Britt Allcroft, a British television producer and writer who helped to develop “Thomas & Friends” based on “The Railway ...

The TV producer was behind bringing the beloved children's series to life in the 1970s after securing the rights to adapt Reverend Wilbert Awdry’s Railway Series ...

An autistic boy says it is a "dream" to voice a new character on Thomas & Friends. Elliott Garcia won the role to play Bruno the Brake Car, who will star alongside Thomas the Tank Engine as the ...

Britt Allcroft, the visionary creator of the beloved children's series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, has passed away at ...

LOS ANGELES — Britt Allcroft, the woman who created Thomas the Tank Engine, has died. She was 81. Filmmaker Brannon Carty announced her death on social media Thursday at the request of her family. Her ...

She discovered the character in a series of 1940s children’s books and thought Ringo Starr would make a great Mr. Conductor ...

The beloved blue locomotive was first imagined in the 1940s — he starred in stories Rev. Wilbert Awdry told his son. Allcroft ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, has died aged 81.

She adapted the children’s book series to TV, creating a lasting cultural behemoth that spawned movies, merchandise and theme ...