and then at Shepperton Studios
) that produced the first two seasons of the children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
from 1984 to 1986, for The Britt Allcroft Company. Clearwater is also known for creating the hit children's TV show TUGS
. The company was founded in the early 1980s by Gerry Anderson
alumni Ken Turner
and David Mitton
, and produced television commercials as well as miniature effects for films and TV shows.
"Wake up, lazybones! Why don't you do some hard work like me?"
"Well, well, anyway, er, blue is the only color for a, for a Really Useful Engine. Everyone knows that!"
"I've got to stop! I've got to stop!"
"Edward is impossible! He clanks about like a lot of old iron, and he is so slow, he makes us wait!"
"Disgusting!"
"What a lark! What a lark!"
"The rain will spoil my green paint with red stripes then."
"Dinner fact yer self, Thomas. We'll soon have you back on the rails!"
"Bother those trucks. Why can't they come quietly?"
"I can go anywhere, I don't need rails."