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 ...

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 ...

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.

According to Thomas the Tank Engine Wikia, it was done so as not to scare the children. Apparently, in subsequent DVD releases in the States, the original version was eventually dared to be used ...

By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Britt Allcroft, the British writer, director and producer who steered the animated locomotive Thomas the Tank Engine to television 40 years ago en route to launching a ...

Thomas the Tank Engine has become a gaming mod staple, having appeared in everything from Elden Ring to Skyrim over the years. Remarkably, though, the dread train has never appeared in Alien ...

The "Thomas the Tank Engine" and his fans all over the world are in mourning. Britt Allcroft, who co-created the beloved "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" children's series, has died. She was 81.

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 ...