joseph may was the narrator on thomas and friends.
who is the narrator on thomas and friends?
joseph may
from 2013 to 2017, moraghan became the narrator on the children's television show "thomas & friends", succeeding both michael angelis and michael brandon (for both the uk and the us, respectively). he is also narrator for the "thomas & friends" specials/films, "king of the railway", "tale of the brave", "", "sodor's legend of the lost treasure", "" and "". despite having john hasler and joseph may take over his narration duties, mark says that he will still work on "thomas & friends". he returned in season 22 to voice dexter, an abandoned passenger coach who was found by duck and restored as a mobile classroom. he also portrays mr evans, a stationmaster who reads books from the railway series, and other stories about thomas and his friends to the audience in the web series "storytime with mr. evans."
mark moraghan
two years later, the narrator, his grandmother, and françoise set out for the seaside town of balbec. the narrator is almost totally indifferent to gilberte now. during the train ride, his grandmother, who only believes in proper books, lends him her favorite: the "letters" of mme de sevigne. at balbec, the narrator is disappointed with the church and uncomfortable in his unfamiliar hotel room, but his grandmother comforts him. he admires the seascape, and learns about the colorful staff and customers around the hotel: aime, the discreet headwaiter; the lift operator; m. de stermaria and his beautiful young daughter; and m. de cambremer and his wife, legrandin's sister. his grandmother encounters an old friend, the blue-blooded mme de villeparisis, and they renew their friendship. the three of them go for rides in the country, openly discussing art and politics. the narrator longs for the country girls he sees alongside the roads, and has a strange feeling of unexplained memory while admiring a row of three trees. mme de villeparisis is joined by her glamorous great-nephew robert de saint-loup, who is involved with an unsuitable woman. despite initial awkwardness, the narrator and his grandmother become good friends with him. bloch, the childhood friend from combray, turns up with his family, and acts in typically inappropriate fashion. saint-loup's ultra-aristocratic and extremely rude uncle the baron de charlus arrives. the narrator discovers mme de villeparisis, her nephew m. de charlus, and his nephew saint-loup are all of the guermantes family. charlus ignores the narrator, but later visits him in his room and lends him a book. the next day, the baron speaks shockingly informally to him, then demands the book back. the narrator ponders saint-loup's attitude towards his aristocratic roots, and his relationship with his mistress, a mere actress whose recital bombed horribly with his family. one day, the narrator sees a "little band" of teenage girls strolling beside the sea, and becomes infatuated with them, along with an unseen hotel guest named mlle simonet. he joins saint-loup for dinner and reflects on how drunkenness affects his perceptions. later they meet the painter elstir, and the narrator visits his studio. the narrator marvels at elstir's method of renewing impressions of ordinary things, as well as his connections with the verdurins (he is "m. biche") and mme swann. he discovers the painter knows the teenage girls, particularly one dark-haired beauty who is albertine simonet. elstir arranges an introduction, and the narrator becomes friends with her, as well as her friends andrée, rosemonde, and gisele. the group goes for picnics and tours the countryside, as well as playing games, while the narrator reflects on the nature of love as he becomes attracted to albertine. despite her rejection, they become close, although he still feels attracted to the whole group. at summer's end, the town closes up, and the narrator is left with his image of first seeing the girls walking beside the sea.
in search of lost time