Thomas and Friends - Season 17

The seventeenth season 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
More episodes will be revealed later this year.
 * 1) Steamie Stafford - Stafford becomes jealous of the steam engines because of all the noise they make, so he begins to act like them.
 * 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) Kevin's Cranky Friend - Kevin helps Cranky at the docks, but Cranky does not think he needs help even as the work piles up.
 * 4) Calm Down, Caitlin - Caitlin stays on Sodor for the night.
 * 5) Gordon Runs Dry - Gordon's boiler is damaged, but he is too impatient to get repaired or stop to refill with water because of the leak.
 * 6) Wayward Winston - Winston is frustrated because the Fat Controller cannot drive him well, so he decides to go driver-less.
 * 7) Henry's Hero - Duck tells Henry and Hiro about the bad coal that has been delivered that morning.
 * 8) Luke's New Friend - Luke befriends a deer at the Blue Mountain Quarry
 * 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.
 * 11) 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.
 * 12) New Wheels for Sidney - Sidney needs new wheels but nobody cares and when Sidney is delivering his special his wheels lead to trouble.

Characters
Stanley, Spencer, and Connor should also appear.
 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Emily
 * Duck
 * Hiro
 * Stephen
 * Caitlin
 * Bertie
 * Sidney
 * Scruff
 * Whiff
 * Winston
 * Stafford
 * Bash
 * Dash
 * Ferdinand
 * Old Wheezy
 * Hee Haw
 * Victor
 * Millie
 * Kevin
 * Norman
 * Cranky
 * Den
 * Dart
 * Paxton
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Farmer McColl
 * Sir Robert Noramby
 * Some Children
 * Henrietta (cameo)
 * Rosie (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.

USA

 * Mark Moraghan as the narrator
 * Martin Sherman as Thomas and Percy
 * Jules de Jongh as Emily, Rosie and the children
 * Kerry Shale as Henry, Gordon, James, Scruff, Kevin, and Sir Topham Hatt
 * Glenn Wrage as Cranky
 * Keith Wickham as Salty and Stafford
 * Matt Wilkinson as Winston
 * Steven Kynman as Paxton
 * William Hope as Edward, Toby, Whiff, and Farmer McColl
 * David Bedella as Victor
 * Teresa Gallagher as Annie and Clarabel
 * Rupert Degas as Bertie

UK and AUS

 * Mark Moraghan as the narrator
 * Ben Small as Thomas and Toby
 * Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Whiff, Salty, Stafford, and Sir Topham Hatt
 * Matt Wilkinson as Kevin, Cranky, Scruff, Winston, and Farmer McColl
 * Steven Kynman as Paxton
 * Teresa Gallagher as Emily, Rosie, Annie, and Clarabel
 * David Bedella as Victor
 * Rupert Degas as Bertie