She wanted to create an unconventional show that would enchant children. And she knew she found her perfect narrator in Ringo ...

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 ...

Hailing from Worthing, England, she served as a producer on a number of British television shows throughout the ... from which the character Thomas the Tank Engine was adapted on screen.

She adapted the children’s book series to TV, creating a lasting cultural ... Ms. Allcroft was the driving force behind bringing Thomas the Tank Engine, an animated locomotive first conceived ...

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 ...

Thomas the Tank Engine was created by the Rev. Wilbert ... Television and form her own production company to launch TV and stage shows. She discovered Thomas in 1979 while she was making a ...

The death has been announced of the Thomas The Tank Engine TV series creator Britt Allcroft, whose programmes were based on the books by Wilbert Awdry. The television show Thomas & Friends first ...

She discovered the character in a series of 1940s children’s books and thought Ringo Starr would make a great Mr. Conductor on television.

Related: Prince Harry Helps Celebrate Thomas the Tank Engine's 75th Anniversary with Special TV Episode PA Images via Getty (L-R ... just 21 years old and got her start producing children's shows like ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, has died aged 81 ... Awdry that she could transform the stories into a successful TV show given ...