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21 Episodes 2012 - 2012
Episode 0
Thomas sets off on a journey to discover the truth behind the story of Luke, the poor runaway engine, who believes he's done something so bad he could be sent away from the Island of Sodor forever.
Episode 1
Sat, Apr 7, 201211 mins
Flynn is the Sodor Island Fire Engine and Victor is working on Flynn's wheels so that he can roll on the road as well as on tracks. He sets out on the road, wobbling. Rocky tells Flynn that Sir Topham Hatt's shed is on fire. Flynn goes on the tracks, even though the road is faster, because he doesn't want to be a "big red wobble on wheels." On the way to the shed, Flynn meets Butch and Bertie. They both need his help but Flynn chuffs on because he feels too silly to roll on the road. Flynn is late because he should have used the road! The crowd around the shed cheers for Flynn as he puts out the fire.He returns to help Butch and Bertie. Flynn isn't a "big red wobble on wheels"! He's the hero of the day! One day, Gordon is too snooty to notice some freight cars in front of him and crashes into them. Gordon's buffer crashes onto the track and he loses his buffer. Den and Dart offer to help repair Gordon, but he insists that Diesels cannot fix Steamies, and he huffs away without his buffer. Mavis and Salty tell Gordon that he needs a buffer. Reluctantly, Gordon chuffs back to Den and Dart and they fix him with a yellow and black diesel buffer. Gordon is very embarrassed by it. Thomas makes Gordon realize that he should be happy that he is fixed and can be a Really Useful Engine! Gordon says sorry and thank you to Den and Dart because they are all - Diesels or Steamies - Really Useful Engines!

Episode 2
11 mins
Thomas asks Den and Dart to fix Ol' Wheezy the log loader. Individually, they fail, but eventually Thomas realises that Den and Dart need to work together to successfully fix Ol' Wheezy.
Episode 3
11 mins
Thomas is given the job of pulling the express, but it is too heavy for him. Not wanting to admit defeat to Gordon, Thomas leaves some of the carriages around the island, leaving the important passengers stranded.

Episode 4
Sat, Sep 1, 201211 mins
Percy attempts to find "The Monster of Brendam".

Episode 5
11 mins
Charlie tries to show Henry that snow can be fun.
Episode 6
Sat, Sep 1, 201211 mins
A photographer is to take pictures of the engines for a book and Thomas is determined to get in more photographs than Gordon.

Episode 7
Mon, Jan 7, 201311 mins
Thomas has to help Whiff take a train of rubbish to the waste dump, but wants to stay clean so that he can take the Duchess of Boxford to have tea with Lady Hatt.
Episode 8
Sun, Apr 22, 201211 mins
Farmer McColl is having trouble keeping crows from eating his seed. Thomas offers to use his whistle to scare them away. Soon, Thomas finds himself puffing all over the island chasing crows. At last, a very cross Farmer McColl finds Thomas. He shows Thomas that his field is even more full of hungry crows than before! It's the one place Thomas was not scaring crows from! Thomas is very sorry. He sticks to the job and dutifully stays at his post all night long, successfully scaring crows! When James is asked to take Farmer McColl's sheep to the Sodor Farmer's Fair, James is much more concerned with preserving his own cleanliness than following instructions. Due to James' vanity, the sheep escape. James realizes that if he is to get the sheep to the fair, he must sacrifice the one thing that is most important to him. He must get dirty! James arrives at the fair with the sheep, job done and very muddy! But he makes it to the front page photograph for being the image of a Really Useful Engine!

Episode 9
Sat, Apr 7, 201211 mins
When Gordon is involved in a collision at the docks, his bufferbeam falls off. Unable to work without his buffers, Gordon has no choice but to use a set of diesel buffers until Den and Dart can repair his broken ones.

Episode 10
Sat, May 5, 201211 mins
Percy tries to fix an old calliope so that it isn't scrapped.

Episode 11
Sat, Apr 14, 201211 mins
Thomas tries to show a famous composer the sounds of Sodor, but his noisy engine friends keep getting in the way.

Episode 12
Sat, Sep 8, 201211 mins
Edward tries to find Salty a suitable Christmas present.

Episode 13
Sat, Apr 21, 201211 mins
Thomas tries to show Gordon that Sodor Surprise Day isn't just a silly day for silly engines.

Episode 14
11 mins
Emily thinks that if she finds the Fat Controller's hat, she will be given the privilege of pulling the presents train.
Episode 15
Sat, Apr 28, 201211 mins
James learns that it is more important to be a really useful engine than a really clean one while delivering Farmer McColl's sheep to the farmer's fair.

Episode 16
Sat, Sep 22, 201211 mins
At Knapford Station, Dowager Hatt is having a welcome to Sodor party. Sir Topham Hatt asks Thomas to take the visitors on a tour of Sodor. Thomas asks the visitors to ride on the Express, but it's too heavy for Thomas. He doesn't want Gordon to see that he has to drop off passengers to make the Express lighter. To avoid Gordon, he leaves the visitors to enjoy "the Sights of Sodor" at the Quarry and in a field! Dowager Hatt realizes that the important visitors are missing and Gordon is sent to collect the visitors. But a job needs doing! The balloons have to be collected from the Docks for the party. Thomas is fast. He picks them up and proves that he is Really Useful, just in a different way than Gordon! Whiff is given the job of collecting trucks of garbage from across the island. Whiff hears Spencer being praised for his grandness. Whiff wishes that he, too, could be a grand engine, so he searches for opportunities to be grand. The tracks come to a standstill because Whiff's garbage trucks have not been collected. Worried, Whiff crashes into a stationary Percy. Seeing Percy, who is only concerned about delivering the mail on time, Whiff realizes that there is nothing grander than doing your job well. So, he puffs away to collect the garbage trucks, just as he should have done.
Episode 17
11 mins
Spencer is given the special job of taking new electric shunting engine Stafford around the Island of Sodor, but he refuses to listen to warning about Stafford's battery.
Episode 18
Sat, Sep 15, 201211 mins
Before the Thin Controller goes to a meeting, he tells Peter Sam not to bother Victor with anything trivial when he arrives to make his weekly repair visit. So when Sir Handel starts creaking and croaking, Skarloey's funnel belches black smoke and Duncan's rods rattle, Peter Sam tries to fix all the engines himself and makes them even worse!

Episode 19
Sat, May 5, 201211 mins
It's the Fat Controller's birthday and Thomas and Winston have a surprise for him.

Episode 20
Sun, Sep 30, 201211 mins
Toby and Rheneas attempt to find the perfect Christmas tree on Misty Island for the Blue Mountain Quarry.
