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

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” series ... glad that so many fans were able to meet her at the New York screening of ‘An Unlikely Fandom.’ ...

Her original adaptation was a live-action production with a small budget that premiered in 1984 on the British channel ITV as “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends ... to The New York Times ...

It was truly a privilege to have her as both a mentor and a friend, and I’m so glad that so many fans were able to meet her at the New York ... s Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends first aired ...

Britt Allcroft, a British television producer and writer who helped to develop “Thomas & Friends” based on “The Railway Series” books and its characters including Thomas the Tank Engine ...

"Bringing the Rev. W. Awdry's Railway Series books to television for the first time, Britt introduced the beloved characters of Thomas the Tank Engine and friends to a new global audience and ...

W. Awdry’s Railway Series books to television for the first time, Britt introduced the beloved characters of Thomas the Tank Engine and friends to a new global audience and touched millions of ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, has died ... so glad that so many fans were able to meet her at the New York screening of An Unlikely Fandom.

The series aired as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends from 1984 until 2021 ... and I’m so glad that so many fans were able to meet her at the New York screening of An Unlikely Fandom.

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