Thomas & Friends: 80th Anniversary Podcast Thomas Comes to Television - Part 2 (Season 1, Episode 3)
Podcast Episode | 36 min | Documentary, Family

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Thomas & Friends: 80th Anniversary Podcast

Thomas Comes to Television - Part 2 (Season 1, Episode 3)

Podcast Episode | 36 min | Documentary, Family

Tom Denham talks to the people responsible for taking Thomas and Friends from a live-action show shot with models to using CGI animation to bring the series to life like never before.

Producer

Ian McCue (producer)

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Updated May 19, 2025

Release date

May 19, 2025 (United Kingdom)

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Tom Denham Self - Presenter (voice) Self - Presenter (voice) See fewer	The Glam Gizmo (2020)
Simon Spencer Self - Series Producer and Showrunner, 2003-2008 (voice) Self - Series Producer and Showrunner, 2003-2008 (voice) See fewer	Mopatop's Shop (1999)
Dianna Basso Self - Director, Series 19-24 (voice) Self - Director, Series 19-24 (voice) See fewer	Before I Wake (2016)
Ian McCue Self - Series Producer, 2010-2020 (voice) Self - Series Producer, 2010-2020 (voice) See fewer	Thomas & Friends (1984)
Michael Angelis Self - Narrator (archive sound) Self - Narrator (archive sound) See fewer	September Song (1993)
Hugh Bonneville Self - Merlin (archive sound) Self - Merlin (archive sound) See fewer	Downton Abbey (2019)
Darren Boyd Self - Theo (archive sound) Self - Theo (archive sound) See fewer	Imagine Me & You (2005)
Pierce Brosnan Self - Narrator (archive sound) Self - Narrator (archive sound) See fewer	The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Teresa Gallagher Self - Children / Self - Gina (archive sound) Self - Children / Self - Gina (archive sound) See fewer	The Amazing World of Gumball (2011)
John Hasler Self - Thomas (archive sound) Self - Thomas (archive sound) See fewer	Brave (2012)
Lucy Montgomery Self - Lexi (archive sound) Self - Lexi (archive sound) See fewer	Dodger (2022)
Mark Moraghan Self - Narrator (archive sound) Self - Narrator (archive sound) See fewer	Cockney and Scouse (2020)
Rob Rackstraw Self - James / Self - Axel (archive sound) Self - James / Self - Axel (archive sound) See fewer	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010)
John Schwab Self - Vinnie (archive sound) Self - Vinnie (archive sound) See fewer	The Queen's Gambit (2020)
Keith Wickham Self - Sir Topham Hatt / Self - Gordon (archive sound) Self - Sir Topham Hatt / Self - Gordon (archive sound) See fewer	Thomas & Friends (1984)
Matt Wilkinson Self - The Dock Manager (archive sound) Self - The Dock Manager (archive sound) See fewer	V for Vendetta (2005)