Better Late Than Never and Other Stories

Better Late Than Never and Other Stories is a US and Canadian VHS release featuring two first series episodes and five second series episodes narrated by Ringo Starr. It was distributed by Strand VCI Entertainment in 1991 and 1992, and reissued by Strand Home Video in 1993 and Time-Life in 1994.

Description
PEEP-PEEP! Adventures on the Island of Sodor. This time around, watch as Thomas misbehaves, and gets stuck underground. Find out what happens when Duck doubts Diesel. Laugh along as both Gordon and Duck run out of luck with those pesky trucks and Annie and Clarabel spell double trouble for Thomas. Climb aboard and watch the magic come alive with Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Volume 5!

Episodes

 * 1) Better Late Than Never
 * 2) Pop Goes the Diesel
 * 3) Diesel's Devious Deed
 * 4) A Close Shave for Duck
 * 5) Gordon Takes a Dip
 * 6) Down the Mine
 * 7) The Runaway

Trivia

 * Some 1991 copies list the episodes' UK titles on the back cover.
 * This tape was the last of a few things:
 * The last Thomas VHS tape to have the stories arranged based on the order they were featured on their Shining Time Station airdates.
 * The last VHS to feature Edward and Toby's original nameboards.
 * The last VHS to have the nameboard sequences end with Sir Topham Hatt's closeup from Trouble in the Shed.
 * The last VHS to have Ringo Starr's American narrations until Best of Percy, if excluding the Shining Time Station: Tis A Gift VHS which was released in 1992.
 * The last Strand Home Video release to use the Strand VCI Entertainment logo on the spine.
 * On the Strand VCI Entertainment release, the first few seconds of Better Late Than Never are cut.
 * Some copies of the Strand VCI Entertainment release show a "Thomas the Tank Engine Vol. 5" title card before the FBI warning.
 * On the Strand Home Video release, the yellow split transition after Diesel's Devious Deed is cut out.
 * On the Time-Life release, the "Our Story Stops Are" rectangle on the back cover is red instead of yellow.
 * This is the only American Ringo Starr tape to not feature any differences from the recordings heard on Shining Time Station, as well as one of three Starr US VHS releases not to get a DVD release, the other two being Tenders and Turntables and Other Stories and Thomas Breaks the Rules and Other Stories. This is likely because most of the episodes were on Thomas Comes to Breakfast and Other Thomas Adventures. However, all the episodes on that release were narrated by George Carlin instead of Ringo Starr.

Goofs

 * The photographs are copyrighted 1985 on the back cover when they are actually from 1986.
 * The UK narration can faintly be heard in the background.
 * On the 1991 back cover, Clarabel's name is misspelt as "Claribel."