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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...
Genres:AnimationKids
Episodes
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Avg. Rating
6.0
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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".

  • Over the Hill
    9.4/10(87)
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Christmas Coffeepot
    9.1/10(68)
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Duncan & The Grumpy Passenger
    9.0/10(71)
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Skiff and the Mermaid
    9.0/10(61)
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fish
    8.9/10(107)
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Last Train For Christmas
    8.9/10(69)
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Duncan The Humbug
    8.9/10(62)
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Henry Gets the Express
    8.9/10(72)
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ryan and Daisy
    8.9/10(59)
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ghost Train
    8.8/10(170)
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    #10 - 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...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Toby & The Flood
    8.8/10(132)
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    #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?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Haunted Henry
    8.8/10(136)
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    #12 - 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...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Busy Going Backwards
    8.8/10(132)
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    #13 - 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!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Snow
    8.8/10(131)
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    #14 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Way She Does It
    8.8/10(63)
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    #15 - The Way She Does It

    Season 20 Episode 10

    Aired 11/25/2016

    Daisy boasts about transporting an entertainers group.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Flying Kipper
    8.7/10(201)
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    #16 - 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...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Edward's Exploit
    8.7/10(182)
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    #17 - Edward's Exploit

    Season 2 Episode 23

    Aired 12/10/1986

    Henry, Gordon and James are teasing poor Edward about being too old and "how he should be preserved before it's too late." Duck and Boco tell them to "Shut up!" as "Edward's better than any of you!"; and during a serious breakdown on an important journey, Edward proves his worth once and for all.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Escape
    8.7/10(135)
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    #18 - Escape

    Season 3 Episode 21

    Aired 6/9/1992

    Douglas attempts to rescue a frightened engine called Oliver, and his brakevan, Toad, from the place all steam engines fear to go - THE OTHER RAILWAY!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Special Funnel
    8.7/10(100)
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    #19 - 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...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Steam Roller
    8.7/10(107)
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    #20 - 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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Stepney Gets Lost
    8.7/10(122)
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    #21 - Stepney Gets Lost

    Season 5 Episode 13

    Aired 9/30/1998

    Stepney is bored, so the Fat Controller agrees to allow him to help out Mavis and Toby at the quarry for the day. He works well, but on the way home gets lost and ends up in the scrapyard, where diesels 'Arry and Bert take him for scrap!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Love Me Tender
    8.7/10(55)
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    #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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mike's Whistle
    8.7/10(57)
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    #23 - Mike's Whistle

    Season 20 Episode 19

    Aired 6/12/2017

    After teasing Duck about his whistle, Mike boasts about his own.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Springtime for Diesel
    8.7/10(61)
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    #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!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dowager Hatt's Busy Day
    8.7/10(57)
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    #25 - Dowager Hatt's Busy Day

    Season 21 Episode 3

    Aired 9/20/2017

    While the Fat Controller is sick, his mother runs the railway and creates chaos by getting everyone to do the wrong jobs! Oblivious to all the mayhem, Dowager Hatt supervises the hanging baskets at Knapford Station - until Emily gets involved.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A