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Thomas the Tank Engine is a British children’s television series, which had its first broadcast on the ITV network on 4 September 1984. It is based on The Railway Series of books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry. These books deal with the adventures of a group of anthropomorphised locomotives and road vehicles who live on the fictional Island of Sodor.
History
Before the airing of the first episode of Thomas & Friends on 4 September 1984, previous attempts had been made to adapt Awdry’s stories for television. The first occurred in 1953, when the editor of the Railway Series books Eric Marriott was approached by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), who wished to use live-action model trains to re-create two stories from Awdry’s first book, The Three Railway Engines. The engines were portrayed by 00 gauge Hornby Dublo models, and authentic sets produced in the styles of the original illustrations were produced; the first episode, based on ‘The Sad Story of Henry’, was broadcast live on the evening of Sunday 14 June 1953 from Lime Grove Studios.
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