She wanted to create an unconventional show that would enchant children. And she knew she found her perfect narrator in Ringo ...

As a young autistic kid growing up, Thomas the Tank Engine stories by the Rev W Awdry, and later, his son Christopher, were ...

"Bringing the Rev. W. Awdry's Railway Series books to television for the first time, Britt introduced the beloved characters of Thomas the Tank Engine and friends to a new global audience and ...

In 1984, the series aired as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. She spent four years ... didn’t take me long to become intrigued by the characters, the relationships between them and the ...

“Bringing the Rev. W. Awdry’s Railway Series books to television for the first time, Britt introduced the beloved characters of Thomas the Tank Engine and friends to a new global audience and ...

Britt Allcroft, the visionary creator of the beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, has passed away at the age ... and captivating young audiences with its delightful characters ...

Britt Allcroft, the producer who adapted Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends for television ... Falling in love with the characters, she brought the book to television then-husband, producer Angus ...

She discovered the character in a series of 1940s children ... series that bowed in 1984 on ITV in the U.K. as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. Allcroft picked Ringo Starr to serve as Mr ...

Britt Allcroft, who co-created the beloved "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" children's series ... spawning many spinoffs. The character of "Thomas the Tank" became popularized in the United ...

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 ...

The first episodes of “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” aired on ... spinoff shows including the same or similar characters. “Thomas & Friends” was nominated for a BAFTA in 1985 and ...

Allcroft’s Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends first aired on ITV on 9 October ... and other vehicles operated by radios, while human characters were static figures. Stop motion was used ...