An autistic boy was cast to voice Bruno, with the help of the National Autistic Society, which makes it feel even more ...

For Drew Benjamin the whole thing started with Thomas the Tank Engine. The loquacious locomotive, introduced by British ...

The storyteller got her start in television when she was ... 1989 to have segments air on the PBS series “Shining Time Station.” “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” began airing in the ...

Allcroft, along with her then husband and fellow TV producer ... of the series, which was an instant success with fans. The series followed Thomas, a blue, anthropomorphised tank locomotive ...

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, creator of beloved children series Thomas the Tank Engine, has died. She was 81. On Thursday, Jan. 2, filmmaker, Brannon Carty announced the legendary producer's death in a ...

"Rest in Peace." Born in the small seaside town of Worthing, England, Allcroft made a name for herself when she adapted the iconic locomotive, Thomas the Tank Engine, into a television series. The ...

It was introduced to American television in 1989 through the PBS series Shining Time Station. The show, originally titled Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, ran for decades, coming to an end in ...

Britt Allcroft, who co-created the beloved "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" children's series, has died ... in 1943 and got her start as a TV producer at the age of 21. PHOTOS Celebrity Deaths ...

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 ...