She wanted to create an unconventional show that would enchant children. And she knew she found her perfect narrator in Ringo ...

THOMAS the Tank Engine series creator Britt Allcroft has died aged 81. The TV producer secured the rights to adapt Reverend Wilbert Awdry's Railway Series in the 1970s. Filmmaker and friend ...

W. Awdry's Railway Series books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine. After forming the Britt Allcroft Company with her husband, fellow TV producer Angus Wright, she spent four years raising the ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” series ... steam until the 1980s when she created the beloved train-themed show that brought smiles to young audiences ...

The Point Pleasant Beach Branch of Ocean County Library is in the midst of its annual Thomas the Tank Engine Week, when ...

Allcroft was the driving force behind bringing Thomas the Tank Engine, an animated locomotive ... from toys and train sets to posters and puzzles. “Thomas & Friends” is now one of the world ...

She discovered the character in a series of 1940s children’s books and thought Ringo Starr would make a great Mr. Conductor on television.

The death has been announced of the Thomas The Tank Engine TV series creator Britt Allcroft, whose programmes were based on the books by Wilbert Awdry. The television show Thomas & Friends first ...

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends aired from 1984 until 2021 ... The show became a huge success and followed the train Thomas with his friends James, Henry, Gordon, Edward, Toby, and Percy as ...

Allcroft’s death was announced by filmmaker Brannon Carty, who knew Allcroft from their work together on the 2023 documentary An Unlikely Fandom: The Impact of Thomas the Tank Engine.