This month the popular “Thomas the Tank Engine” toy celebrated its 70 anniversary. As a fun project, [tinkermax] wanted to bring this traditional toy into the age of IoT, while preserving ...

The show first launched as “Thomas & Friends” in 1984 before being renamed “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends.” “Over the years of knowing Britt, we developed a close connection,” wrote ...

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.

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 the 1970s, the TV producer secured the rights to adapt the Reverend Wilbert Awdry’s Railway Series books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine for screen, a project that became the 1984 series ...

After five years of fundraising and preparation, the first episode of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends was broadcast on ITV in 1984. Britt Allcroft had been struggling to find a suitable ...

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 ...

In the 1970s, the TV producer secured the rights to adapt the Reverend Wilbert Awdry’s Railway Series books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine for screen, a project that became the 1984 series Thomas ...