9.4/1087 votesLoading...#1 - Over the Hill
Season 20 Episode 28 - Aired 12/20/2017
Stephen becomes jealous of all the attention received by Glynn at the castle.
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9.1/1066 votesLoading...#2 - The Christmas Coffeepot
Season 20 Episode 27 - Aired 12/14/2017
Marion discovers what she thinks is a talking Christmas tree, but it turns out to be Glynn the Coffeepot Engine who is restored and sent to work at Ulfstead Castle in time for the Earl's Christmas Party.
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9.0/1070 votesLoading...#3 - Duncan & The Grumpy Passenger
Season 18 Episode 11 - Aired 9/8/2014
Duncan, the grumpiest engine on the narrow gauge railway, gets a taste of his own medicine when he receives a very grumpy passenger.
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9.0/1060 votesLoading...#4 - Skiff and the Mermaid
Season 20 Episode 26 - Aired 7/31/2017
Skiff and the Fat Controller go on a wild adventure around Arlesburgh Harbour in search of a mermaid.
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8.9/10104 votesLoading...#5 - Fish
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 11/16/1995
One evening, an extra load of fish has been ordered and there are instructions that extra vans must be added to Henry's train "The Flying Kipper". But the vans added are old; and they cause disaster for Duck, when he tries to help Henry up Gordon's Hill.
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8.9/1069 votesLoading...#6 - Last Train For Christmas
Season 18 Episode 18 - Aired 12/24/2014
It's Christmas Eve and a lot of passengers are coming home to Sodor for the holidays. Connor can't carry all the passengers who are trying to get on his train.
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8.9/1062 votesLoading...#7 - Duncan The Humbug
Season 18 Episode 19 - Aired 12/25/2014
Everyone is happy at Christmas time except for Duncan, the Scottish narrow gauge engine, who seems to be grumbling even more than usual.
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8.9/1072 votesLoading...#8 - Henry Gets the Express
Season 20 Episode 3 - Aired 9/7/2016
Henry is given the job of pulling the express. Meanwhile, Gordon is reassigned to Henry's goods trains and he doesn't like it one bit.
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8.9/1058 votesLoading...#9 - Ryan and Daisy
Season 20 Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/2016
Daisy manipulates Ryan to get him to do her extra work, as well as his own.
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8.8/10106 votesLoading...#10 - Trucks
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 10/25/1995
Trucks - Sir Handel doesn't like them and they don't like him. So, after some 'helpful' tips from Gordon, he tricks Peter Sam into doing his work which leads to a great dilemma...
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8.8/10131 votesLoading...#11 - Toby & The Flood
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 9/25/1998
Toby has been sent to check the dam on the river. It has been raining heavily recently and there are worries the dam won't hold. After inspection, the dam starts to break up! Will Toby escape its wrath in time?
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8.8/10131 votesLoading...#12 - Snow
Season 5 Episode 26 - Aired 10/19/1998
Thomas and Rusty are both trapped at a tunnel and can't go any further until the the heavy snow is cleared away that has fallen. So to pass the time, Rusty tells Thomas the story of how Skarloey was traveling through a ravine when an avalanche came down on him.
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8.8/1061 votesLoading...#13 - The Way She Does It
Season 20 Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/2016
Daisy boasts about transporting an entertainers group.
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8.7/10194 votesLoading...#14 - The Flying Kipper
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 12/11/1984
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 repair job...
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8.7/10167 votesLoading...#15 - Ghost Train
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 12/10/1986
Percy tells Thomas and Toby a story about a ghost train. Thomas doesn't believe it and says Percy is a "silly little engine". Percy's Driver later tells him it wasn't true, it was on television. Later that night, Percy is on his way back from the Harbour when he crashes into a lime cart trapped on a crossing. Now white as a sheet, and with help from Toby, Percy heads off to find and scare Thomas...
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8.7/1098 votesLoading...#16 - Special Funnel
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 10/30/1995
Ever since his accident with the trucks, Peter Sam's funnel is constantly wobbling and clanking as the winter wind ties to blow it away. When the snow and frost comes, an icicle in a tunnel brings disaster for the poor engine; until the Fat Controller presents him with a new special funnel...
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8.7/10105 votesLoading...#17 - Steam Roller
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 10/31/1995
Sir Handel brags about his "steamroller wheels" and boasts that he can go faster than the other engines. Tired of this, Skarloey tricks him into having a race with George, the grumpy steamroller.
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8.7/10105 votesLoading...#18 - Thomas & the Special Letter
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 11/14/1995
Thomas, Percy and the others are invited to "the big city faraway" by a little girl as well as her friends who would like to meet them. However, Thomas becomes overexcited and has an accident. Will he be mended in time for the visit?
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8.7/10106 votesLoading...#19 - Horrid Lorry
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/15/1998
The engines are working really hard, and the Fat Controller thinks they need some help. He hires 3 lorries to help them, but the lorries are rude to the engines. The engines have the last laugh though when the lorries get into difficulties.
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8.7/10135 votesLoading...#20 - Haunted Henry
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 9/28/1998
One evening, Henry has to take some trucks to the other end of the line, and everything is fine until he has to travel through a spooky section before a viaduct, of which Henry becomes convinced is haunted after experiencing quite some oddities...
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8.7/10129 votesLoading...#21 - Busy Going Backwards
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 10/14/1998
Toad the brake van is feeling glum as he is always seeing things sliding away from him and would like to go forward for a change. Oliver wants to help but doesn't know how. That afternoon, Oliver is pulling some trucks up Gordon's Hill, with Toad as his brake van. The trucks break away after a coupling snaps and now Toad is at the front of the train going forwards. Unfortunately he is on the Main Line with various possible disasters up ahead!
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8.7/1054 votesLoading...#22 - Love Me Tender
Season 20 Episode 12 - Aired 12/28/2016
Donald and Douglas are twins and brothers. They sometimes argue, but in the end they end up the best of friends.
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8.7/1057 votesLoading...#23 - Mike's Whistle
Season 20 Episode 19 - Aired 6/12/2017
After teasing Duck about his whistle, Mike boasts about his own.
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8.7/1060 votesLoading...#24 - Springtime for Diesel
Season 21 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/2017
Diesel is always bumping into people and laughing, but when he does it to Daisy, her springs need fixing. In the Dieselworks, thinking that she is asleep, Diesel explains why he did it - it's his way of trying to make friends!
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8.6/10139 votesLoading...#25 - Old Iron
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/1986
Some boys fiddle with James's controls and he trundles off down the line by himself. It is up to Edward to catch up with James and allow James's fireman to jump aboard the runaway engine to stop him.
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The Best Episodes of Thomas & Friends
Every episode of Thomas & Friends ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Thomas & Friends!
Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series, which had its first broadcast on the ITV network on 4 September 1984. It is based...
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Best Episodes Summary
"Over the Hill" is the best rated episode of "Thomas & Friends". It scored 9.4/10 based on 87 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/20/2017. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Christmas Coffeepot".