Britt Allcroft, the creative force behind the beloved Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends television series, has passed away at the age of 81. Her daughter, Holly Wright, confirmed that Allcroft ...

LOS ANGELES — Britt Allcroft, the woman who created Thomas the Tank Engine, has died. She was 81. Filmmaker Brannon Carty ...

Britt Allcroft, creator of the beloved Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends children's TV series, has died. The British-born producer died last week in Santa Monica at 81. Thomas started out as a ...

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 ...

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

She was 81. She was responsible for bringing Thomas the Tank Engine, an animated locomotive, to television and starting a popular and successful franchise. Holly Wright, Allcroft's daughter ...

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

Britt Allcroft, creator of beloved children series Thomas the Tank Engine, has died. She was 81. On Thursday, Jan. 2, filmmaker, Brannon Carty announced the legendary producer's death in a ...

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In 1984, the series aired as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. She spent four years alongside her husband - TV producer Angus Wright - raising funds to create the first 26 episodes. The show was a ...

Britt Allcroft, who co-created the beloved "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" children's series, has died. She was 81. "It is with great sadness that I share with you the passing of Britt Allcroft ...

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