The TV producer was behind bringing the beloved children's series to life in the 1970s after securing the rights to adapt ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the “Thomas ... s “Railway Series” books in the 1980s. The show first launched as “Thomas & Friends” in 1984 before being renamed “Thomas the Tank Engine ...

Thomas the Tank Engine and his railway friends have innocently entertained generations of children. But now a psychologist claims that the make-believe adventures of the steam engines could leave ...

Awdry's The Railway Series revolved around a cast of anthropomorphic trains, including Thomas and his friends Gordon, James and Percy, all chuffing along on the imaginary island of Sodor.

Thomas fans everywhere can view the pilot on YouTube beginning Friday, May 9, at 1 p.m. ET and participate in other fun anniversary activities by listening to podcasts, bidding in auctions and ...

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 ...

The producer brought the beloved children's series to TV screens after securing the rights to adapt Reverend Wilbert Awdry’s Railway ... aired as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends from 1984 ...

Britt Allcroft, the producer who adapted Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends for television ... bringing Reverend Wilbert Awdry’s books The Railway Series to British TV in 1984 as a children ...

She was the creator of “Thomas the Tank Engine,” which first launched as “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” in 1984 ... Allcroft founded Britt Allcroft Railway Productions, later named ...

"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 ...