Thomas and Friends in Pacifica

Thomas and Friends is a British television series based on the Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry and Christopher Awdry. It began airing in English in 1988, French in 1990, and Ektæó sometime in 1995.

History
The Railway Series books were sold in Pacifica from at least the 1950s, though the availability of such books and whether they were released in full or not is disputed.

The English version of the show debuted on 3 February 1989 as a part of Shining Time Station. Its usual airtime was at 7:30pm PT/6:30 AKT on Pacifvision from that year until 1991, when it moved back 30 minutes. It aired around that time for most of its time on that channel, though certain episodes ended up airing on its Saturday morning block. The show made its debut on cable television on (TBD) from 1997, though these episodes were shown individually (they also used the British narration for unknown reasons). After the completion of Series 5 in 2000, it moved to the then-block NTN Kids from 2001 onwards.

The rest of the Classic Series was shown in a 30-minute format that featured an extended intro, at least two songs, a segment about real-life railways around Pacifica (similar to the Down at the Station segments of the CGI series), and a couple of other stories. Series 7 aired with Michael Angelis' narration since it was shown there before the United States. The half-hour format, while modified from what it was previously, remained from the eighth to the twentieth series.

A French co-production of Shining Time Station aired on Centrale from 1990 to 1996. However, a number of its episodes are lost as they were never released on home video. From there, a Pacifican French dub of Thomas and Friends (Thomas le Petit Train et ses Amis) aired individually ever since.