On Site with Thomas

On Site with Thomas

Jack and the Pack is a direct-to-video release of the series Thomas and Friends. The thirteen episodes feature the Sodor Construction Company, or The Pack: a group of characters introduced in Season 6 with the intent to launch a spin-off series.

In the US, the episodes were featured on three DVDs: "On Site with Thomas" in 2006, "Thomas' Trusty Friends" in 2007, and "Mud, Glorious Mud" in 2008. In the UK (released October 2006) and Australia (October 2007), they were released in the form of a single DVD of 11 episodes ("Thomas' Trusty Friends"). The two excluded episodes, "Jack Owns Up" and "Percy's Scary Tale" had a limited release on single DVDs available initially at Woolworths and later The Sunday Mirror.

The episodes were narrated by Michael Angelis in the United Kingdom and Australia and by Michael Brandon in the United States. The musical scores for each episode were composed by Robert Hartshorne. The DVD with 11 episodes was also released in The Netherlands in 2009 narrated by Erik de Zwart.

Though the episodes were released in 2006-2008, the filming was in the original 35mm camera format, and the original four-and-a-half-minute running length (as opposed to the digital photography and seven-minute running length that have been in use since 2004).


Characters

The following characters were introduced in Jack and the Pack:

- Monty (a dump truck and Max's twin brother) (On Site with Thomas)

- Patrick (a concrete mixer) (On Site with Thomas)

- Buster (a steamroller) (A Visit from Thomas)

- Nelson (a Ballast tractor) (On Site with Thomas)

Episodes

# Total Title Writer(s)
1 235 "A Visit from Thomas" Paul Dawson
Miss Jenny's machines are preparing the site for a new school, when Oliver unexpectedly finds something buried in the ground. 
2 236 "Jack Owns Up" Paul Larson
The Pack is sent to a workshop, but Jack accidentally knocks some supplies over and Ned is blamed for the resulting accident. 
3 237 "On Site with Thomas" Will Ing
Patrick boasts that he has the most important job while building a community center. This leads Jack and Alfie to question whose job really is most important, and the other machines are swept up in the commotion. 
4 238 "Percy's Scary Tale" Jonathan Trueman
On a dark night in the forest, Kelly tells a scary story about a one-eyed truck, and Max and Monty decide to take advantage of the situation by trying to scare the other machines. 
5 239 "Kelly's Windy Day" Phil Fehrle
High winds force The Pack to be extra careful - in spite of this, Kelly is knocked into a shed, and as a result is very spooked when he has to rescue Isobella the next day. 
6 240 "A Happy Day for Percy" Paul Larson
Miss Jenny warns the vehicles to be careful around mud, but Byron is the only one using caution. 
7 241 "A Tale for Thomas" Paul Larson
A large old tree is in danger of falling after a lightning storm, and complications emerge when Jack and the Pack is hired to prop it up. 
8 242 "Thomas and the Moles" Jan Needle
Buster the steamroller feels unimportant when he is left without a job after a storm damages the island. 
9 243 "Percy Helps Out" Brian Trueman
Nelson is disappointed that he always has to carry others, but no one else ever has to carry him. 
10 244 "The Tortoise and the Hare" Will Ing
Buster dreams about being the fastest steamroller, which amuses Max and Monty, who challenge him to a race. 
11 245 "Thomas' Trusty Friends" Paul Larson
Ned is bored with clearing rubble at a demolition site, but finds himself helping out the crew more than he intended to. 
12 246 "Alfie Has Kittens" Abi Grant
Alfie the Excavator is sent to help demolish a building, but the other machines tease him for being small. Later when a mother cat and her kittens are discovered in the building only Alfie is small enough to rescue them. 
13 247 "Mud, Glorious Mud" Jonathan Trueman
Isobella dislikes getting dirty, but when all the machines run out of diesel she has to get some more by driving through muddy fields. 

Notes

  • The episodes "Jack Owns Up" and "Percy's Scary Tale" do not appear on the Australian and Dutch DVD release.

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