The show first launched as “Thomas & Friends” in 1984 before being renamed “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends.” “Over the years of knowing Britt, we developed a close connection,” wrote ...

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

After five years of fundraising and preparation, the first episode of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends was broadcast on ITV in 1984. Britt Allcroft had been struggling to find a suitable ...

This month the popular “Thomas the Tank Engine” toy celebrated its 70 anniversary. As a fun project, [tinkermax] wanted to bring this traditional toy into the age of IoT, while preserving ...

The series aired as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends from 1984 until 2021. Allcroft’s family remembered her as an “adoring mother and wife and visionary producer” in an emotional statement.

Allcroft, originally from Worthing, England, transformed children’s television with the creation of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, based on the Railway Series by Reverend W. Awdry. Premiering in ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, has died aged 81. Allcroft, along with her then husband and fellow TV producer Angus Wright, spent ...

In the 1970s, the TV producer secured the rights to adapt the Reverend Wilbert Awdry’s Railway Series books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine for screen, a project that became the 1984 series ...