As a young autistic kid growing up, Thomas the Tank Engine stories by the Rev W Awdry, and later, his son Christopher, were ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, has died aged 81.

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

Britt Allcroft, a British television producer and writer who helped to develop “Thomas & Friends” based on “The Railway ...

The TV producer was behind bringing the beloved children's series to life in the 1970s after securing the rights to adapt ...

Known for bringing 'Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends' to British TV in 1984, writer, director and producer Britt Alcroft has ...

Britt Allcroft, the producer behind the beloved Thomas the Tank Engine TV series Thomas And Friends, has died. Brannon Carty, ...

Britt Allcroft, who co-created the beloved "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" children's series, has died. She was 81.

Allcroft's work not only introduced generations of children to the iconic character of Thomas the Tank Engine but also shaped the landscape of children's programming for nearly three decades.

The beloved blue locomotive was first imagined in the 1940s — he starred in stories Rev. Wilbert Awdry told his son. Allcroft ...

Allcroft’s Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends first aired on ITV ... with locomotives and other vehicles operated by radios, while human characters were static figures. Stop motion was used ...

Britt Allcroft, creator of the beloved Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends children's TV series, has died. The British-born producer died last week in Santa Monica at 81. Thomas started out as a ...