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

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” series, has died at age 81, filmmaker Brannon Carty announced on X. Allcroft was most known for producing popular children ...

By Isabella Kwai Britt Allcroft, a British producer ... Ms. Allcroft was the driving force behind bringing Thomas the Tank Engine, an animated locomotive first conceived in a series of children ...

Britt Allcroft, the creative genius behind the beloved children’s television series Thomas the Tank Engine, has passed away at the age of 81. Allcroft’s passing marks the end of an era for a ...

"It is with great sadness that I share with you the passing of Britt Allcroft,” the statement read. Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends aired from 1984 until 2021 "The Allcroft-Wright family has ...

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 ...

Growing up in the south of England in the early 1950s, Britt Allcroft liked to stop at a railway bridge on her walk to school and wait for a steam train to come charging by. “That wonderful ...

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

Britt Allcroft, who created the children's TV series starring Thomas The Tank Engine, has died. She was 81 years old. NPR's Chloe Veltman has this remembrance. CHLOE VELTMAN, BYLINE: Thomas the ...

She established her production firm, The Britt Allcroft Company, in the process. Allcroft’s Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends first aired on ITV on 9 October 1984, directed by David Mitton ...

Britt Allcroft, who co-created the beloved "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" children's series, has died. She was 81. "It is with great sadness that I share with you the passing of Britt Allcroft ...