Thomas and Friends Narrators Rankings

Here's a page where people can post their thoughts on each narrator who worked on the show, Thomas & Friends. You can post them from favorite to least favorite or least favorite to favorite (whichever way works for you).

BiggestThomasFan's Ranking (from Least Favorite to Favorite)
Least Favorite: Alec Baldwin

I don't really hate them; I'm just neutral for him. I thought he was good in Season 5, but in Season 6, however, he just put little to no enthusiasm in his narrations. I didn't like that he didn't even try to give Donald, Douglas and Duncan Scottish accents or that he didn't give Bill and Ben their kid-like voices like in S5. Also, his acting in TATMR was along the lines of meh to me. I wonder if he was mad with how badly that movie did and that was what caused him to do badly in S6.

6. Michael Angelis

He was orginally my least favorite of all, but looking back, he actually did do a pretty good job narrating for the show. There were still times where he sounded a bit dull (mostly in the audiobooks), but he was definitely good in the earlier episodes (mainly S3-5). And I did like his Sir Topham Hatt voice.

5. Pierce Brosnan

He did somewhat sound a bit dull when narrating The Great Discovery; but to be fair, it was his first time narrating for the show. I'm a little disappointed that he didn't stay on as narrator for the series afterwards because I'm sure he would have improved if he had. I also thought some of his voices were good (like Duncan) and he did actually try to be enthusiast when narrating. Overall, I don't think he was great, but I don't think he was not terrible either.

4. Michael Brandon

I really don't know why so many people hated him so much. I personally thought he did a good job as narrator. Sure, some of his character voices weren't good, but he did sound as though he was trying when narrating (unlike Baldwin in S6). I also respect him for being the longest running narrator for the US. And I liked his Diesel voice in the US dub of Seasons 13-16 a lot better than Diesel's UK voice. All in all, Michael Brandon is quite underrated if you ask me.

3. Ringo Starr

Ringo has always been a favorite narrator of mine. I think he was good, but just not the best of all. He was a great Mr. Conductor on Shining Time Station and he did do a pretty good job narrating Seasons 1 and 2. Also, his Diesel growling in Pop Goes the Diesel was hilarious. He may not have sounded as enthusiast as another narrator from the early seasons, but he is one of the most nostalgia narrators to me.

2. Mark Moraghan

He's only been narrator for two years now, but he's been doing such a fantastic job narrating. I'm actually glad they got someone new to narrate the show for the new era since the Michaels were getting a bit dull by that point. I would like to hear him try to voice a few characters, but who knows? Maybe in future he'll get that chance. Overall, Mark has been a great narrator and I hope he can stay on the show for the next couple of years.

Favorite: George Carlin

He was definitely the most nostalgia narrator of all to me. He was great narrating Seasons 1-4 and he was also a great Mr. Conductor on Shining Time Station. He actually tried to be enthusiast when narrator and he did a lot of great character voices. He just knew how to tell the story for television. I was very sad to hear that he past away in 2008.

Rest in Peace George Carlin. You will always be my favorite narrator in the whole show, especially since you narrated my top 4 favorite seasons.