The popular children's television show <i id="mw9g"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_&amp;_Friends" id="mw9w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thomas &amp; Friends">Thomas The Tank Engine &amp; Friends</a></i>, based on <i id="mw-A"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Railway_Series" id="mw-Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The Railway Series">The Railway Series</a></i> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbert_Awdry" id="mw-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Wilbert Awdry">the Reverend Wilbert Awdry</a>, premieres on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a>.<sup about="#mwt19" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"}}' id="cite_ref-1" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_9#cite_note-1" id="mw_A" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw_Q">[1]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"><cite about="#mwt16" class="citation web cs1" id="mwBw8"><a class="external text" href="https://www.sodor-island.com/the-tv-series" id="mwBxA" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"The TV Series"</a>. <i id="mwBxE">Sodor Island Fansite</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBxI">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBxM">2021-06-14</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt16" class="Z3988" id="mwBxQ" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Sodor+Island+Fansite&amp;rft.atitle=The+TV+Series&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sodor-island.com%2Fthe-tv-series&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOctober+9"></span></span>