Thomas & Friends "Series 12" (partially found Pierce Brosnan narrations of British children's animated series; 2008)

Season 12 DVD cover.

Status: Partially Found

In 2007, it was announced that actor Pierce Brosnan of James Bond fame would be taking over as narrator for Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, starting with the "The Great Discovery" special. Although Brosnan narrated the special as planned, when season 12 premiered in 2008, the series was still narrated by Michael Angelis in the UK and Michael Brandon in the US. The reasons why Brosnan did not continue aren't fully clear, though it is often falsely rumoured that he left due to his disapproval of the twelfth season's incorporation of CGI.

Evidence has shown that Brosnan has indeed recorded dialogue for the narration. In the behind-the-scenes featurette on "The Great Discovery" DVD, Brosnan can be heard recording dialogue for the episodes "Thomas Puts the Brakes On" and "Best Friends".

In 2011, a 38-second audio clip surfaced of Pierce Brosnan's narration of "Gordon Takes a Shortcut". This audio originated from animation director Dino Athanassiou's website. So far, nothing official has been released of the narrations.

Episode list

#	Episode	Status	Notes
1	Thomas and the Billboard	Lost
2	Steady Eddie	Lost
3	Rosie's Funfair Special/Rosie's Carnival Special	Lost	Rumoured to be owned by a user on Reddit.
4	Mountain Marvel	Lost	Rumoured to be owned by a user on Reddit.
5	Henry Gets it Wrong	Lost
6	Heave Ho Thomas	Lost
7	Toby's Special Surprise	Lost
8	Excellent Emily	Lost
9	The Party Surprise	Lost
10	Saved You	Lost
11	Duncan and the Hot Air Balloon	Lost
12	James Works it Out	Lost
13	Tram Trouble	Lost
14	Don't Go Back	Lost
15	Gordon Takes a Shortcut	Partially Found	Clip featured on a director's website.
16	The Man in the Hills	Lost
17	Thomas Puts the Brakes on	Partially Found	Audio Recordings featured on a behind-the-scenes video of The Great Discovery.
18	Percy and the Bandstand	Lost
19	Push me Pull You	Lost
20	Best Friends	Partially Found	Audio Recordings featured on a behind-the-scenes video of The Great Discovery.

Gallery

Sample of Brosnan's narration for "Gordon Takes a Shortcut".

"Behind the Scenes with Pierce Brosnan" featurette featuring audio from "Thomas Puts the Brakes On" and "Best Friends".

See Also

Thomas & Friends

• Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go (partially found test animation of reboot of British children TV series; 2020)
• Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels (lost original cut of direct-to-DVD film; existence unconfirmed; 2011)
• Thomas & Friends "Jack Jumps In" (found Alec Baldwin narration of British children's TV series episode; 2002)
• Thomas & Friends "Series 7" (partially found original music of American dub of British children's TV series; mid 2000s)

Thomas the Tank Engine

• Thomas the Tank Engine (lost pilot episode of unproduced 2D animated adaptation of "The Railway Series" books; 1976)
• 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 the Tank Engine "Season 3" (found original Michael Angelis narrations 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 & Friends (partially lost deleted scenes of British children's TV series; 1984-2021)

Other

• Barry the Rescue Engine (lost production material of cancelled "The Railway Series" book; 1980s)
• Jack and the Sodor Construction Company (miscellaneous lost media of spinoff series; existence unconfirmed; 2002)
• The Sad Story of Henry (lost live BBC broadcast adaptation of "The Railway Series" books; 1953)
• Storytime with Thomas (partially found Fox Family series; 1999-2000)
• The Thomas & Friends Institute of Innovation (partially found informational short film; 2013-2014)
• Thomas and the Magic Railroad (found deleted scenes of children's fantasy adventure film; 2000)
• Thomas and the Magic Railroad (lost test footage of 3.5" character models for British children's TV series; 1995)
• Thomas and the U.K. Trip & Thomas Number 1 (found Japanese "Thomas the Tank Engine" crossover TV special and music video; 1993)
• Thomas the Tank Engine (found original illustrated edition of book; 1946)
• Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (found build of cancelled NES port of educational game; 1993)
• Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends (lost build of cancelled PlayStation educational game; 1999)
• The Three Railway Engines (found original edition of book; 1945)