Allcroft was most known for producing popular children’s shows featuring Thomas the Tank Engine after obtaining the rights to adapt Reverand Wilbert Awdry’s “Railway Series” books in the ...

Awdry's The Railway Series revolved around a cast of anthropomorphic ... Britt Allcroft, who created the children's TV series starring Thomas The Tank Engine, has died. She was 81 years old.

The visionary TV producer was instrumental in the adaptation of Reverend Wilbert Awdry's Railway Series from page to screen in the 1970s, and it was under her guidance that Thomas the Tank Engine ...

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 ...

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, known for bringing the Railway Series books to life as Thomas & Friends, died at 81. After forming the Britt Allcroft Company with her husband, Angus Wright, Allcroft spent years ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends ... and Toby – as they worked each day on the railway under The Fat Controller.