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

The Impact of Thomas the Tank Engine.” “It was truly a privilege to have her as both a mentor and a friend, and I’m so glad that so many fans were able to meet her at the New York screening ...

Britt Allcroft, the producer who adapted Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends for television ... and I’m so glad that so many fans were able to meet her at the New York screening of An Unlikely ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the “Thomas the Tank Engine” series, has died. She was 81. Filmmaker Brannon Carty shared the news of Allcroft’s death on Instagram on Friday, Jan. 3.

Ms. Allcroft was the driving force behind bringing Thomas the Tank ... as “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends,” later shortened to “Thomas & Friends.” Audiences were quickly drawn to the ...

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends aired from 1984 until 2021 ... and I’m so glad that so many fans were able to meet her at the New York screening of An Unlikely Fandom. It was an absolute ...

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 ...

By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Britt Allcroft, the British writer, director and producer who steered the animated locomotive Thomas the Tank Engine to television 40 years ago en route to launching a ...

The "Thomas the Tank Engine" and his fans all over the world are in mourning. Britt Allcroft, who co-created the beloved "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" children's series, has died. She was 81.

Britt Allcroft, a British television producer and writer who helped to develop “Thomas & Friends” based on “The Railway Series” books and its characters including Thomas the Tank Engine ...

Allcroft’s Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends first aired on ITV on ... while human characters were static figures. Stop motion was used occasionally when a human or animal character needed ...

and I’m so glad that so many fans were able to meet her at the New York screening of An Unlikely Fandom.’ Britt Allcroft was a writer, director and producer across the Thomas the Tank Engine ...