"Bringing the Rev. W. Awdry's Railway Series books to television for the first time, Britt introduced the beloved characters of Thomas the Tank Engine and friends to a new global audience and ...

She adapted the children’s book series to TV ... impetuous locomotive into a TV series, “Thomas & Friends,” which became a sprawling franchise and a longtime favorite of children and ...

“Bringing the Rev. W. Awdry’s Railway Series books to television for the first time, Britt introduced the beloved characters of Thomas the Tank Engine and friends to a new global audience and ...

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

Britt Allcroft, a British television producer and writer who helped to develop “Thomas & Friends” based on “The Railway Series” books and its ... during her time on Earth.” ...

was renamed to “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” and crossed the Atlantic in 1989 to have segments air on the PBS series “Shining Time Station.” “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends ...

Thomas the Tank Engine became a household name thanks to the long-running children's TV series Thomas & Friends ... to people everywhere during her time on Earth." "Over the years of knowing ...

without you Wilbert’s books wouldn’t have been amazingly adapted for television [and] people would never experience the magical world of Thomas and friends on TV.” Another added ...

History is most clearly observed through the rearview mirror. Leaders can more accurately be judged by the impact of their ...