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A senior sculptor who worked on the Thomas the Tank Engine series - and three related films - said it was "the best job of my career". Sean Hedges-Quinn, who lives in Great Bricett, near ...
Thomas, the talking little blue engine, is in Baltimore at the B&O Railroad Museum's Restoration Center for two weekends of family fun to celebrate his 80th birthday.
Britt Allcroft, the television producer who first brought Thomas the Tank Engine to our television screens in 1984, died recently aged 81. Her series meant a lot to me, and I’m sure to some ...
Together with her former husband, TV producer Angus Wright, Allcroft dedicated four years to securing the funding needed to produce the first 26 episodes. The show, which quickly became a hit, ...
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, the creator of the beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, has died aged 81. In the 1970s, the TV producer secured the rights to adapt the Reverend Wilbert ...
Britt Allcroft, the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, has died. The pioneering TV producer played a crucial role in adapting Reverend Wilbert Awdry's Railway Series into the beloved ...
Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, has died aged 81. In the 1970s, the TV producer secured the rights to adapt the Reverend Wilbert Awdry’s ...
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.
Thomas the Tank Engine creator Britt Allcroft has died aged 81. The TV producer was behind bringing the beloved children's series to life in the 1970s after securing the rights to adapt Reverend ...