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, 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 ...

The series aired as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends from 1984 until 2021. Allcroft’s family remembered her as an “adoring mother and wife and visionary producer” in an emotional statement.

It was restored and made available for viewing for the first time on Friday. By Victor Mather Thomas the Tank Engine notices a funny smell. He breaks a rule, has a mishap and gets stuck.

Her death was confirmed by her daughter Holly Wright. Ms. Allcroft was the driving force behind bringing Thomas the Tank Engine, an animated locomotive first conceived in a series of children’s ...

Awdry's Railway Series books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine. After forming the Britt Allcroft Company with her husband, fellow TV producer Angus Wright, she spent four years raising the ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends series, has died at age 81. Filmmaker Brannon Carty announced the sad news announced on X, formerly Twitter. "Over the years of ...

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 ...