She wanted to create an unconventional show that would enchant children. And she knew she found her perfect narrator in Ringo ...

THOMAS the Tank Engine series creator Britt Allcroft has ... Wright - raising funds to create the first 26 episodes. The show was a runaway success and ran for just shy of 40 years.

Allcroft was the driving force behind bringing Thomas the Tank Engine, an animated locomotive ... Audiences were quickly drawn to the show’s life lessons packaged with catchy music, lush ...

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

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 ...

The "Thomas the Tank Engine" and his fans all over the world ... funding to produce the first 26 episodes of the children's show. The premiere episode featured narration from The Beatles drummer ...

Allcroft’s Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends first aired on ITV on ... In 2002, just before Allcroft left the show as executive producer, her company was purchased by children’s entertainment ...

Related: Prince Harry Helps Celebrate Thomas the Tank Engine's 75th Anniversary with ... created a production company that debuted the children's show that is beloved to this day.

Britt Allcroft, who co-created the beloved "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" children's series ... the first 26 episodes of the children's show. The premiere episode featured narration from ...

Thomas the Tank Engine became a household name thanks to the long-running children's TV series Thomas & Friends. Now, just a few years after the show went off the air, its creator Britt Allcroft ...

She eventually secured the rights to the “Railway Series” books from which the character Thomas the Tank Engine was adapted ... U.S. through the children’s show “Shining Time Station.” ...

In 2021, Mattel rebooted the show as the 2D animated series Thomas ... Britt introduced the beloved characters of Thomas the Tank Engine and friends to a new global audience and touched millions ...