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

As a young autistic kid growing up, Thomas the Tank Engine stories by the Rev W Awdry, and later, his son Christopher, were ...

Ringo Starr is one of the most famous people in the world, and not just for his voiceovers in the Thomas The Tank Engine ...

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.

Britt Allcroft, creator of the beloved Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends ... starting in the mid-1980s with her TV adaptation narrated by Ringo Starr. The series, which was later renamed Thomas ...

was a 26-episode television series that debuted as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends on ITV in the United Kingdom in 1984. Ringo Starr was chosen by Allcroft to play Mr. Conductor, the first ...

CHLOE VELTMAN, BYLINE: Thomas the Tank Engine started out as a character ... in the mid-1980s with her TV adaptation narrated by Ringo Starr. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THOMAS & FRIENDS") RINGO ...

Britt Allcroft, the producer who adapted Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends for television, has died. She was 81. According to ...

Britt Allcroft, the visionary creator of the beloved children's series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, has passed away at ...