Thomas and Friends - Season 17

Thomas and Friends - Season 17 will air in the UK on June 3rd, 2013 and in the USA on October 7th the same year. This season should be the first of a new writing style for the series. Following the September 2013 special, King of the Railway, it will also be the first season to be animated by Arc Productions.

Episodes

 * 1) Kevin's Cranky Friend Kevin helps Cranky at the docks, but Cranky does not think he needs help even as the work piles up
 * 2) Scruff's Makeover - Scruff gets a new coat of paint and refuses to take rubbish because he does not want to get dirty.
 * 3) Wayward Winston - Winston is tired of being teased because The Fat Controller is a bad driver so Winston goes driver-less.
 * 4) Gordon Runs Dry - Gordon gets hit by a stone from Paxton's truck and gets a hole in his boiler and gets late so when he tries he tries to make up for lost time he leaks.
 * 5) Calm Down Caitlin Caitlin stays on Sodor for the night. The Fat Controller tells her to be calm and consider. But when she takes the flying kipper and the mail she becomes too loud and is very tired in the morning
 * 6) Steamie Stafford -  Stafford becomes jealous of the steam engines because of all the noise they make, so he begins to act like them.
 * 7) Henry's Hero - Henry and Hiro have been taking bad coal. Duck tells them about it, Hiro wants to manage the coal on his own. Will he do it or fail?
 * 8) Luke's New Friend - Luke befriends a deer at the Blue Mountain Quarry he brings the deer to Mille and Sir Robert Noramby.
 * 9) The Switch - Luke and Millie swap jobs.
 * 10) Not Now, Charlie! - There's an elephant on Charlie's track and Charlie tries to alert the other engines, but they wouldn't listen. Harold however, listens to Charlie and rescues the deer.
 * 11) The Rocket Returns - Stephen used to be known as the rocket and Thomas wants to help Stephen be the rocket a rocket once again.
 * 12) Santa's Little Engine - Santa is in Sodor to deliver presents to the children of sodor and Santa gets lost and Thomas wants to help him.
 * 13) New Wheels for Sidney - Sidney needs new wheels but nobody cares and when Sidney is delivering his special his wheels lead to trouble.
 * 14) - she is lovering girl. Luke told Millie love girl.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Emily
 * Duck
 * Belle
 * Flynn
 * Hiro
 * Connor
 * Stephen
 * Caitlin
 * Bertie
 * Sidney
 * Scruff
 * Whiff
 * Diesel
 * The Thin Controller
 * Spencer
 * Winston
 * Stafford
 * Bash
 * Dash
 * Ferdinand
 * Old Wheezy
 * Hee Haw
 * Skarloey
 * Jesse hall

Stanley and Feddie may appear.
 * Rheneas
 * Sir Handel
 * Peter Sam
 * Rusty
 * Luke
 * Merrick
 * Owen
 * Victor
 * Harold
 * Butch
 * Rocky
 * Millie
 * Kevin
 * Cranky
 * Den
 * Dart
 * Paxton
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Farmer McColl
 * Sir Robert Noramby
 * Some Children
 * Santa Claus (US) Father Christmas (UK)
 * Henrietta (cameo)
 * Rosie (cameo)
 * Norman (cameo)

Trivia

 * This will be the first season to be animated by Arc Productions
 * From this season onwards, the series will be directed by David Baas.
 * This will be the first season to be written by current head writer, Andrew Brenner.
 * This is Mark Moraghan's first season as narrator.
 * Five episodes from the upcoming DVD 'Railway Mischief', and two others based from the 2013 Wooden Railway sets, 'Santa's Little Engine' and 'Sidney's Holiday Special' were the evidence of the currently revealed episodes airing for Series 17 in Autumn 2013.
 * The writers are now credited when the title is put up at the beginning.
 * Duck reappears for the first time since season 12.
 * Rupert Degas has left the voice cast.

USA

 * Mark Moraghan as the narrator
 * Martin Sherman as Thomas, Percy and Diesel
 * Jules de Jongh as Emily, the children and Belle
 * Kerry Shale as Henry, Gordon, James, Scruff, Kevin, Sir Topham and Harold
 * Glenn Wrage as Cranky, Butch, Spencer and Rocky
 * Keith Wickham as Salty, Stafford, Skarloey, Sir Handel and Bertie
 * Matt Wilkinson as Winston, Rusty, Merrick
 * Steven Kynman as Paxton, Peter Sam and Dart
 * William Hope as Edward, Toby, Whiff, and Farmer McColl
 * David Bedella as Victor
 * Teresa Gallagher as Annie and Clarabel
 * Bob Golding as Stephen
 * Ben Small as Rheneas, Owen and Flynn
 * Toga Igawa as Hiro
 * Michael Legge as Luke
 * Ben Small as Owen
 * Rebecca O'Mara as Caitlin
 * Jonathan Forbes as Connor
 * Miranda Raison as Millie

UK and AUS
It's unknown who will voice Sidney, Santa Claus (Father Christmas)For UK and US
 * Mark Moraghan as the narrator
 * Ben Small as Thomas, Toby, Rheneas and Flynn
 * Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Whiff, Salty, Stafford, Sir Topham, Skarloey, Sir Handel, Harold, The Thin Controller and Bertie
 * Matt Wilkinson as Kevin, Cranky, Scruff, Winston, Farmer McColl, Rocky, Rusty, Butch and Merrick
 * Steven Kynman as Paxton, Peter Sam, Duck and Dart
 * Teresa Gallagher as Emily, Rosie, Annie, Clarabel and Belle
 * David Bedella as Victor
 * Bob Golding as Stephen
 * Michael Legge as Luke
 * Toga Igawa as Hiro
 * Rebecca O'Mara as Caitlin
 * Johnathan Forbes as Connor
 * Miranda Raison as Millie