As of July 2026, Thomas & Friends Season 1 aired in 1984 with 26 episodes — streaming now on Amazon Prime Video. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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Thomas & Friends Season 1

1984 26 Episodes Animation · Kids ⭐ 7/10

If you want animation that is not just for kids, Thomas & Friends Season 1 is available on and right now. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. Its 7/10 TMDB score, built from 154 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. A harder one to justify skipping than to start. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Thomas & Friends Season 1 earns its spot. Visually distinctive and narratively ambitious, Thomas & Friends Season 1 operates well above the genre average. Season 1 of Thomas & Friends includes 26 episodes. It aired from October 1984 to January 1985. This season stars Ringo Starr. Ringo Starr leads a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1984. The animation style is distinctive enough to be immediately recognisable, but it is the writing underneath that keeps viewers coming back for more. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Thomas & Friends Season 1 belongs on any best-of list regardless of format. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. The writing operates at a level the format's reputation does not fully prepare you for. Adult animation that actually works for adults.

📡 Where to Watch Thomas & Friends Season 1

🇦🇺 Australia

Amazon Prime Video

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🇺🇸 United States

Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Prime Video with Ads

Kidstream Amazon Channel

Sensical Amazon Channel

Spectrum On Demand

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Amazon Prime Video

Paramount+ Amazon Channel

Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel

Amazon Prime Video with Ads

🇨🇦 Canada

Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Prime Video with Ads

🇳🇿 New Zealand

Amazon Prime Video

🎬 Thomas & Friends Season 1 — Episode Guide

Thomas & Gordon

Thomas the Tank Engine works at the Big Station, fetching coaches for the bigger engines. He keeps teasing Gordon the Big Engine, making him very cross. When the Shunter later accidentally forgets to uncouple Thomas from Gordon's coaches, Gordon decides to be really fast to tire Thomas out.

Edward & Gordon

Edward is feeling sad, as all the other engines are bigger and younger than him. But when Gordon gets stuck whilst pulling trucks up a hill, it's Edward to the rescue.

The Sad Story of Henry

Henry the Green Engine doesn't like getting his paint wet - so refuses to come out of the tunnel. The Fat Controller tries everything, including getting Thomas to push Henry out but the big green engine still does not move. In the end, the Fat Controller orders a brick wall be built to block the tun...

Edward, Gordon and Henry

Henry is sad that he is stuck in the tunnel, and Gordon is having fun teasing him whenever he passes. One day Gordon's safety valve bursts just outside the tunnel. Edward is the only other engine available, but the train is too heavy for him. How could the situation possibly be resolved?

Thomas wants to pull a train instead of just shunting coaches for the big engines, who laugh and say he wouldn't be able to do it. One night Henry is ill, and next morning he still isn't better. He is due to pull the morning train, and when no other engine is available, Thomas has to pull the train....

Thomas and the Trucks

Thomas is bored, and when one night Edward offers to swap duties with him for the next day, Thomas takes up the offer. This involves taking Edward's trucks. However Thomas is not used to trucks...

Thomas and the Breakdown Train

Thomas is in the yard shunting when new engine James rushes past with a goods train yelling for help. James has wooden brakes and the trucks are pushing him down the line. The alarm goes - James has crashed into a field of cows. Thomas has to get the Breakdown Train and help James. Afterwards, the F...

James and the Coaches

James the new engine has to pull some coaches with the help of Edward. They do very well but James is so excited that he accidentally showers water all over the Fat Controller's new top hat! Later on he is pulling more coaches and bumps them so hard that a brake pipe is damaged. Newspaper and a leat...

Troublesome Trucks

James is feeling sad as he is still staying in his shed for being naughty. Eventually the Fat Controller lets him out to pull a goods train, but the trucks don't want to be pulled by James and misbehave. Whilst pulling them up Gordon's Hill, a coupling breaks and the last few trucks roll back down t...

James and the Express

Gordon boasts to James that he is the only engine who can pull the Express. One day he sets off with it, but due to points problems he comes back to the station feeling very sheepish. Another engine will now have to take over the job of pulling the Express for the day, but who will it be?

Thomas and the Guard

One day Thomas is late with his train due to Henry being late at the Junction, and when the Guard blows his whistle Thomas zooms off - without giving the Guard enough time to get on the train! Annie & Clarabel try to stop him, but Thomas continues to steam on!

Thomas Goes Fishing

Thomas has a desire to fish, and the others tell him "Engines don't fish!" When the water tower is out of order, Thomas has to take water from the river via a bucket. When suddenly he feels like he's going to burst, the Driver and Fireman look inside his tank and discover something rather unusual...

Thomas, Terence and the Snow

In Autumn, Thomas stops by a signal. There he meets Terence the Tractor, and teases him about his caterpillar tracks. When winter comes, so does the snow. Thomas refuses to wear his snowplough, and when he does he breaks it. Due to this he ends up getting stuck in the snow...

Thomas and Bertie

Bertie the Bus challenges Thomas to a race, to see who can get to the end of the line first. Thomas faces obstacles such as stations, signals and a slow start, Bertie has bus stops and traffic lights - who will win?

Tenders and Turntables

Gordon has to pull his train backwards due not trying hard enough to move into the correct position on the turntable, so as to be turned around. And when James gets on the turntable, the strong sea winds spin it round much too fast. The two, plus Henry, are very cross about the the unfortunate event...

Trouble in the Shed

Henry, Gordon and James decide to go on strike, declaring that "Tender Engines don't shunt!" The Fat Controller sends Edward to do the work; but when poor Edward is being teased, the Fat Controller then decides to buy a new tank engine called Percy.

Percy Runs Away

After being shut up for days in the shed, Henry, Gordon and James have been let out to work again. So the Fat Controller sends Thomas, Edward and Percy to play on the Branch Line. But Percy, however, becomes a little too cocky for his own good and suddenly finds himself on the Main Line - and on a c...

Henry keeps feeling ill, unlike the other engines. It turns out that Henry's firebox is much smaller than the other engines', so the Fat Controller orders special Welsh coal that will allow Henry to work better. The Green Engine is thrilled with the results.

The Flying Kipper

One winter's evening, Henry is excited to be given the chance to pull the fish train that the men call, "The Flying Kipper". Unfortunately, snow and ice result in an accident. The Fat Controller decides to send Henry off to the Works at Crewe, where Henry will unknowingly be given more than just a r...

Whistles and Sneezes

Gordon becomes a little too above himself but learns a lesson when his whistle valve comes out of place causing quite a noise! Meanwhile, some boys also soon learn a lesson after throwing stones at Henry and his coaches from an overhead bridge.

🎭 Cast of Thomas & Friends Season 1

Ringo Starr

Narrator (Voice)

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