To celebrate the 80th anniversary of British children’s classic, Thomas & Friends, an original unseen version of the pilot ...

PEOPLE gets a first look at the reconstructed pilot, shared with fans in celebration of 80 years of Thomas Thomas the Tank ...

The episode, filmed in 1983 and titled “Down the Mine,” was found accidentally in storage, Ian McCue, a producer of the series for a decade, told the BBC.

The TV show Thomas & Friends will mark the 80th anniversary of Thomas the Tank Engine with the release of an unseen pilot episode ...