A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 9, 2025, Section B, Page 10 of the New York edition with the headline: Britt Allcroft, 81, the Force That Brought Thomas the Tank Engine to ...

Besides Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, Allcroft worked on several other children's TV shows, including DanceCrazy, Mothers By Daughters among others, Moon Clue Game and Keepsakes.

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, has died aged 81. In the 1970s, the TV producer secured the rights to adapt the Reverend Wilbert ...

He's a British icon, beloved by generations of toddlers. Thomas the Tank Engine has gone from a character invented by one father for his two-year-old son, to an international brand worth $1 ...

As a young child, I never much cared for Thomas the Tank Engine, who struck me as creepy and coercive (though I believe the word I used at the time was “yucky.”) The book I adored was “The ...

Outrage in chocolate box village as raunchy book The Art of Sexual Ecstasy is left alongside the likes of Thomas the Tank Engine at lending library used by schoolchildren ...

Digital engagement is a big part of the Thomas story now. The Thomas and Friends YouTube channel has seen over 140 million views. The series also now has several different apps aimed at kids.