Children's programme Thomas And Friends is to introduce an "inclusive" gender-balanced, multicultural set of characters as part of a… ...

Thomas and his friends changed through the decades. But in more than 500 episodes, some things stayed the same. The trains never left the island of Sodor and the female characters were not often ...

September 01, 2018 at 9:22am BST. Children’s programme Thomas And Friends is to introduce an “inclusive” gender-balanced, multicultural set of characters as part of a revamp.

‘Thomas & Friends’ will now feature Isla, an Australian Flying Doctor; Hong-mei, A Number 1 Blue Tank Engine from China, and Churubala, a female railway controller from India.

Outside of Thomas & Friends, Wilde says she often reminds her kids (with fiancé Jason Sudeikis) “that they won the life lottery.Everything they have access to is privileged, so they have a ...

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Children’s programme Thomas And Friends is to introduce an “inclusive” gender-balanced, multicultural set of characters as part of a revamp. The new series of the animated show about Thomas ...