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.

Britt Allcroft, who has died aged 81, was the entrepreneur who transformed Thomas the Tank Engine into an international phenomenon, becoming one of Britain’s wealthiest women.

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 in 1973, more than a decade before “Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends” debuted on British television. C. Woods/Daily Express, via Hulton Archive, via Getty Images ...

Britt Allcroft, the producer who adapted Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends for television, has died. She was 81. According to Allcroft’s daughter Holly Wright, she died on Wednesday, Dec. 25 in ...

All episodes of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends TV series ...

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 ...

Adult nostalgia for children’s television is nothing new. Generation X collected Peanuts and Flintstones lunch boxes and ...

Rediscovered Thomas the Tank Engine Pilot Is Released The episode, from 1983, was found in storage by accident. It was restored and made available for viewing for the first time on Friday.

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.