Thomas and Friends - Season 17

The seventeenth season is slated to air in Autumn 2013. 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
More episodes will be revealed later this year.
 * 1) New Wheels for Sidney
 * 2) Steamie Stafford
 * 3) Scruff's Makeover
 * 4) Kevin's Cranky Friend
 * 5) Gordon Runs Dry
 * 6) Wayward Winston
 * 7) Santa's Little Engine

Characters
Victor, Whiff Belle Flynn Millie, and the rest of the Steam Team are likely to appear.
 * Thomas
 * Gordon
 * Percy
 * Sidney
 * Scruff
 * Winston
 * Stafford
 * Kevin
 * Cranky
 * Den
 * Dart
 * Paxton
 * Sir Topham Hatt

Trivia

 * This will be the first season to be animated by Arc Prroductions
 * From this season onwards, the series will be produced by Kallan Keagan and directed by Rob Silvestri.
 * This will be the first season to be written by Andrew Brenner.
 * 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.

UK

 * Michael Angelis as the Narrator
 * Ben Small as Thomas
 * Keith Wickham as Percy, Den, and Sir Topham Hatt
 * Rupert Degas as Dart
 * Steven Kynman as Paxton

US

 * Michael Brandon as the Narrator
 * Martin Sherman as Thomas and Percy
 * Kerry Shale as Sir Topham Hatt
 * Keith Wickham as Den
 * Rupert Degas as Dart
 * Steven Kynman as Paxton