It took four years for Allcroft and her husband to raise enough money to create the first 26 episodes of the show, Thomas & Friends, renamed Thomas and the Tank Engine & Friends in 1989.

Thomas & Friends is celebrating 80 years of the beloved character and his stories ; PEOPLE has a first look at the never-before-seen 1983 pilot episode of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends; Thomas ...

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Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children's television series Thomas & Friends, has passed away at the age of 81.. The Context. Allcroft, from Worthing, England, produced several shows ...

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 ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, has died aged 81.. In the 1970s, the TV producer secured the rights to adapt the Reverend Wilbert ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” series, died at 81, filmmaker Brannon Carty announced on X. Allcroft’s death was announced by filmmaker Brannon Carty.

Britt Allcroft, creator of the beloved Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends children's TV series, has died. The British-born producer died last week in Santa Monica, Calif., at 81.

Allcroft, originally from Worthing, England, transformed children’s television with the creation of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, based on the Railway Series by Reverend W. Awdry. Premiering in ...

Britt Allcroft, who co-created the beloved "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" children's series, has died. She was 81. Watch NBC 4 free wherever you are. WATCH HERE ...