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 ...

Allcroft was most known for producing popular children’s shows featuring Thomas the Tank Engine after obtaining the rights to adapt Reverand Wilbert Awdry’s “Railway Series” books in the ...

The TV producer was behind bringing the beloved children's series to life in ... adapt Reverend Wilbert Awdry’s Railway Series. In 1984, the series aired as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends.

The Thomas the Tank Engine and his fans all ... after she secured the rights to Reverand Wilbert Awdry’s “Railway Series” in the '70s. The books would ultimately serve as the basis for ...

The series followed Thomas, a blue, anthropomorphised tank locomotive, and a fleet of his friends as they worked each day on the railway under the command of the Fat Controller. Allcroft’s death ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, has died aged 81. In the 1970s, the TV producer secured the rights to adapt the Reverend Wilbert Awdry’s ...