After five years of fundraising and preparation, the first episode of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends was broadcast on ITV in 1984. Britt Allcroft had been struggling to find a suitable ...

Britt Allcroft, who co-created the beloved "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" children's series, has died. She was 81.

As a young autistic kid growing up, Thomas the Tank Engine stories by the Rev W Awdry, and later, his son Christopher, were ...

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 ...

Britt Allcroft, a British television producer who helped develop 'Thomas the Tank Engine' into a series, has died at 84.

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

The beloved blue locomotive was first imagined in the 1940s — he starred in stories Rev. Wilbert Awdry told his son. Allcroft ...

"Bringing the Rev. W. Awdry's Railway Series books to television for the first time, Britt introduced the beloved characters of Thomas the Tank Engine and friends to a new global audience and ...

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 ...

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

Allcroft’s Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends first aired on ITV on 9 October 1984, directed by David Mitton, with narration by Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and music by Mike O’Donnell and Junior ...