Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (Cassette 1)

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Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends is a UK Betamax/VHS released in 1985 by Guild Home Video featuring thirteen first season episodes narrated by Ringo Starr. It was released under the title Thomas and the Trucks for Romanian audiences, Thomas and Gordon and Other Stories for Danish audiences, and Volume 1 (Thomas and Gordon) for South African audiences.

Description

UK

It's full steam ahead for Thomas, the little blue engine with the short stumpy funnel, short stumpy boiler and short stumpy dome and his special friends Gordon, Henry, James, Percy, Edward, Toby, Annie and Clarabel the carriages and of course their Boss, the Fat Controller. Now Thomas has a new friend - storyteller Ringo Starr, who says "Thomas is a smashing little engine - he's cheeky and has a mind of his own. Thomas is Number One and never lets anyone forget it!".

South Africa

Thomas, the little blue engine, is cheeky to Gordon once too often. So the big blue engine decides to give Thomas a lesson he won't forget.

Episodes

UK/ROM/SA

Danish

Thomas and Gordon
Edward and Gordon
Henry's Sad Story
Edward, Gordon and Henry
Thomas' Train
Thomas and the Wagons
Thomas and the Help Train
James and the Passenger Coaches
Cumbersome Cars
James and the Express Train
Thomas and the Guard
Thomas on a Fishing Trip
Thomas, Terence and the Snow

Trivia

This was the very first Thomas video ever released, and was reviewed on TV-AMs "Good Morning Britain" when first released.
The episodes in the Romanian release are restored.
The end credits of Thomas, Terence and the Snow feature a still image from Edward, Gordon and Henry, this was later repeated on Bumper Special.
The back cover features an image from Trouble in the Shed.
The Romanian DVD features an image from A Friend in Need, whilst the Danish DVD features an image from The Trouble with Mud.

Goofs

Some versions of the UK VHS feature a stereo audio glitch where the full mix is on the left channel and the dubbing track is on the right channel.
The South African back cover credits Michael Angelis as the narrator instead of Ringo Starr.