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 ...

Britt Allcroft, best known for her television adaptation of Reverend Wilbert Awdry’s Railway Series characters, which introduced a new audience to characters such as Thomas the Tank Engine, has passed ...

the Thomas Add-on will require both Train Sim World 5 and the West Somerset Railway route Add-on, and will include Thomas the Tank Engine, Annie, Clarabel, Diesel and the Troublesome Trucks. The West ...

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

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 ...

Ms. Allcroft was the driving force behind bringing Thomas the Tank Engine, an animated locomotive ... from toys and train sets to posters and puzzles. “Thomas & Friends” is now one of the ...

The Point Pleasant Beach Branch of Ocean County Library is in the midst of its annual Thomas the Tank Engine Week, when ...

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

The Kansas Children’s Discovery Center has opened the national traveling exhibit, “Thomas and Friends: Explore the Rails,” based on the beloved Thomas the Train.

LOS ANGELES — Britt Allcroft, the woman who created Thomas the Tank Engine, has died. She was 81. Filmmaker Brannon Carty announced her death on social media Thursday at the request of her family. Her ...