Thomas & Friends: The Classic Collection

Thomas & Friends: The Classic Collection is a US Blu-ray and DVD release of the British children's program(me), Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. The collection is available in both separate complete series, or complete season, sets and a bigger pack containing all twelve Blu-rays, or DVDs, and an extensively-written book with information on the making of the show.

Similar to the remastered versions seen on the British DVDs and the American The Early Years DVD, each episode will receive all-new high-definition transfers derived from the original camera footage. To illustrate the differences between both the British and American narrations, the sets contain either both of all three narrators' dubs for every or most of the episodes in each series. As the title indicates, the twelve series that make up what many people call "the model series" - episodes shot with live-action model trains instead of the more recent computer-animation of current series - are covered on each volume.

Volume 1
Narrators: Ringo Starr (UK; US dub for 25 episodes), George Carlin (US dub for every episode)
 * "Thomas and Gordon"/"Thomas Gets Tricked"
 * "Edward and Gordon"/"Edward Helps Out"
 * "The Sad Story of Henry"/"Come Out, Henry!"
 * "Edward, Gordon, and Henry"/"Henry to the Rescue"
 * "Thomas' Train"/"A Big Day for Thomas"
 * "Thomas and the Trucks"/"Trouble for Thomas"
 * "Thomas and the Breakdown Train"/"Thomas Saves the Day"
 * "James and the Coaches"/"James Learns a Lesson"
 * "Troublesome Trucks"/"Foolish Freight Cars"
 * "James and the Express"/"A Proud Day for James"
 * "Thomas and the Guard"/"Thomas and the Conductor"

Technical specifications

 * Aspect ratio:
 * 1.33:1 (series 1-6)
 * 1.78:1 (series 6-12)
 * Audio:
 * Blu-ray:
 * English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
 * English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, Polish, Thai, and Turkish Dolby TrueHD 2.0 (dubs)
 * 'DVD:
 * English Dolby Digital 5.1
 * English, French, Spanish, and Japanese Dolby Surround 2.0 (dubs)
 * English, French, Spanish, and Japanese Dolby Surround 2.0 (dubs)