A rediscovered and restored version of the pilot episode of Thomas & Friends, the animated children's steam train series ...

Created in 1983, the five-minute episode introduced the signature elements of "Thomas & Friends," including Ringo Starr's soothing narration and hand-crafted model trains. But for decades, it collecte ...

The show first launched as “Thomas & Friends” in 1984 before being renamed “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends.” “Over the years of knowing Britt, we developed a close connection,” wrote ...

By Victor Mather Thomas the Tank Engine notices a funny smell ... seen any of the more than 500 episodes of the children’s show “Thomas & Friends,” you might imagine you have seen it ...

She eventually secured the rights to the “Railway Series” books from which the character Thomas the Tank Engine was adapted ... U.S. through the children’s show “Shining Time Station.” ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends series, has died at age 81. Filmmaker Brannon Carty announced the sad news announced on X, formerly Twitter. "Over the years of ...

she spent four years raising the necessary funding to produce the first 26 episodes of what was then called Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends in 1984. The show was an instant hit with young ...

The "Thomas the Tank Engine" and his fans all over the world ... funding to produce the first 26 episodes of the children's show. The premiere episode featured narration from The Beatles drummer ...