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This Just In... Benefit for Indy Media This Just In... Benefit for Indy Media is a benefit CD released by Geykido Comet Records in 2005 for grassroots non-profit news outlet Indymedia, more specifically the Los Angeles chapter (there are over 40 chapters worldwide).
This Land This Land was a Canadian television series, which aired from 1970 to 1986 on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Evolving from the earlier series This Land of Ours, a documentary series about Canada's agricultural and natural resources, This Land expanded its focus to include environmental and conservation issues.
This Land Is Mine This Land Is Mine is a 1943 war drama set in Nazi-occupied France and directed by Jean Renoir. In the film, Charles Laughton plays Albert Lory, a cowardly school teacher in a small French village who is drawn into the actions of the resistance through his love of his country and fellow schoolteacher Louise Martin (Maureen O'Hara).
This Last Night In Sodom This Last Night in Sodom is the name of a 1984 album released by seminal electro-synth pop duo Soft Cell for Polygram records. It was released about a month after its two members Marc Almond and David Ball announced their breakup in a letter to various music magazines, including Melody Maker and NME, in the UK.
This Left Feels Right Live This Left Feels Right Live is the third and, so far, final of Bon Jovi's 'live' concert videos. Filmed at Atlantic City, New Jersey, this features the band's performance at the Borgata during the This Left Feels Right tour.
This Little Girl's Gone Rockin' This Little Girl's Gone Rockin' was a 1958 rhythm and blues single performed by Ruth Brown and released on Atlantic Records as Atlantic 1197 the week of August 25. It reached number 24 in Billboard's pop charts.
This Love (Pantera song) "This Love" is a popular song by the heavy metal band Pantera. It was first released on the band's best selling album, Vulgar Display of Power, and later on the band's compilation album, The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!.
This Modern World This Modern World is a weekly satirical comic strip by cartoonist and political commentator Tom Tomorrow (aka Dan Perkins) that covers current events from a liberal point of view. Tomorrow also runs a weblog that informs readers about stories of interest, often presented as a follow up to his cartoons.
This Morn' Omina This Morn' Omina is a Belgium-based band which has been described as "ritual trance" and "tribal industrial" in style, as well as noise. Formed in 1996 by Mika Goedrijk, who also has a hand in other groups such as Pow[d]er Pussy, Nebula-H, Andraculoid and Project Arctic.
This Morning (radio program) This Morning was a Canadian radio program, which aired from 1997 to 2002 on CBC Radio One. It was a transitional program, which underwent several format and hosting changes and was not always successful with CBC audiences.
This Morning (TV series) This Morning is a British, ITV1 daytime television programme that started on 3 October, 1988 and includes celebrity guests, entertainment, advice, competitions, cooking advice and features. On Monday 4 September 2006, the ninteenth series started live on ITV1.
This Morning With Richard Not Judy This Morning With Richard Not Judy or TMWRNJ was a British comedy television programme, written by and starring Lee and Herring (the comedians Stewart Lee and Richard Herring), made and broadcast by the BBC. Two series were broadcast in 1998 and 1999 on BBC2.
This Mortal Coil This Mortal Coil was a musical dream pop project of Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of the British 4AD Records label. The project brought together key 4AD artists, as well as others not signed to the label, under an umbrella name: among others, This Mortal Coil featured contributions from Howard Devoto, Colourbox, Dead Can Dance and, pivotally, Cocteau Twins.
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" is a song by Talking Heads, from their fifth album Speaking in Tongues. The lyrics were written by David Byrne, and the music was written by Byrne and the other members of the band, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison.
This Narrow Road This Narrow Road is the thirtieth album by Jandek, and the first of two new discs (there were several reissues) released in 2001. It is also the second of three (so far) spoken word releases and is Corwood #0768.
This Never Happened Before "This Never Happened Before" is a song from Paul McCartney's 2005 album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard. It was released to radio stations in the United States in 2006, peaking at #27 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart (see 2006 in music).
This Old Heart of Mine (album) This Old Heart of Mine is a 1966 album released by The Isley Brothers on the Tamla (Motown) label. The album, their first with the seminal Detroit-based music label, yielded the Isleys' biggest hit in their early period with the title track.
This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" was a successful hit single for The Isley Brothers in 1966 (see 1966 in music), during their brief tenure on Motown's Tamla label. Written by Motown's main songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland alongside Sylvia Moy, "This Old Heart of Mine", produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier, was originally intended for The Supremes (who later recorded their own version for their Supremes A' Go-Go album).
This Old Skin This Old Skin is a song by The Beautiful South. Appearing on their covers album, Golddiggas, Headnodders and Pholk Songs it was purportedly written by Bobby Cristiansand and Bobby Klein, of the band The Heppelbaums, supposedly appearing on their album Hunt For The White Nightingale.
This Ole House "This Ole House" is a popular song. It describes a house in a state of disrepair after its owner's death, and was inspired by a real-life house found by songwriter Stuart Hamblen and his friends while on a fishing trip.
This One's for the Children "This One's For The Children" is a 1989 single from New Kids On The Block. Taken from the groups holiday album, Merry, Merry Christmas, the single peaked at #7 on the Hot 100 Singles Chart in December, and #9 on the UK singles chart.
This One's for You This One's For You was the fourth studio album by singer and songwriter Barry Manilow released in 1976. The album went triple platinum, and yielded the hits "Daybreak", "Weekend in New England", and the #1 "Looks Like We Made It.
This Perfect Day This Perfect Day (1970), by Ira Levin, is a heroic science fiction novel of a technocratic utopia. Often compared to Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World, This Perfect Day is in some ways more subtle in its depiction of the oppressive society of the story.
This Picture This Picture was a UK band that was formed in 1989 in Cheltenham, England and broke-up in 1995. They have been described as "like just another U2 knockoff" The band consisted of lead singer Symon Bye, Duncan Forrester (drums), Robert Forrester (guitar), and Austen Rowley who replaced original bass player Steve Hughes in 1991.
This Providence This Providence (previously known as Sunday's Best), is a four-piece indie rock band from Seattle, Washington. The members of This Providence came together in the summer of 2003 and shortly after recorded, co-produced, and self-released an EP (now out of print).
This Rebel Breed This Rebel Breed was a 1960 melodrama starring Rita Moreno, Gerald Mohr, Eugenio Martin, and Dyan Cannon. The film tells the tale of two policemen who go undercover to defeat drug trafficking amongst high school gangs.
This Sceptred Isle This Sceptred Isle was created as a series of short 12-14 minute radio programmes by the BBC for transmission daily on Radio 4 from 1996 about the history of the lands and peoples of the British Isles. The producer was Pete Atkin.
This Song "This Song" is the fourth track on George Harrison's 1976 album Thirty Three & 1/3. It was written after the week George spent in a New York courtroom, (unsuccessfully) trying to convince a judge that his 1970 song, "My Sweet Lord", did not intentionally infringe the 1963 Chiffons hit, "He's So Fine".
This Space for Rent This Space for Rent is a Canadian dramedy on CBC starring Dov Tiefenbach that premiered on January 4th, 2006 as a 'special' CBC pilot as part of its "Comedy Week". Tiefenbach plays Lucky Carroway, a recent University graduate and writer who finds that life after University is not as perfect as it might seem.
This Spartan Life This Spartan Life is an award-winning talk show created by Bong + Dern Productions and produced and directed by Chris Burke, who hosts the show under the pseudonym Damian Lacedaemion (pronounced ). Premiering in 2005 and distributed over the Internet, the show is created using the machinima technique of recording the video and audio from a multiplayer Xbox Live session of Bungie Studios' first-person shooter video game Halo 2.
This Sporting Life (radio program) This Sporting Life is a Triple J radio program, created by actor-writer-comedians John Doyle and Greig Pickhaver, who perform as their characters Roy and HG. First broadcast in 1986 and still on the air, it is one of the longest-running, most popular and most successful radio comedy programs of the post-television era in Australia.
This Sweet Sickness This Sweet Sickness is a 1961 novel by Patricia Highsmith about a young man who fancies a girl and is convinced that they are going to be married in the near future. Though he is aware of certain obstacles that are in his way before he can marry the girl of his dreams, the fact that he is really insane is only gradually revealed by the seemingly objective third person narrator (who in fact minutely chronicles the protagonist's downfall and who to a very large extent gives the reader an insight into the workings of the young man's mind rather than an objective account).
This Time (Waylon Jennings album) This Time is an album by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Victor in 1974, at the peak of the outlaw country movement. It features slightly more laid-back compositions than Jennings' previous album, Honky Tonk Heroes.
This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" is a song written by Ron Mael of the American pop group Sparks. It is the opening track on their 1974 album Kimono My House, and was the lead single from the album, reaching number two in the UK singles chart.
This Town Will Never Let Us Go This Town Will Never Let Us Go is an original novel by Lawrence Miles set in the Faction Paradox universe. Although taking place in a shared universe, it is a stand-alone work that does not require any prior knowledge and features no recurring characters.
This Train This Train is a rock band, formed in 1993 in Chicago, Illinois by bassist Mark Robertson, and Guitarist Jordan Richter. After other drummers came and went, the pair added Cobra Joe in time for their first "official" release, Your Soaking In It!.
This was their finest hour The This was their finest hour speech was a famous speech made by Sir Winston Churchill to the House of Commons of the British Parliament on 18 June 1940. It was given shortly after he took over (on 10 May) as Prime Minister of Britain, in the first year of World War II.
This Way This Way is the third album by singer/songwriter Jewel, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music). Singles included the hits "Standing Still" and "Break Me" as well as the eponymous track "This Way" also found on the soundtrack for the Angelina Jolie film Life or Something Like It.
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen, also known as Ladies and Gentlemen, to the Gas Chamber, is a collection of short stories by Tadeusz Borowski.(Original title PoĹĽegnanie z MariÄ… - Farewell to Maria.
This Week (BBC One TV series) This Week is a current affairs and politics TV programme on the BBC, screened on Thursday evenings, hosted by Andrew Neil alongside former Conservative MP Michael Portillo(Michael "No Scope" Portillo), and Labour MP Diane Abbott. The show also features special guests, who show short films based on matters close to their own hearts, and then debate the issues raised with the studio panel.
This Week (ITV TV series) This Week was the name of a weekly current affairs series screened on the ITV network in the United Kingdom, produced for the network by Thames Television. Its most famous edition was Death on the Rock, a 1988 documentary so controversial that many believe it directly led to Thames losing their London weekday ITV broadcasting franchise in 1992.
This WEEK in LAW this WEEK in LAW is an occasional podcast produced by the TWiT podcast network. Denise Howell, Cathy Kirkman, Ernie Svenson, and John Palfrey discuss breaking issues in technology law including patents, copyrights, and more.
This WEEK in TECH this WEEK in TECH, casually referred to as TWiT, and formerly known as Revenge of the Screen Savers — is a weekly podcast (and occasional videocast) of the TWiT.tv network Hosted by Leo Laporte] and many other former [[TechTV employees, it features roundtable discussions and debates surrounding current technology news and reviews, with a particular focus on consumer electronics.
This Wheel's on Fire This Wheel's on Fire is the 1993 autobiography of actor and musician Levon Helm, focusing on his career as a member of the rock group The Band. The book traces Helm's life from his childhood in the deep south through his years as a drummer and singer for The Band, to his struggle to establish a professional identity in the wake of The Band's official end in 1976.
This Wheel's on Fire (song) "This Wheel's on Fire" is a song written by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko. It was recorded by Dylan and appeared on his 1975 album The Basement Tapes, as well as on The Band's 1968 album Music From Big Pink.
This Whole World "This Whole World" is the title of a song written by Brian Wilson for The Beach Boys, on their 1970 album Sunflower. Earlier in the year, it had been included on the Warner Brothers promotional sampler album The Big Ball, and as a single, backed with "Slip On Through", but did not make the US or UK pop charts.
This Wild Darkness: The Story of My Death This Wild Darkness is a compilation of essays written by Harold Brodkey as he neared death from AIDS and first published in 1996. The memoirs were written from when he was first diagnosed with AIDS until it left him too feeble to write, as he details in the later entries.
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)" is a song performed by Natalie Cole and composed by Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy. It was Natalie Cole's debut single in 1975 and one of her biggest hits, becoming a #1 R&B and #6 Pop smash in the U.
This Woman's Work (song) "This Woman's Work" was the second single released from Kate Bush's sixth studio album The Sensual World (1989). The song was originally featured on the soundtrack of the American film She's Having a Baby (1988), but Kate had been persuaded to add it onto the track listing of The Sensual World.
This World (television programme) This World is a BBC television documentary strand, shown in the United Kingdom on BBC Two, and occasionally internationally on BBC World. The subject matter is mainly social issues and current affairs stories from around the world.
This Wreckage This Wreckage is a song written and performed by Gary Numan. It was featured as the opening track on his 1980 LP Telekon and was the third and final single to be released from that album (although the only one to feature on every configuration of Telekon worldwide).
This Year in Baseball Awards This Year in Baseball Awards, initiated by Major League Baseball in 2002, are honors given annually to the most extraordinary baseball performances, players, and managers. Nominees for the awards are selected by baseball fans via the online voting system on the official website of Major League Baseball.
Thiske Thiske Gompa (also transliterated from Ladakhi as 'Tiske', 'Tiskey' or 'Thiskey') is a Yellow Hat (Gelugpa) Buddhist monsatery in the Indus Valley, 25 km east of Leh, the capital of Ladakh. Noted for it's resemblance to the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, the main point of interest is the the Maitreya (Future Buddha) Temple inaugurated by the Dalai Lama in 1980 (containing a 15m metre high statue of the Maitreya).
Thisted Bryghus Thisted Bryghus is a small Danish brewery located in the town of Thisted in northwestern Jutland, Denmark. The brewery supplies the locals with typical Danish pilsner beer, but has recently risen to some national and international renown for beers like Porse Guld and Limfjords-Porter, a Baltic porter.
Thistle Thistle is the common name of a polyphyletic group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp spines or prickles on the margins, mostly in the plant family Asteraceae. Their prickles often occur all over the plant, including on the stem and flat parts of the leaf.
Thistle Hall Thistle Hall is the name of a community venue in Wellington's Cuba Street, and home to a diverse range of arts events, creative activities, exhibitions, and workshops. It is owned by Wellington City Council, and co-managed through a dedicated charitable trust.
Thistle tube A thistle tube is a piece of laboratory glassware consisting mostly of a shaft of tube, with a [and funnel]-like section at the top. Thistle tubes are typically used by [[chemists to add liquid to an existing system of apparatus.
Thistle Tower Hotel The Thistle Tower Hotel is situated on the north bank of the River Thames, on the east side of Tower Bridge. Although it is built in a dated modern style considered unattractive by some neighbors, it is reputed to offer occupants excellent views from its rooms.
Thitinan Pongsudhirak Thitinan Pongsudhirak () is a Thai political scientist and a Profesor at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. He is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore.
Thixotropy Thixotropy is the property of some non-newtonian pseudoplastic fluids to show a time-dependent change in viscosity; the longer the fluid undergoes shear, the lower its viscosity. A thixotropic fluid is a shear-thinning fluid which takes a finite amount of time to reach an equilibrium viscosity when introduced to a step change in shear rate.
Thizz Entertainment Thizz Entertainment is a Bay Area based record label that was created in the late 90's, by the late Bay Area rapper Mac Dre and close friend Curtis "Kilo Curt" Nelson. When Mac Dre passed in 2004, Curtis took over control of the label.
Thliptodontidae The small planktonic pelagic snails of the family Thliptodontidae (Kwietniewski, 1910) lack a shell (except in their early embryonic stage).They are carnivores, equipped with swimming parapoda (fleshy winglike outgrowths), strong jaws and grasping tentacles, often with suckers resembling those of cephalopods.
Thmuis Thmuis (Greek: ; Arabic: Tell El-Timai) is a city of Lower Egypt, on the canal east of the Nile, between its Tanitic and Mendesian branches. In Greco-Roman Egypt, Thumis replaced Djedet as the capital of Lower Egypt's 16th nome of Kha [ Herodotus (II, 166) ].
Thobias Fredriksson Thobias Fredriksson (born April 4, 1975) is a Swedish cross-country skier who has competed since 2000. He won two medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin with a gold in the team sprint and a bronze in the individual sprint events.
Thoburn v Sunderland City Council Thoburn v Sunderland City Council [2002] EWHC 195 is a vital case in British Constitutional and Administrative law. In it, Lord Justice Laws suggests that "constitutional statutes" possess a superior status in English law, and they are unsuitable for Implied repeal.
Thocomerius of Wallachia T[h]ocomerius/Tihomir/Togomer/Totomer/Tugomir/Toq-Timur is thought to have been a Cuman/Romanian voivode (circa 1290 - circa 1310), possibly the father of Basarab I, the founder of the principality of Wallachia.
Thodikana Thodikana(ತೊಡಿಕಾನ) is an Indian village nestled in the foothills of the Western Ghats in southern Karnataka. It is a beautiful little village in Dakshina Kannada district, about 100 km from Mangalore city.
Thodupuzha river Thodupuzha River has its origins in the Thodupuzha Taluk in Idukki District of Kerala and is a tributory of Muvattupuzha river. The river is one of the few in the state that does not become dry in the summer as the outflow from the Idukki hydro-electric project built is drained into this river.
Thokk In Norse mythology, Thokk (possibly Loki in disguise) was the frost giantess who refused to weep for the slain Baldur. Hel, the queen of the dead, said that, if all inhabitants of the nine worlds wept for him, she would allow him to rise.
Thokoza Thokoza is a township situated south east of Alberton, adjacent to Katlehong on the East Rand, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1973 and together with Katlehong it forms the second biggest black township after Soweto.
Tholey Abbey Tholey Abbey (Abtei Tholey) in Tholey, in the district of Sankt Wendel in Saarland, is a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Saint Maurice. It is part of the Beuronese Congregation within the Benedictine Confederation.
Tholian Tholians are a starfaring and extremely territorial race in the Star Trek fictional universe. The Tholian home nation is the Tholian Assembly, which inhabits an area of space in the Alpha Quadrant, in close proximity to the Klingon Empire and the Badlands.
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Tholin Tholin is a heteropolymer formed by solar ultraviolet irradiation of simple organic compounds such as methane or ethane. Tholins do not form naturally on modern-day Earth, but are found in great abundance on the surface of icy bodies in the outer solar system.
Tholkappiar Tholkappiar was the author of the Tholkappiyam, a book concerning the use of grammar in the Tamil language. It is said to have been written 2,000 years ago and might have been based on a grammar book written by Tholkappiar's guru Agastiyar.
Tholobate Tholobate, the architectural term given to the cylindrical drum on which a dome is raised. In the earlier Byzantine churches, the dome rested direct on the pendentives and the windows were pierced in the dome itself; in later examples, between the pendentive and the dome an intervening circular wall was built, in which the windows were pierced, and this is the type which was universally employed by the architects of the Renaissance, of whose works the best-known examples are those of St.
Thom Adcox-Hernandez Thom Adcox-Hernandez is an American actor. Best known for his role as Brian in the prime-time soap opera Falcon Crest, Adcox-Hernandez also provided the voice of Lexington in the Disney animated series Gargoyles.
Thom Andersen Thom Andersen (born 1943, Chicago) is a filmmaker, film critic, and teacher. He currently teaches film theory and history at the California Institute of the Arts, and has previously taught at the SUNY Buffalo and Ohio State University.
Thom Bierdz Thom Bierdz (born March 25, 1962 in Kenosha, Wisconsin) is an American actor best known for his role as Phillip Chancellor III on The Young and the Restless, appearing from 1986 to 1989 and returning briefly in 2004.
Thom Doucette Thom "Ace" Doucette is an American blues harmonica ("harp") player from the Sarasota, Florida region. He is most known for having played with The Allman Brothers Band from the 1970s through the 2000s, although was never a member.
Thom Hoffman Thomas Antonius Cornelis Ancion, known by the pseudonym Thom Hoffman, (born March 3, 1957 in Wassenaar) is a Dutch actor and photographer.Note: parts of this article have been translated from the [version of this page.
Thom Jones Thom Jones (born 1945) is an American writer, primarily of short stories. He was discovered, when well into his 40s, by the fiction editors of The New Yorker, who published a series of his stories in the early 1990s.
Thom Merrick Thom Merrick (born January 1, 1963, in Sacramento, California) is an American Artist. He attended the San Francisco Art Institute, and emerged in the mid 1980’s, represented by pioneer gallerists, Colin de Land (b.
Thom Pace Thom Pace (born 1949, in Idaho) wrote the song "Maybe" (which started out as a medley entitled "Wear the Sun in Your Heart" / "Maybe"), an inspiring piece which is the theme song of the film and TV series, The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams.
Thom Pain (based on nothing) Thom Pain (based on nothing) is a solo play written by Will Eno. It is a monologue that is the ramblings of a man who has suffered a lot in his life telling the story of a bee sting, a boy with a dog that died, and his experience with a woman.
Thom Panunzio Thom Panunzio is a recording engineer originally working at Record Plant Studios in New York. Since the mid-1970s he has engineered and produced albums by Willie Nile, Ozzy Osbourne, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, and Bob Dylan.
Thom space In mathematics, the Thom space or Thom complex (named after René Thom) of algebraic topology and differential topology is a topological space associated to a vector bundle, over any paracompact space. One way to construct this space is as follows.
Thomas Thomas was not a Biblical given name, but originated from the Aramaic designation תום or Tôm. The meaning of the name is "twin", and in the New Testament the designation was applied to Judas Thomas, "Jude the Twin" who was venerated as Saint Thomas the Apostle.
Thomas 'Ta' Power Thomas 'Ta' Power was an Irish Republican Socialist who was a leading member of the IRSP and INLA According to the IRSM biography page on Power, he was "from Friendly Street in the Markets area of south Belfast, he had been in the OIRA but joined the INLA in 1975 while a prisoner in Long Kesh."
Thomas & Friends Magazines There have been many magazines made and sold called Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends magazines. These feature stories, games, puzzles, character information and other things about Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends.
Thomas & Sarah Thomas & Sarah was a short-lived British drama series and the only spin-off from the popular series Upstairs, Downstairs. It ran for thirteen episodes in 1979 and featured John Alderton and Pauline Collins reprising their former roles.
Thomas "Doveman" Bartlett Music critic, pianist and songwriter, born Brattleboro, Vermont, 1982. Co-founder of pre-teen folk music ensemble Popcorn Behavior with Sam Amidon; the band changed its name to The Assembly when the members became more mature.
Thomas 15X Johnson Thomas 15X Johnson was one of the convicted assassins of Malcolm X. Both Johnson and Talmadge Hayer, the only assassin who was apprehended at the scene and confessed, claimed that Johnson was innocent of the crime.
Thomas and Friends - Season 1 Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series of books written by Rev. W.
Thomas and Friends - Season 10 Thomas and Friends (previously known as Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends) is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series of books written by Rev. W.
Thomas and Friends - Season 2 Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series of books written by Rev. W.
Thomas and Friends - Season 3 Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series of books written by Rev. W.
Thomas and Friends - Season 4 Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series of books written by Rev. W.
Thomas and Friends - Season 5 Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series of books written by Rev. W.
Thomas and Friends - Season 6 Thomas and Friends (previously known as Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends) is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series of books written by Rev. W.

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