Central Independent Television

Central Independent Television is an ITV franchise based in the Midlands, founded in 1982 as a successor to ATV. Central commissioned the production of the first and second series of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends and held the license to broadcast the series on television in the United Kingdom.

They also commissioned other shows such as The Adventures of Grady Greenspace, Portland Bill, Astro Farm, Bangers and Mash, Bernard's Watch, Bill the Minder, The Blunders, The Dreamstone, Emu's World, Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show, Emu's Wide World, EMU-TV, Foxtales, From the Top, The Gingerbread Man, Grotbags, Harry's Mad, Huxley Pig, The Legends of Treasure Island, Let's Pretend!, The Little Green Man, Luna, Molly's Gang, Moschops, The Moomins, Murphy's Mob, Nellie the Elephant, Orm and Cheep, Paddington Bear, Palace Hill, Playbox, The Pondles, Press Gang, Professor Lobster, Pullover, The Ratties, Rod 'n' Emu, Rosie and Jim, The Saturday Show, The Saturday Starship, Stanley's Dragon, Stories of the Sylvanian Families, Star Fleet (1982), Storytime, Tales from Fat Tulip's Garden, Tales from the Poop Deck, Tots TV, Towser, Wail of the Banshee, What-a-Mess, What's Happening?, Windfalls, The Winjin Pom, Woof!, Your Mother Wouldn't Like It, Inspector Morse, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Mr. Bean, Minder, Spitting Image, Peak Practice, Hardwicke House, Crossroads, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Boon.

The Central logo was seen after the premiere of every first series broadcast. The logo did not appear after the premiere of any second series broadcasts in 1986. However, a newer Central logo was used at the end of fifteen second series episodes when they were repeated individually on Tuesdays from 21 May to 27 August 1991.