Arise and Shine

Arise and Shine is a South African DVD featuring one seventh series episode with redubbed music and two eighth series episodes narrated by Michael Angelis.

Description
Thomas & Friends™ are back with 30 minutes of non-stop new stories. Meet the Steam Team in their new adventures on the beautiful island of Sodor.

Episodes

 * 1) James Gets a New Coat - James is to be repainted. James loves being repainted and feels very special. Once painted the Fat Controller orders James to work at the coal mine. James, however, has other ideas and he heads off to the canal where he can admire his reflection. Meanwhile back at the coal mine, the manager was getting cross. Where could James be? James was now looking for passengers to show off to. The other engines all warn James that he should be at work, but James wouldn't listen. Eventually, James arrives at the mine late in the afternoon. The mine manager is now very cross and sends James to the docks with an extra long line of coal trucks. The troublesome trucks make life very difficult for James and they cover James with soot! James is dirtier than ever but he must carry on to the busy docks. The other Engines all see filthy James and laugh - he is very embarrassed!
 * 2) Best Dressed Engine  - All the engines are to be decorated for the May Day Celebration - except Gordon. Gordon thinks he is too grand to be decorated, and he thinks the Best Dressed Engine competition is silly. But when a big colourful banner gets cuaght on his funnel, Gordon gets voted the best dressed engine after all.
 * 3) Thomas Saves the Day - A new station was being built and it is Thomas's job to ferry the workmen to the new station and back again. Annie and Clarabel always help Thomas with a difficult bend on the way to the new station. So when the Fat Controller announces that Annie and Clarabel are to be refit, this worries Thomas. The next day Thomas approaches the difficult bend with his replacement coaches. He tries to get the bend over with as quickly as possible, so he speeds up instead of slowing down causing Thomas and his coaches to derail. Thomas is convinced that he'll never get round the difficult bend without Annie and Clarabel. When a runaway train of troublesome trucks becomes loose and hurtles towards the new station. Thomas is forces to navigate the bend one more time. This time he succeeds and Thomas finds that the "Difficult bend" is not so difficult anymore.

Learning Segments

 * 1) Guess the Engine - Percy
 * 2) Being Blue

Songs

 * 1) Emily
 * 2) Engine Roll Call

Trivia

 * The episodes, songs and learning segments paired in the DVD are the same as when they were paired on the TV half hour format airing, "Personality".

DVD Boxset

 * 5 DVD Boxset