The 81-year-old, who died on Dec 25, was the woman behind the wildly successful and enduring kids’ TV show that hit the ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Thomas the train engine and his friends are pulling into the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center. Laura Burton with KCDC visited Eye on NE Kansas to preview “Thomas & Friends: ...

Britt Allcroft was responsible for bringing the Reverend Wilbert Awdry's books 'The Railway Series' to British TV with the ...

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 beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, has died aged 81.

(WKYT) - For the last five years, a Winchester grandmother, her family, and friends have collected toys to help children in Clark and surrounding counties. 90-year-old Virginia Lois Thomas and her ...

The creator of a beloved children’s TV series is dead at age 81. “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” co-creator Britt Allcroft ...

before the animated series Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go debuted on Netflix. The show also spawned multiple specials and movies, as well as popular toys and merchandise. In 1979, Allcroft met ...

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

The visionary writer, director, and producer brought The Railway Series to global fame, transforming it into an iconic ...

Thomas the Tank Engine was created by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry in a series of 1940s children’s books (he based the train on a wooden toy made for his son). Allcroft’s first adaptation ...