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 ...

Thomas & Friends is releasing the original, never-before-seen 1983 pilot episode of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends on YouTube for the first time ever. PEOPLE has a sneak peek at the special ...

Britt Allcroft in 1973, more than a decade before “Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends” debuted on British television. C. Woods/Daily Express, via Hulton Archive, via Getty Images ...

The company was eventually sold to HiT Entertainment, which itself was later acquired by Mattel. In 2021, Mattel rebooted the show as the 2D animated series Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go.

Since its debut in 1945, the Thomas & Friends show has delighted audiences worldwide and today the brand is unveiling unreleased footage, a new podcast series and offering fans a chance to own ...

The pilot was pieced together and digitized from 40-year-old 35mm film trims. Thomas & Friends has rebuilt both the picture and sound to show everyone what the very first test shoot looked like.