Allcroft's innovative vision turned Thomas & Friends into a groundbreaking show, featuring intricate model trains and narration by actors such as Ringo Starr and George Carlin. The series ran for ...

For the first time ever, fans of the iconic children's TV show Thomas & Friends can watch the show's original pilot, filmed more than four decades ago. The smiling blue tank engine and his ...

Britt Allcroft, the producer behind the beloved Thomas the Tank Engine TV series Thomas And Friends, has died. Brannon Carty, a filmmaker who made the documentary An Unlikely Fandom: The Impact of ...

Awdry's The Railway Series revolved around a cast of anthropomorphic trains, including Thomas and his friends Gordon, James and Percy, all chuffing along on the imaginary island of Sodor.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thomas & Friends, the beloved children’s franchise that has captured hearts for generations, announced today its kickoff to celebrate the 80 th anniversary ...

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 ...

Ringo Starr provides the narration. If you have ever seen any of the more than 500 episodes of the children’s show “Thomas & Friends,” you might imagine you have seen it before. But you ...

A rediscovered and restored version of the pilot episode of Thomas & Friends, the animated children's steam train series narrated by Sir Ringo Starr, is set to be shown for the first time since it ...

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 ...