Thomas and the U.K. Trip & Thomas Number 1 (found Japanese "Thomas the Tank Engine" crossover TV special and music video; 1991)

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Status: Found

Date found: 16 Oct 2016

Found by: ThomasFan1945 Productions™

Thomas the Tank Engine has had many specials, and most believe the first was Thomas and the Magic Railroad. However, in 1993, the true first Thomas special aired, a crossover entitled Thomas and the U.K. Trip, featuring characters from the Japanese show, Hirake! Ponkikki. The characters from the Japanese show visit the Island of Sodor where Thomas and his friends live, and then the "real" UK to see real steam engines. The special was never released on VHS, however, it is most likely that it was recorded by a home viewer, as the whole special is on YouTube. Notably at 11:57 in the video an instrumental cover of the Beatles song "Ob-la-di Ob-la-da" can be heard, this may be because Ringo Starr was the narrator for the English version of Thomas the Tank Engine.

Interesting enough the "I'm Thomas the Tank Engine" music video had been released on a Japanese VHS called Hello Thomas and James (Pちゃんのハロートーマス＆ジェームス) back in 1996. Another rare Japanese Thomas artifact is the song "Thomas Number 1". It is so obscure that it is not listed in the songs category of the official Thomas the Tank Engine Wiki. It's confirmed as to be an official music video made exclusively for Japan as at the time the first two seasons had aired in Japan. The music video uses clips from seasons 1 and 2 which had only aired at that very time during this specials airing. (The song currently credited as the first is "Thomas' Anthem").

On October 16th, 2016, the special was found and uploaded onto YouTube by ThomasFan1945 Productions™.

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See Also

Thomas & Friends

• Thomas & Friends "Jack Jumps In" (found Alec Baldwin narration of British children's TV series episode; 2002)
• Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels (lost original cut of direct-to-DVD film; existence unconfirmed; 2011)
• Thomas & Friends "Series 7" (partially found original music of American dub of British children's TV series; mid 2000s)
• Thomas & Friends "Series 12" (partially found Pierce Brosnan narrations of British children's animated series; 2008)

Thomas the Tank Engine

• Thomas the Tank Engine "Season 3" (found Michael Angelis narriation of British children's TV series episodes; 1991)
• Thomas the Tank Engine "Season 4" (found pre-recorded version of British children's TV series episodes; 1994)
• Thomas the Tank Engine "Down the Mine" (partially found unaired pitch pilot version of children's TV series; 1983)
• Thomas the Tank Engine "The Missing Coach" (partially found footage from unfinished episode of children's TV series; 1986)
• Thomas and the Magic Railroad (found deleted scenes of children's fantasy adventure film; 2000)
• Thomas the Tank Engine (lost pilot episode of unproduced 2D animated adaptation on "The Railway Series" books; 1976)

Other

• Thomas the Tank Engine (found original illustrated edition of book; 1946)
• Jack and the Sodor Construction Company (miscellaneous lost media of spinoff series; existence unconfirmed; 2002)
• The Three Railway Engines (found original edition of book; 1945)
• Barry the Rescue Engine (lost production material on cancelled "The Railway Series" book; 1980s)
• The Sad Story of Henry (lost live BBC broadcast adaptation of "The Railway Series" books; 1953)
• Thomas and the Magic Railroad (lost test footage of 3.5" character models for British children's TV series; 1995)