Series 24

The twenty-fourth and final series of Thomas & Friends started airing in the UK on 2nd May 2020 and was released via Netflix in the US on 1st May 2020.

Production
Mattel greenlit a new series and several specials for Thomas & Friends that premiered in 2020 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the franchise. Production consisted of 20 11-minute episodes as well as three 22-minute specials following the then-recent revamp of the series.

David Stoten was announced as the new head writer for the series, succeeding Andrew Brenner following Steam Team to the Rescue. This was the final series animated by Jam Filled Toronto, with the animation company wrapping up production on the show for the final time by 21st December 2019. While nearly every episode has a copyright of 2019, Thomas and the Royal Engine has a copyright of 2020, making it the final production for the original Thomas & Friends television series.

Unlike the previous two series, the twenty-fourth series does not have an even split between Sodor episodes and international episodes. Instead, there are five international episodes (one per country), while the remaining eighteen episodes are based on the Island of Sodor. Additionally, several episodes from this series lack the fantasy sequences which were present in every episode in the previous two series.

In 2020, it was revealed by Sodor Island Fansite/Forums that the series was officially cancelled due to the failure and poor advertising of the ''Big World! Big Adventures!'' rebrand.

Later that same year, Mattel revealed a second installment Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go, which uses 2D animation instead of CGI and being animated by Nelvana from then on. All previous media is not canon to the incarnation, confirming it as a completely separate show.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Emily
 * Nia
 * Rebecca
 * Bill and Ben
 * Harvey
 * Rosie
 * Hiro
 * Belle
 * Marion
 * Ashima
 * Rajiv
 * Raul
 * Shane
 * Yong Bao
 * Gina
 * Tamika
 * Gabriela
 * Lorenzo
 * Diesel
 * Daisy
 * Salty
 * Philip
 * Shankar
 * Noor Jehan
 * Gustavo
 * Skiff
 * Skarloey
 * Sir Handel
 * Peter Sam
 * Rusty
 * Victor
 * Bert
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Henrietta
 * Troublesome Trucks
 * Rocky
 * Aubrey and Aiden
 * Lei
 * Beppe
 * Bertie
 * Bulgy
 * Ace
 * Ester
 * Harold
 * Emerson
 * Cranky
 * Owen
 * Merrick
 * Reg
 * Carly
 * Beresford
 * Cassia
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Lady Hatt
 * Stephen Hatt
 * Bridget Hatt
 * Fergus Duncan
 * Willie
 * Dowager Hatt
 * The Thin Clergyman
 * Farmer McColl
 * Mr. Percival
 * Sir Robert Norramby
 * The Railway Inspector
 * Albert
 * Albert's Wife
 * Little Thomas
 * Charubala
 * Mia
 * The Ffarquhar Policeman
 * The Great Composer
 * The Dairy Manager
 * The Dairy Employees
 * Duck
 * Rex
 * The Duke and Duchess of Boxford
 * Fernando
 * Flying Scotsman
 * Oliver
 * Stanley
 * Stephen
 * Connor
 * Caitlin
 * Porter
 * Glynn
 * Ryan
 * The White Tank Engine
 * The Maroon Tank Engine
 * Paxton
 * Norman
 * The Mainland Diesels
 * Winston
 * Luke
 * Millie
 * Mike
 * Big Mickey
 * Farmer Finney
 * Jem Cole
 * Tom Tipper
 * Old Bailey
 * Cyril the Fogman
 * The Mayor of Sodor
 * Mr. Bubbles
 * Headkeeper Jack
 * The Grumpy Passenger
 * The Teacher
 * The Ginger-haired Boy
 * The Blond-haired Boy
 * Dowager Hatt's Friends
 * The Bird Watcher
 * The Indian Actor
 * The Indian Director
 * The Indian Fashion Designer
 * The Welsh Bird Watcher
 * The Lady with the Big Hat
 * The Great Railway Show Announcer
 * The Great Railway Show Judge
 * The Puppet Show Entertainers
 * Madeleine's Parents
 * The Indian Fashion Designer
 * Ferdinand
 * Spencer
 * Stafford
 * Father Christmas
 * Captain Joe
 * George
 * Donald and Douglas
 * Whiff
 * Samson
 * Hong-Mei
 * Sidney
 * Hugo
 * Duncan
 * Toad
 * Bradford
 * An An and Yin-Long
 * Jack
 * Alfie
 * Max and Monty
 * Darcy
 * Sodor Brass Band
 * The Photographer
 * The Batucada Players
 * Sodor Rangers
 * Gator
 * Hurricane
 * Slip Coaches
 * Dexter
 * Terence
 * Oliver the Excavator
 * Brenda
 * Jenny Packard
 * Ranger Jill
 * Theo
 * Lexi
 * Merlin
 * Frankie

Returning Characters

 * Elizabeth II

Characters Introduced

 * Duchess
 * Marcia and Marcio
 * Sonny
 * The Mean Engines
 * Kenji
 * Cleo
 * The Australian Buses
 * Ruth
 * Baz and Bernie
 * Prince Charles
 * Dr. Kim
 * Dr. Holyfield
 * Dr. Hetty
 * Professor Friedrich
 * The Elephant Carer
 * The Chinese Railway Inspector

Locations

 * Island of Sodor
 * Arlesburgh
 * Arlesburgh Harbour
 * Arlesburgh Maritime Museum
 * Arlesburgh West
 * Blue Mountain Quarry
 * Blondin Bridge
 * Bluff's Cove
 * Brendam Docks
 * Brendam Warehouse
 * Sodor Shipping Company
 * Bridge Over Tunnel Runby
 * Conrad's Bridge
 * Crosby Tunnel
 * Crosby Washdown
 * Crovan's Gate
 * Skarloey Engine Sheds
 * Crowe's Farm Crossing
 * Dryaw
 * Dryaw Airfield
 * Duck Pond
 * East Maron Junction
 * Ffarquhar
 * Gordon's Hill
 * Harwick
 * Kellsthorpe Road
 * Knapford
 * Annie and Clarabel's Shed
 * Knapford Yards
 * M.C. Bunn
 * Sir Topham Hatt's Office
 * Maithwaite
 * Maron
 * McColl Farm
 * Road and Rail Runby and Road Bridge
 * Ruth's Workshop
 * Sodor Animal Park
 * Sodor Dairy
 * Sodor Search and Rescue Centre
 * The High Bridge
 * Sodor Steamworks
 * Victor's Shed
 * Suddery Junction
 * The Apple Orchard
 * The Coal Hopper
 * The Fenland Track
 * The Rickety Old Bridge
 * The Walking Bridge
 * The Sheep Field
 * Three-Track Level Crossing
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Tidmouth Engine Works
 * Tidmouth Goods Station
 * Tidmouth Town Square
 * Ulfstead Castle
 * The Deer Park
 * The Dinosaur Park
 * Vicarstown
 * Vicarstown Bridge
 * Wellsworth
 * Crocks Scrap Yard
 * Topham Hall
 * West Maron Junction
 * Whistling Woods
 * Hiro's Hideout
 * Sodor Suspension Bridge
 * Black Loch
 * Crosby
 * Great Waterton
 * Brendam
 * Ffarquhar Quarry
 * Lower Arlesburgh
 * Norramby
 * Sodor Airport
 * Sodor Ironworks
 * Suddery
 * Toby's Shed
 * The Mainland
 * London
 * Battersea Power Station
 * Victoria Station
 * The Mainland Canal
 * The First Mainland Station
 * The Second Mainland Station
 * The Mainland Viaduct
 * Big Ben
 * Buckingham Palace
 * Crewe
 * Doncaster
 * Isle of Man
 * Australia
 * Cairns
 * The Kuranda Rainforest
 * The Outback
 * Brazil
 * Amazon Rainforest
 * Rio de Janeiro
 * Guanabara Bay
 * The Brazilian Goods Yard
 * The Eucalyptus Plantation
 * The First Eucalyptus Railway Station
 * The Second Eucalyptus Railway Station
 * China
 * Chinese Railway Shunting Yard
 * Himalayas
 * The Chinese Railway Bridge
 * Shanghai Harbour
 * India
 * Indian Railway Sheds
 * Indian Railway Shunting Yard
 * Taj Mahal
 * Italy
 * Museum of Archeology
 * The Museum Station
 * The Italian Construction Site
 * The Italian Shunting Yard
 * The Second Italian Station
 * Leaning Tower of Pisa
 * The Old Italian Mines
 * Egypt
 * France
 * Eiffel Tower
 * Germany
 * Japan
 * Kenya
 * United States

UK

 * John Hasler as Thomas
 * Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, Harvey, Salty, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Bert, Bertie, Harold, the Fat Controller, Dowager Hatt and Mr. Percival
 * Rob Rackstraw as James, Toby, Owen, Fergus Duncan, the Thin Clergyman, Bernie, Professor Friedrich and the Elephant Carer
 * Nigel Pilkington as Percy
 * Rasmus Hardiker as Bill and Philip
 * Matt Wilkinson as Ben, Rusty, Rocky, Cranky, Merrick and Farmer McColl
 * Teresa Gallagher as Emily, Belle, Annie, Clarabel, Bridget Hatt and Stephen Hatt
 * Nicola Stapleton as Rosie
 * Togo Igawa as Hiro
 * Lucy Montgomery as Marion and Carly
 * Tina Desai as Ashima
 * Nikhil Parmar as Rajiv
 * Federico Trujillo as Raul and Marcio
 * Shane Jacobson as Shane
 * Chris Lew Kum Hoi as Yong Bao and the Mean Engines
 * Anna Francolini as Gina
 * Yvonne Grundy as Nia
 * Rachael Miller as Rebecca, Little Thomas, Prince Charles and Dr. Hetty
 * Rose Robinson as Tamika
 * Monica Lopera as Gabriela
 * Vincenzo Nicoli as Lorenzo and Beppe
 * Rosamund Pike as Duchess
 * Joe Swash as Sonny
 * Laura Cucurullo as Marcia and Cassia
 * Kerry Shale as Diesel
 * Tracy-Ann Oberman as Daisy
 * Sanjeev Bhaskar as Shankar
 * Sheena Bhattessa as Noor Jehan and Charubala
 * Francisco Labbe as Gustavo
 * Matt McCooey as Kenji
 * Steven Kynman as Peter Sam
 * David Bedella as Victor
 * Maggie Ollerenshaw as Henrietta
 * Genevieve McCarthy as Aubrey
 * Tim Bain as Aiden and an Australian Bus
 * Windson Liong as Lei
 * Colin McFarlane as Bulgy, Beresford and Dr. Holyfield
 * Jamie Campbell Bower as Skiff
 * Peter Andre as Ace
 * Flaminia Cinque as Ester
 * Harriet Kershaw as Cleo
 * Tim Whitnall as Reg
 * Gabriel Porras as Emerson
 * Sharon Miller as Queen Elizabeth II
 * Mike Grady as Sir Robert Norramby
 * Dan Li as Railway Inspector
 * Montserrat Lombard as Mia
 * Dominique Moore as Ruth
 * Bob Golding as Baz
 * Siu-see Hung as Dr. Kim

US

 * Joseph May as Thomas
 * William Hope as Edward, Toby, Rocky and Farmer McColl
 * Kerry Shale as Henry, Gordon, Diesel, Harold and Mr. Percival
 * Rob Rackstraw as James, Owen, Fergus Duncan, the Thin Clergyman, Bernie, Professor Friedrich and the Elephant Carer
 * Christopher Ragland as Percy
 * Rasmus Hardiker as Bill and Philip
 * Matt Wilkinson as Ben, Rusty and Merrick
 * Keith Wickham as Harvey, Salty, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Bert, Bertie, Sir Topham Hatt and Dowager Hatt
 * Jules de Jongh as Emily
 * Nicola Stapleton as Rosie
 * Teresa Gallagher as Belle, Annie, Clarabel, Bridget Hatt and Stephen Hatt
 * Togo Igawa as Hiro
 * Lucy Montgomery as Marion and Carly
 * Tina Desai as Ashima
 * Nikhil Parmar as Rajiv
 * Federico Trujillo as Raul and Marcio
 * Shane Jacobson as Shane
 * Chris Lew Kum Hoi as Yong Bao and the Mean Engines
 * Anna Francolini as Gina
 * Yvonne Grundy as Nia
 * Rachael Miller as Rebecca, Little Thomas, Prince Charles and Dr. Hetty
 * Rose Robinson as Tamika
 * Monica Lopera as Gabriela
 * Vincenzo Nicoli as Lorenzo and Beppe
 * Rosamund Pike as Duchess
 * Joe Swash as Sonny
 * Laura Cucurullo as Marcia and Cassia
 * Tracy-Ann Oberman as Daisy
 * Sanjeev Bhaskar as Shankar
 * Sheena Bhattessa as Noor Jehan and Charubala
 * Francisco Labbe as Gustavo
 * Matt McCooey as Kenji
 * Steven Kynman as Peter Sam
 * David Bedella as Victor
 * Maggie Ollerenshaw as Henrietta
 * Genevieve McCarthy as Aubrey
 * Tim Bain as Aiden and an Australian Bus
 * Windson Liong as Lei
 * Colin McFarlane as Bulgy, Beresford and Dr. Holyfield
 * Jamie Campbell Bower as Skiff
 * Peter Andre as Ace
 * Flaminia Cinque as Ester
 * Harriet Kershaw as Cleo
 * Glenn Wrage as Cranky
 * Tim Whitnall as Reg
 * Gabriel Porras as Emerson
 * Sharon Miller as Queen Elizabeth II
 * Mike Grady as Sir Robert Norramby
 * Dan Li as Railway Inspector
 * Montserrat Lombard as Mia
 * Dominique Moore as Ruth
 * Bob Golding as Baz
 * Siu-see Hung as Dr. Kim

Trivia

 * This series marks the first of a few things:
 * The first series since the twentieth series not to premiere on Nick Jr. in the US.
 * The first series not dubbed in German since the twenty-first series.
 * The first series to not feature any fantasy sequences for several episodes since the twenty-first series.
 * This series marks the only occurrence of several things:
 * The only series to have David Stoten as head writer and episode writer.
 * The only series to have episodes directed by Ian Cherry.
 * The only series with an episode written by Ian McCue.
 * The only series in which Porter, Connor, Fernando, Millie, Glynn and Rex appear, but do not speak since their introductions.
 * The only series since the sixth series where Oliver appears without Toad and does not speak.
 * The only series that Toby's Shed is mentioned since it was referred to by name in the fifteenth series.
 * The only series in which Paxton does not have a speaking role since the sixteenth series.
 * The only series in which Jack and Jenny Packard do not appear since their returns in King of the Railway and the previous series.
 * The only series in which Hong-Mei, An An, Yin-Long, Kevin, Judy, Jerome, Brenda, Stefano and Darcy do not appear since their introductions.
 * The only series in which Emily has a number in the original series.
 * The only series where Yong Bao is voiced by Chris Lew Kum Hoi instead of Dan Li.
 * The only series since the twenty-first series where Duck, Stanley, Caitlin and Mike appear, but do not speak.
 * Beresford's only appearance in an episode in the original series.
 * The Post Van and Queen Elizabeth II's only appearances in full CGI.
 * The only series to be shown exclusively on Netflix in the US.
 * The only series not to air on Nick Jr. in the US.
 * The only series where Nia and Rebecca speak in all of their appearances.
 * The only series not to have David Menkin as a member of the voice cast since joining in the seventeenth series.
 * The only series where Sharon Miller, Rosamund Pike, Joe Swash, Matt McCooey, Dominique Moore and Chris Lew Kum Hoi are part of the voice cast.
 * The only series to feature the song, The Steam Team for only four episodes taking place on Sodor.
 * The only series available on the streaming service BIGI in Israel, and the only known series to be dubbed into Hebrew at DubiDub.
 * The only series that had not aired completely in South Korea.
 * The only series that was not dubbed completely in South Korea.
 * The only series released in the 2020s in the original series.
 * The only series to feature Duchess, Sonny, Baz, Bernie, Ruth, Cleo, The Australian Buses, Marcia and Marcio, and The Mean Engines.
 * The only series to feature Kenji and Beresford in the original series as well as Kenji's only appearance in the original series.
 * Due to being the final series of the original Thomas & Friends television series from 1984-2021, this series marks the final occurrence of several things:
 * The final series animated by Jam Filled Toronto.
 * The final series made using 3D/CGI animation.
 * The final appearances of all featured characters and locations.
 * The final appearances of Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby, Emily, Ashima, Yong Bao, Annie and Clarabel, Troublesome Trucks, Skiff, Diesel, Salty, Nia, Cranky, Carly, Hiro, Harold, Beresford, Farmer McColl and Sir Topham Hatt in the original series.
 * The final series dubbed by John Hasler in the UK and Joseph May in the US, as well as the final series with them and all other featured voice actors as part of the voice cast.
 * The final series of the Big World! Big Adventures! rebrand and the final series to fall under the aforementioned subtitle.
 * The final series with episodes written by Davey Moore, Becky Overton, Paul Larson, Laura Beaumont, Michael White, Camille Ucan and Rose Johnson.
 * The final series to have the music composed by Chris Renshaw.
 * The final series produced by Ian McCue.
 * The final series to feature fantasy sequences.
 * The final series to feature the newly updated Engine Roll Call for episodes taking place on Sodor.
 * The final series to feature the song, The Journey Never Ends for episodes taking place around the world, as well as the song, Let's Dream for episodes during the characters' fantasy sequences taking place on Sodor.
 * The final series to have episodes directed by Dianna Basso.
 * The final series to have Sharon Miller as the voice director.
 * The final series dubbed into Indonesian, Thai, Taiwanese Mandarin and Cantonese.
 * The final series to have Kim Eun-a, Kim Myung-jun, Kwon Seong-hyeok, Lee Sang-ho, Yu Yeong and Hong Seung-hyo as part of the voice cast in the original series in South Korea.
 * The final series directed by Ji Min-jeong in the original series in South Korea.
 * The final series translated by An Ju-hyun in the original series in South Korea.
 * The final series recorded and mixed in Korean by Park Ji-hye (CIC Media) in the original series in South Korea.
 * The final series to be aired by ABC for Kids in the original series in Australia.
 * The final series aired by Milkshake! in the original series in the United Kingdom.
 * The final series video edited by Song Chan-mi in the original series in South Korea.
 * The final series aired by Frisbee in Italy, MiniMini+ in Poland, Nickelodeon in Greece and Minika Çocuk in Turkey.
 * In the Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Baltic Russian dubs, UK dub can be heard in the background as a dubbing track was not used.
 * Becky Overton is the only writer to not include a fantasy sequence in any of her episodes.

Staffel 24 Temporada 24 העונה העשרים וארבע Stagione 24 Seria 24 Сезон 24 第24季