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Series 6

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The sixth season of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends aired in 2002. Michael Angelis and Alec Baldwin narrated the twenty-six episodes for the UK and US respectively. Michael Angelis also narrated two episodes for the US release of New Friends for Thomas and Other Adventures. Michael Brandon and Michael Angelis later re-dubbed six episodes along with music composed by Robert Hartshorne for the US on PBS Kids and the UK for Nick Jr. in 2005.

Production

Episodes

Screenshot UK title (top)
US title (bottom) 		Written by

Original UK
release date

Episode number #
Salty'sSecret4 Salty's Secret Robin Kingsland 16th September 2002 #01
Salty arrives on Sodor and is dismayed when he is sent to work at the quarry.
File:HarveytotheRescue83.png Harvey to the Rescue Jonathan Trueman 17th September 2002 #02
An engine with a crane on his boiler named Harvey arrives, but the engines think he does not look anything like a normal engine.
NoSleepforCranky77 No Sleep for Cranky Paul Larson 18th September 2002 #03
A story by Salty makes Cranky cranky enough to knock down a shed, forcing him to be stuck with Salty, Bill and Ben for the night.
ABadDayforHaroldtheHelicopter A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter
A Bad Day for Harold		 David Mitton
Simon Nicholson		 19th September 2002 #04
When Percy reaches a broken signal, Harold comes to take his mail onward - with disastrous results.
File:ElizabeththeVintageLorry56.jpg Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry
Elizabeth the Vintage Quarry Truck		 Paul Larson 20th September 2002 #05
Thomas is hauling a heavy special when his siderods fall off near an old shed. Inside, his crew discovers a disused vintage lorry named Elizabeth.
TheFogman71 The Fogman David Mitton
Jonathan Trueman		 23rd September 2002 #06
Cyril, a fogman, puts detonators on the tracks to warn engines of oncoming mist. The Fat Controller replaces him with a fog horn, which turns out to be more trouble than it is worth.
JackJumpsIn61 Jack Jumps In Phil Fehrle
Abi Grant
Jonathan Trueman		 24th September 2002 #07
Jack the front loader is eager to be really useful but foolishly tries to take a load of rocks up a hill himself, leading to disaster.
File:AFriendinNeed96.png A Friend in Need Phil Fehrle
Abi Grant
Jonathan Trueman		 25th September 2002 #08
Ned the steam shovel knocks the keystone out of a bridge. It begins to fall as Thomas approaches it, so Jack tries to hold it up with his bucket.
File:It'sOnlySnow.JPG It's Only Snow David Mitton
James Mason		 26th September 2002 #09
Thomas is told to deliver a Christmas tree to the Mountain Village with Toby but becomes cross when he has to use his old snowplough.
TwinTrouble56 Twin Trouble Brian Trueman 27th September 2002 #10
Donald and Douglas crash into Trevor's cart and blame the other for the accident. They become so heated that they refuse to work together.
TheWorld'sStrongestEngine72 The World's Strongest Engine David Mitton
Paul Larson		 30th September 2002 #11
Henry has an unfortunate accident, leading to Diesel returning to the railway. Diesel is insistent on proving that he is the strongest engine in the world, much to the trucks' amusement.
ScaredyEngines92 Scaredy Engines David Mitton
Robin Kingsland		 1st October 2002 #12
Halloween rolls around and Thomas, Percy and Duck are sent to the Smelters to collect a special load, where Thomas teases Percy when he gets scared.
PercyandtheHauntedMine69 Percy and the Haunted Mine David Mitton
Robyn Charteris		 2nd October 2002 #13
Whilst collecting some trucks, Percy is spooked by a mine that sinks into the ground. Donald and Douglas make him even more frightened when they proclaim it is the naughty gnomes.
MiddleEngine Middle Engine David Mitton
Brian Trueman		 3rd October 2002 #14
'Arry and Bert play a trick on Percy by shunting trucks in front of him. Henry accidentally bumps him onto the coal tipper, so James takes over.
JamesandtheRedBalloon72 James and the Red Balloon David Mitton
Jenny McDade		 4th October 2002 #15
Thomas and James become scared a hot air balloon will steal their passengers.
JackFrost14 Jack Frost David Mitton
Paul Larson		 7th October 2002 #16
Thomas warns Percy and James of Jack Frost. James is dismissive, but Percy becomes worried. While spending the night in a siding, snow and ice pile around him and James mistakes him for Jack Frost.
File:GordonTakesaTumble69.png Gordon Takes a Tumble David Mitton
Robin Kingsland		 7th October
2002 (VHS/DVD)
8th October 2002 (TV)		 #17
Gordon tells Salty it would not be dignified for him to pull trucks. That night, Gordon is sent to collect some from the Docks. He is furious and ends up sent down a rickety, old branch line by mistake.
Percy'sChocolateCrunch73 Percy's Chocolate Crunch David Mitton
Brian Trueman		 9th October 2002 #18
Percy gets cross that he has all the dirty jobs. He desperately tries to not get dirty but has an unfortunate run-in with a chocolate factory.
BufferBother60 Buffer Bother Ross Hastings 10th October 2002 #19
Ben needs new buffers and Bill becomes jealous. This makes him careless and he ends up damaging his own buffers.
TobyHadaLittleLamb67 Toby Had a Little Lamb Jenny McDade 11th October 2002 #20
During a snowstorm, Toby is flagged down by Farmer McColl, whose sheep are due to give birth and urgently need a vet.
File:Thomas,PercyandtheSqueak22.jpg Thomas, Percy and the Squeak David Mitton
Jenny McDade		 14th October 2002 #21
The famous singer Allicia Botti is coming for a concert and Thomas is chosen to take her. Along the way, Thomas and his crew hear a consistent squeak but think nothing of it, until they discover what it really is.
ThomasandtheJetEngine Thomas the Jet Engine
Thomas and the Jet Engine		 David Mitton
Ross Hastings		 15th October 2002 #22
Thomas is given the job of taking a jet engine to Dryaw, but Cranky carelessly turns it on.
EdwardtheReallyUsefulEngine Edward the Very Useful Engine
Edward the Really Useful Engine		 David Mitton 16th October 2002 #23
The big engines believe Edward should be retired but he proves himself useful when both Duck and Gordon need help.
DunkinDuncan Dunkin Duncan Simon Nicholson
Jenny McDade		 17th October 2002 #24
Skarloey, Rheneas and Rusty are sent to work with Duncan at the quarry. Duncan gets too impatient at the incline and ends up falling into a muddy ditch.
RustySavestheDay54 Rusty Saves the Day David Mitton
Paul Larson		 18th October 2002 #25
The Fat Controller closes Rheneas and Skarloey's line down and sends them to the quarry. But when quarry will be blasting for two weeks, Rusty decides to use that time to repair the line.
File:FaultyWhistles44.jpg Faulty Whistles David Mitton
Ross Hastings		 21st October 2002 #26
Peter Sam's whistle has been knocked off by a branch. Duncan finds this funny and remarks that an engine is not one without a whistle, unaware his own whistle has become loose.

Songs

Characters

Characters introduced

Trivia

  • This was the first season of several things:
    • The first season filmed in 16:9 widescreen. However, most of the first six episodes were matted from full screen, but whenever they use Tidmouth Sheds, The Seaside Village, Tidmouth Beach and the church for locations, the scenes are filmed in widescreen.
    • Phil Fehrle's first season as producer.
    • Peter Urie's first season as executive producer.
    • Abi Grant's first season as script editor.
    • The first season to feature Stephen Asquith as a director until the eighth season and Jack and the Sodor Construction Company series.
    • The first season to have more than two narrators.
    • The first season not dubbed in German, Greek and Portuguese.
    • The first season to use a Proteus 3 to compose the music.
    • The first season in which Toad does not appear since his introduction in the third season.
    • The first season in which Annie and Clarabel do not speak in any of their appearances.
    • The first since the third season to be shown on CiTV, marking the television series' return to terrestrial television.
    • The first season in which Wellsworth does not appear.
    • The first season where Thomas does not speak in the premiere, as well as not appear in the finale.
    • The first season where Sir Topham Hatt says "confusion and delay", though the second to feature the phrase because the narrator and other characters said it in two fifth season episodes.
  • This was the last season of several things as well:
    • The last season to feature the old Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends logo in the intro.
    • The last season to have all of the episodes use the original music in the US. (Although, seven episodes from the seventh season used the original music for each video only on New Friends for Thomas and Other Adventures and Thomas and the Jet Engine and Other Adventures).
    • Britt Allcroft's third and last season as executive producer.
    • The last season to feature an episode written by David Mitton.
    • Alec Baldwin's last season as narrator.
    • The last season filmed by Gullane Entertainment prior to its acquisition by HiT Entertainment in 2002.
  • This season had its own special intro.
  • This season had the most narrators in it out of all seasons to date.
  • From this season onwards, all stories were written by individuals on a writing staff.
  • In 2005, Michael Brandon and Michael Angelis re-dubbed six episodes, No Sleep for Cranky, A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter, James and the Red Balloon, Gordon Takes a Tumble, Toby Had a Little Lamb and Edward the Very Useful Engine, with music composed by Robert Hartshorne on PBS Kids in the US and Nick Jr. in the UK to make them season eight-styled when they chose episodes from this season for reruns.
  • This season was broadcast on Nick Jr. UK in late 2002, before airing on CiTV in early 2003.
  • On masters of episodes that feature the Gullane endboard, Britt Allcroft is credited as executive producer alongside Peter Urie. On masters that end that with either the Nick Jr. UK or HiT Entertainment endboard, Britt Allcroft is not mentioned in the end credits at all.
  • There are two unused shots from this season that appeared in two episodes from the seventh season, one showing Percy passing the Lighthouse with some Branch Line Coaches and another showing Duncan crossing the Skarloey Bridge with three coaches in the snow, the former viewers can tell since the lighthouse was always shown in one perspective view in that season while this season it is completely different, these scenes were used in the seventh season episodes, Something Fishy and Not So Hasty Puddings.
  • This is the only season of a couple of things:
    • The only season where Oliver appears without Toad (not counting music videos). It is also the only season where Oliver appears but does not speak in any of his appearances.
    • The only season until Mark Moraghan's narration of the thirteenth season episode, Snow Tracks to have three narrators.

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#01 Salty's Secret #10 Twin Trouble #19 Buffer Bother
#02 Harvey to the Rescue #11 The World's Strongest Engine #20 Toby Had a Little Lamb
#03 No Sleep for Cranky #12 Scaredy Engines #21 Thomas, Percy and the Squeak
#04 A Bad Day for Harold the Helicopter #13 Percy and the Haunted Mine #22 Thomas the Jet Engine
#05 Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry #14 Middle Engine #23 Edward the Very Useful Engine
#06 The Fogman #15 James and the Red Balloon #24 Dunkin Duncan
#07 Jack Jumps In #16 Jack Frost #25 Rusty Saves the Day
#08 A Friend in Need #17 Gordon Takes a Tumble #26 Faulty Whistles
#09 It's Only Snow #18 Percy's Chocolate Crunch
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