“Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” began airing in the US in ... special “Thomas & Friends ERTL Adventures: The Biggest Christmas Adventure” which premiered in Dec. 2024.

Allcroft died on Christmas Day in Los Angeles ... was a 26-episode series that bowed in 1984 on ITV in the U.K. as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. Allcroft picked Ringo Starr to serve as ...