PEEP-PEEP! Come Journey to the Island of Sodor and share in the fun-filled escapades of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. Meet Daisy, a "classy sassy passenger diesel," as well as Trevor, the very ...

She discovered the character in a series of 1940s children’s books and thought Ringo Starr would make a great Mr. Conductor on television. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Britt Allcroft, the British ...

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’s shows ...

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 a ...

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, died on Dec.

She adapted the children’s book series to TV, creating a lasting cultural behemoth that spawned movies, merchandise and theme parks. By Isabella Kwai Britt Allcroft, a British producer, director and ...

PEOPLE gets a first look at the reconstructed pilot, shared with fans in celebration of 80 years of Thomas Thomas the Tank Engine has been a beloved constant for kids for 80 years! In celebration of ...

BIG CELEBRATION. I JUST COULDN’T WAIT TO JOIN YOU HERE TODAY. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A TOTALLY AWESOME ADVENTURE. THOMAS, THE TALKING LITTLE BLUE ENGINE IS IN BALTIMORE HERE AT THE RAILROAD MUSEUM’S ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children's television series Thomas & Friends, has passed away at the age of 81. Allcroft, from Worthing, England, produced several shows for British ...

The 35-millimeter film flickers. An arm descending from the blue sky holds a clapboard over a quaint railway station, where custom-made train models with expressive human faces wait for action. The ...

To celebrate the 80th anniversary of British children’s classic, Thomas & Friends, an original unseen version of the pilot episode will be available to watch for the first time ever – with narration ...