The producing duo was married for 20 years and divorced in 1997 — just one year before “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” ended. Several spinoffs continued with both of their names listed as ...

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 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.

Rediscovered Thomas the Tank Engine Pilot Is Released The episode, from 1983, was found in storage by accident. It was restored and made available for viewing for the first time on Friday.

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the “Thomas the Tank Engine” series, has died. She was 81. Filmmaker Brannon Carty shared the news of Allcroft’s death on Instagram on Friday, Jan. 3.

Besides Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, Allcroft worked on several other children's TV shows, including DanceCrazy, Mothers By Daughters among others, Moon Clue Game and Keepsakes.

Britt Allcroft, Creator of TV’s ‘Thomas the Tank Engine,’ Dies at 81 She discovered the character in a series of 1940s children’s books and thought Ringo Starr would make a great Mr ...