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

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 series followed Thomas, a blue, anthropomorphised tank locomotive, and a fleet of his friends as they worked each day on the railway under ... of Thomas the Tank Engine. A statement from ...

In 1984, the series aired as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends ... how she first became interested in the charaters from the Railway Series while she was making a 1979 documentary about a heritage ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The producer brought the beloved children's series to TV screens after securing the rights to adapt Reverend Wilbert Awdry’s Railway Series books. The series aired as Thomas the Tank Engine ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the “Thomas the Tank Engine” series, has died ... with whom Allcroft founded Britt Allcroft Railway Productions, later named The Britt Allcroft Company.

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends ... and Toby – as they worked each day on the railway under The Fat Controller.