Britt Allcroft, the creator of the “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” series, died at 81, filmmaker Brannon Carty announced on X. Allcroft was best known for producing the popular children’s show ...

She adapted the children’s book series to TV, creating a lasting cultural behemoth that spawned movies, merchandise and theme ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thomas the Tank Engine creator Britt Allcroft has died aged 81. The producer brought the beloved children's series to TV screens after securing the rights to adapt Reverend Wilbert Awdry’s Railway ...

Britt Allcroft, the producer behind the beloved Thomas the Tank Engine TV series Thomas And Friends, has died. Brannon Carty, a filmmaker who made the documentary An Unlikely Fandom: The Impact of ...

Britt Allcroft, creator of beloved children series Thomas the Tank Engine, has died. She was 81. On Thursday, Jan. 2, filmmaker, Brannon Carty announced the legendary producer's death in a ...

The beloved blue locomotive was first imagined in the 1940s — he starred in stories Rev. Wilbert Awdry told his son. Allcroft adapted Awdry's The Railway Series into Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends.

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.

Britt Allcroft, the ‘visionary’ creator behind the hit children’s TV show based on Thomas the Tank Engine, has reportedly died aged 81. The tragic news was announced by friend and filmmaker ...