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 ...

The series followed Thomas, a blue, anthropomorphised tank locomotive ... her company was purchased by children’s entertainment company HiT Entertainment. In 2012, the company – and the ...

she spent four years raising the necessary funding to produce the first 26 episodes of what was then called Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends in 1984. The show was an instant hit with young ...

Britt Allcroft, creator of the beloved Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends children's TV series ... about a sweet little gray elephant and his friends, was a particular hit. Allcroft also said she aimed ...

Britt Allcroft, creator of the beloved Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends children's TV ... was a particular hit. Allcroft also said she aimed to create shows that gave children an antidote to ...

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