Thomas & Friends series 12
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Thomas & Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series books written by the Reverend W. Awdry.
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Thomas & Friends | |
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Series 12 | |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Release | |
Original network | Five (via Milkshake!) |
Original release | 1 September (2008-09-01) – 26 September 2008 (2008-09-26) |
Series chronology | |
List of episodes |
This article lists and details episodes from the twelfth series of the show, which was first broadcast from 1 September to 26 September 2008, making it the second season to be aired in less than a month.[1] This series was originally planned to be narrated by Pierce Brosnan, replacing Michael Angelis and Michael Brandon for the UK and US narrations, respectively, starting with The Great Discovery. However, Brosnan withdrew from the series for unknown reasons, and the series was released with Angelis narrating the UK releases and Brandon narrating the US releases, as with prior series.
Most episodes in this series have two titles: the titles from the UK broadcasts are shown on top, while the American-adapted titles are shown underneath.
This was the only season to feature the mixing of live-action and animation; by the following year, the series had transitioned to full CGI.
This was also the last season to utilize the live-action model animation of the show and animated by Nitrogen Studios before switching over to full CGI in 2009, starting with Hero of the Rails.
This was also the last series to utilize the Island of Sodor intro from the start of the UK broadcasts. Starting from Season 13–18, the CGI version of the Sodor Island intro is used at the start of the US broadcasts.