Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, has died aged 81.

The beloved blue locomotive was first imagined in the 1940s — he starred in stories Rev. Wilbert Awdry told his son. Allcroft adapted Awdry's The Railway Series into Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends.

Thomas the Tank Engine creator Britt Allcroft has died aged 81. The producer brought the beloved children's series to TV ...

The creator of a beloved eighties children's TV show has died at the age of 81. Britt Allcroft was an English writer, ...

The series followed Thomas, a blue, anthropomorphised tank locomotive ... The Impact of Thomas the Tank Engine. A statement from Allcroft’s family, shared by Carty, remembered Allcroft as ...

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

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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, 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 ...

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