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"Thomas & Friends"
Genre	Animated television series
Format	Children's television series
Starring	Ringo Starr (UK: 1984–1986) Michael Angelis (UK: 1991–present) George Carlin (US: 1991–1995) Alec Baldwin (US: 1998–2003) Michael Brandon (US: 2003-present)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	15
No. of episodes	380 (episodes) 5 (films) (List of Thomas & Friends episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Britt Allcroft
Running time	22 minutes
Composer(s)	Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell (1984–2003) Robert Hartshorne (2004–present) Ed Welch (2004–2008)
Production company(s)	Clearwater (1984) The Britt Allcroft Company (1991) Gullane Entertainment (2000) HiT Entertainment (2001–present)
Broadcast
First shown	{{{first_run}}}
Original run	Original Series: September 4, 1984 – present Cartoon Network: June 21, 1999 - August 20, 2001
Status	Active Broadcast (Original Series) Ended (Cartoon Network)

Thomas & Friends (previously called Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends from 1984-2003) is a British children's television series that was previously broadcasted on CITV from 1984-2004 and is currently broadcast on Channel 5. Only the first five series' were broadcast on Cartoon Network UK from 1999-2001.