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

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” series, has died at age 81, filmmaker Brannon Carty ...

Thomas the Tank Engine creator Britt Allcroft has died aged 81. The producer brought the beloved children's series to TV ...

Britt Allcroft, the producer who adapted Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends for television, has died. She was 81. According to ...

The railway simulator Train Sim World has announced that it will soon add Thomas and Friends to the add-ons so everyone can ...

The death has been announced of the Thomas The Tank Engine TV series creator Britt Allcroft, whose programmes were based on ...

The series aired as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends from 1984 until 2021. Allcroft’s family remembered her as an “adoring mother and wife and visionary producer” in an emotional statement.

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 ...

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’s death was announced by filmmaker Brannon Carty, who knew Allcroft from their work together on the 2023 documentary An Unlikely Fandom: The Impact of Thomas the Tank Engine.