Created in 1983, the five-minute episode introduced the signature elements of "Thomas & Friends," including Ringo Starr's soothing narration and hand-crafted model trains. But for decades, it collecte ...

By Victor Mather Thomas the Tank Engine notices a funny smell ... Mr. Starr was the original narrator of the series. George Carlin, Alec Baldwin, Pierce Brosnan and others followed.

was a 26-episode 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. Conductor, the gentle show’s first narrator ...

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 ...

was a 26-episode 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. Conductor, the gentle show's first narrator ...

The series, which was later renamed Thomas & Friends, ran for more than three decades and featured other famous narrators such as George Carlin and Alec Baldwin. It has spawned TV spin-offs ...

Growing up in the south of England in the early 1950s, Britt Allcroft liked to stop at a railway bridge on her walk to school and wait for a steam train to come charging by. “That wonderful ...

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.

CHLOE VELTMAN, BYLINE: Thomas the Tank Engine started out as a character ... for more than three decades and featured other famous narrators, such as George Carlin and Alec Baldwin.

Allcroft’s “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends,” later known as ... Alcroft wanted only a single narrator, telling the story directly to her audience; she remembered her aunt reading ...

Ms. Allcroft was the driving force behind bringing Thomas the Tank Engine, an animated locomotive ... envisioning a series with a narrator who hewed closely to the original books.