a number one blue tank engine from China; and Charubala, a female railway controller from India. It is hoped the changes will allow girls - who make up 40% of Thomas's pre-school viewers - to see ...

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 ...

In 2018, an overhaul of Thomas the Tank Engine saw two male engines replaced with female characters. Henry and Edward moved out of Tidmouth Sheds to make way for Nia, an orange engine from Africa ...

Bruno the Brake Car — a new character voiced by a child actor with autism— is about to roam the rails on the Island of Sodor, joining Thomas the Tank Engine in the long-running Thomas & Friends.

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 ...

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 ...

Allcroft’s Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends first aired on ITV on ... accusations of sexism over the roles played by the male and female characters: the leading characters were all dominant ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the “Thomas the Tank Engine” series, has died. She was 81. Filmmaker Brannon Carty shared the news of Allcroft’s death on Instagram on Friday, Jan. 3.