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

Then, when Lucy and Miles turn up uninvited to a dinner the Rileys are having with their friends, Maddie finally snaps and tells them to leave them alone. Just hours later they are served legal ...

Captivated by the charm of Awdry’s characters, she envisioned bringing the books to television. In 1984, her dream became a reality with the launch of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends ...

LOS ANGELES — Britt Allcroft, the woman who created Thomas the Tank Engine, has died. She was 81. Filmmaker Brannon Carty ...

Britt Allcroft, creator of the beloved Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends children's TV series ... Thomas started out as a character in a series of books dating back to the 1940s by Rev. Wilbert ...

The first episodes of “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” aired on British television ... she wrote she was working on a book she hoped would be “published this year.” ...

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 initial adaption, which she funded by taking out a mortgage on her home, was a 26-episode television series that debuted as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends on ITV in the United Kingdom ...

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