984 and 1986 respectively. It repeated episodes of the first two series between 1987 and 1991. The channel later picked up with the third series in 1992 and 1993 (which was commissioned by Thames Television who also provided post production services), before Thomas left terrestrial television for satellite channel Cartoon Network.

Thomas returned to terrestrial television on 6 January 2003, when ITV began broadcasting repeats of the sixth series (which had premiered on Nick Jr. the year before). CiTV continued to broadcast Thomas with the seventh and eighth series until July 2006, when the terrestrial broadcasting rights were sold to Channel 5 in 2006 but the CiTV Channel aired repeats until 2007.

On March 10th 2023, ITV announced the CITV channel was closing in favour for an expanded streaming service on ITVX.

Airings

 * -|1980's=

1984

 * - Thomas and Gordon / Edward and Gordon
 * - The Sad Story of Henry / Edward, Gordon and Henry
 * - Thomas's Train / Thomas and the Trucks
 * - Thomas and the Breakdown Train / James and the Coaches
 * - Troublesome Trucks / James and the Express
 * - Thomas and the Guard / Thomas Goes Fishing
 * - Thomas, Terence and the Snow / Thomas and Bertie
 * - Tenders and Turntables / Trouble in the Shed
 * - Percy Runs Away / Coal
 * - The Flying Kipper / Whistles and Sneezes
 * - Toby and the Stout Gentleman / Thomas in Trouble
 * - Dirty Objects / Thomas's Christmas Party

1985

 * - Off the Rails / Down the Mine

1986

 * - Thomas, Percy and the Coal / Cows
 * - Bertie's Chase / Saved from Scrap
 * - Old Iron / Saved from Scrap
 * - Percy and the Signal / Duck Takes Charge
 * - Percy and Harold / The Runaway
 * - Percy Takes the Plunge / Pop Goes the Diesel
 * - Dirty Work / A Close Shave
 * - Better Late Than Never / Break Van
 * - The Deputation / Thomas Comes to Breakfast
 * - Daisy / Percy's Predicament
 * - The Diseasel / Wrong Road
 * - Edward's Exploit / Ghost Train
 * - Woolly Bear / Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree


 * -|1990's=

1992

 * - A Scarf for Percy
 * - Percy's Promise
 * - Time for Trouble
 * - Gordon and the Famous Visitor
 * - Donald's Duck
 * - Thomas Gets Bumped / Thomas, Percy and the Dragon
 * - Diesel Does it Again / Henry's Forest
 * - The Trouble with Mud / No Joke for James
 * - Thomas, Percy and the Post Train / Trust Thomas
 * - Mavis / Toby's Tightrope
 * - Edward, Trevor and the Really Useful Party / Buzz, Buzz
 * - All at Sea
 * - One Good Turn
 * - Tender Engines
 * - Escape
 * - Oliver Owns Up
 * - Bulgy
 * - Heroes
 * - Percy, James and the Fruitful Day
 * - Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure*

* The only third series episode that was not repeated in 1993.


 * -|2000's=

2003

 * - No Sleep for Cranky
 * - Salty's Secret
 * - Harvey to the Rescue
 * - A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter
 * - Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry
 * - The Fogman
 * - Jack Jumps In
 * - A Friend in Need
 * - It's Only Snow
 * - Twin Trouble
 * - The World's Strongest Engine
 * - Scaredy Engines
 * - Percy and the Haunted Mine
 * - Middle Engine
 * - James and the Red Balloon
 * - Jack Frost
 * - Gordon Takes a Tumble
 * - Percy's Chocolate Crunch
 * - Buffer Bother
 * - Toby Had a Little Lamb
 * - Thomas, Percy and the Squeak
 * - Thomas the Jet Engine
 * - Edward the Very Useful Engine
 * - Dunkin Duncan
 * - Rusty Saves the Day
 * - Faulty Whistles

NOTE: From 11th February to 21st March 2003 ending with a 2nd repeat of Harvey to the Rescue, the sixth series of Thomas & Friends was repeated on CITV.

2004

 * - Emily's New Coaches / Percy Gets it Right
 * - Bill, Ben and Fergus / The Old Bridge
 * - Edward's Brass Band / What's the Matter with Henry?
 * - James and the Queen of Sodor / The Refreshment Lady's Tea Shop
 * - The Spotless Record / Toby's Windmill
 * - Bad Day at Castle Loch / Rheneas and the Roller Coaster
 * - Salty's Stormy Tale / Snow Engine
 * - Something Fishy / The Runaway Elephant
 * - Peace and Quiet / Fergus Breaks the Rules
 * - Bulgy Rides Again / Harold and the Flying Horse
 * - The Grand Opening / Best Dressed Engine
 * - Gordon and Spencer / Not So Hasty Puddings
 * - Trusty Rusty / Three Cheers for Thomas

2005

 * - Thomas and the Firework Display
 * - Percy's New Whistle
 * - Fish
 * - Emily's Adventure
 * - Thomas Saves the Day
 * - Squeak, Rattle and Roll
 * - Thomas, Emily and the Snowplough
 * - Edward the Great
 * - Spic and Span
 * - James Goes Too Far
 * - Thomas Gets it Right
 * - You Can Do it, Toby!
 * - Percy and the Magic Carpet

2006

 * - Thomas and the Circus
 * - Percy's Big Mistake
 * - Don't Tell Thomas
 * - Emily's New Route
 * - Chickens to School
 * - Gordon Takes Charge
 * - Thomas and the Tuba
 * - Henry and the Wishing Tree
 * - Too Hot for Thomas
 * - James Gets a New Coat
 * - Thomas to the Rescue
 * - As Good as Gordon
 * - Halloween

Trivia

 * When Series 8 was broadcast on CiTV in 2005-2006 and repeated on The CiTV Channel in 2006-2007, the episodes were shown with a different theme arrangement, excluded the Engine Roll Call sing-along at the end and used a Nick Jr. endboard.
 * The video Trust Thomas features a caption on the front cover, "As Seen On ITV." The caption on Brave Little Engines was slightly different, reading "AS SEEN ON CiTV." The Chocolate Crunch also had a sticker with this newer caption on the cover at one point.