The Perfect Gift

"It's a bit dark and gloomy around here. Isn't it Reg?" "Not really, Percy. It's no different from usual." "Exactly! And this is a special time of year, when the rest of the island does look different from usual. All twinkly, and lovely, and magical."

- Percy and Reg

The Perfect Gift is the twentieth episode of the eighteenth series.

Plot
The whole island is celebrating Christmas and there are decorations everywhere. But it does not look very festive at the scrap yard. Percy starts to worry that Reg is missing out and he tries to find something to give Reg to cheer him up. But Reg only seems happy about scrap. Percy discovers that Reg is celebrating Christmas in his own way and has been making decorations from the scrap‏.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Percy
 * Reg
 * The Teacher
 * The Bird Watcher
 * Two Schoolgirls
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Emily
 * One of Dowager Hatt's Friends
 * The Blond-haired Boy
 * The Ginger-haired Boy
 * The Welsh Bird Watcher
 * The Grumpy Passenger
 * The Lady with the Big Hat
 * Tom Tipper
 * The Great Railway Show Judge
 * The Knapford Stationmaster
 * The Wellsworth Stationmaster

Locations

 * Town Square
 * Knapford
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Tidmouth Goods Station
 * Wellsworth
 * Crocks Scrap Yard

UK

 * Ben Small as Thomas
 * Keith Wickham as Percy and the Passengers
 * Tim Whitnall as Reg
 * Teresa Gallagher as the Schoolchildren and the Passengers

US

 * Martin Sherman as Thomas and Percy
 * Tim Whitnall as Reg
 * Keith Wickham as the Passengers
 * Teresa Gallagher as the Schoolchildren and the Passengers

Trivia

 * Going by production order, this is the fourteenth episode of the eighteenth series.
 * This is the last episode produced by Robert Anderson, and the first produced by Brian Lynch.
 * In Australia, this episode was first available to view on the ABC iView online service on 21st December before its television broadcast.
 * The traditional song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas," is heard instrumentally three times throughout the episode. Percy and the passengers sing it to Reg at one point.
 * This is the last episode to feature the Fat Controller in a non-speaking role.
 * This episode marks Tom Tipper's first appearance, since the seventh series episode, Bulgy Rides Again.
 * In the Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Baltic Russian and Vietnamese dubs, the UK dub can be heard in the background as a dubbing track was not used.

Merchandise

 * Take-n-Play - Reg's Christmas Surprise
 * Magazine Stories - Percy's Perfect Gift

Home Media Releases
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UK

 * The Christmas Engines
 * The Complete Series 18

DVD Boxsets

 * Festive Favourites

US

 * The Christmas Engines
 * Season 18

DVD Boxsets

 * The Christmas Engines and Hero of the Rails Double Pack

AUS

 * The Christmas Engines

FRA

 * Series 18

THA

 * Last Train for Christmas

CHN
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 * Marion and the Pipe

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