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 ...

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 ...

The TV producer was behind bringing the beloved children's series to life in the 1970s after securing the rights to adapt Reverend Wilbert Awdry’s Railway Series. In 1984, the series aired as ...

Allcroft was responsible for bringing Reverend Wilbert Awdry’s books The Railway Series to British TV in 1984 as a children’s show narrated by Ringo Starr. The series ran for 24 seasons ...

Some of the featured guests will be Andrew Brenner, one of the many head writers, Ian McCue, series producer, and members of the Reverend Wilbert Awdry’s family, creator of Thomas the Tank ...

The visionary TV producer was instrumental in the adaptation of Reverend Wilbert Awdry's Railway Series from page to screen in the 1970s, and it was under her guidance that Thomas the Tank Engine ...

Thomas started out as a character in a series of books dating back to the 1940s by Rev. Wilbert Awdry, an English Anglican minister and train enthusiast. Awdry's The Railway Series revolved around ...

The producer brought the beloved children's series to TV screens after securing the rights to adapt Reverend Wilbert Awdry’s Railway Series books. The series aired as Thomas the Tank Engine ...

THOMAS the Tank Engine series creator Britt Allcroft has died aged 81. The TV producer secured the rights to adapt Reverend Wilbert Awdry’s Railway Series in the 1970s. Filmmaker and fri… ...