Fergus Duncan in both English and Japanese.Keith Wickham voices a character named Willie who says "Crumbs!", similar to another character who he voiced in Angelina Ballerina, who is named William.Lady is voiced by Britt herself and also shares the same color scheme as the Queen of Night from Magic Adventures of Mumfie, another show Allcroft worked on before.Scruff refuses to do work at the wastedump after getting a repaint in "Scruff's Makeover".Oliver experiences this after positive remarks about escaping from scrap from Gordon, James, and Henry.Percy became cocky about overcoming the rainy weather from "Percy's Promise".Thomas becomes a bit stuck-up after he gets his branch line in season 1.Acquired Situational Narcissism: This happens to many engines who were given important jobs, rewards, or are praised for their feats.
The books were adapted for British television by Britt Allcroft in 1984.
There is also a widely-available series of books based on TV episodes. The books were originally written by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry his son Christopher later took on the job. It began life as The Railway Series, a series of books about a group of talking steam engines living on the Island of Sodor and the adventures they have under the guardianship of the Fat Controller (Sir Topham Hatt). Thomas & Friends, formerly known as Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, is a British series first broadcast in 1984.