Thomas & Friends is a long running legendary animated T.V. show that started back in 1984. I for one have loved it for a very long time. All of you viewers out there... have fun checking out this website, and feel free to leave a comment on any of my pages. The show is based on the Thomas & Friends Railway Series Books written by Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher Awdry. However, in Season 5 which first aired in 1998 all of the shows episodes are no longer based on the railway series books, instead they are completely made up and written by the television show writers. But starting in Season 20, they did have some episodes based on Wilbert and Christopher's books. In addition, I put all of the episodes in chronological order on my episodes page, so you might want to watch them that way, since the characters, the story lines, and the technological advances evolve with each season.