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Britt Allcroft, best known for her television series 'Thomas the Tank Engine', has died at the age of 81 in Los Angeles.

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 ...

Thomas started out as a character in a series of books dating back to the 1940s by Rev. Wilbert Awdry, an English Anglican minister and train enthusiast. Awdry's The Railway Series revolved around ...

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 ...

Falling in love with the characters, she brought the book ... Rodgers pose in front of a Thomas the Tank Engine in London’s Leicester Square. (William Conran/PA Images via Getty Images) The ...

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

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

Britt Allcroft, who co-created the beloved "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" children's ... spawning many spinoffs. The character of "Thomas the Tank" became popularized in the United States ...

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