Britt Allcroft, the creator of the “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” series ... The show even earned a 1985 BAFTA nomination for Best Animated Film. The series, which featured narration ...

Thomas the Tank ... engine Daisy. The TV series Thomas & Friends has since added Emily, another steam engine. Ms Creagh said the series compared unfavourably with Underground Ernie, a popular ...

Thomas the Tank Engine will be joined by a new group of international friends in the famous train's latest animated film. Thirteen new engines from across the globe gather to compete at the Great ...

By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Britt Allcroft, the British writer, director and producer who steered the animated locomotive Thomas the Tank Engine to television 40 years ago en route to launching a ...

By Victor Mather Thomas the Tank Engine notices a funny smell ... and James (red), rose to new levels of popularity when they were animated for the popular program, which premiered in 1984.

By Alex Ritman U.K. Correspondent The British actor has lent his voice to the upcoming animated film based on the popular Thomas the Tank Engine U.K. children’s TV series, the straight-to-DVD ...

Thomas the Tank Engine competes against the new international ... The Great Race is the eleventh animated feature film for Thomas and the new characters are likely increase interest from ...

Allcroft was born in 1943 in Worthing, a town on England's south coast. Beyond Thomas, her 1990s animated series Magic Adventures of Mumfie, about a sweet little gray elephant and his friends ...

Over its 70-year run, Thomas the Tank Engine has doled out life advice to ... male-dominated cast. In an upcoming animated feature film, Thomas & Friends: The Great Race, the trusty train will ...

Thomas the Tank Engine will be joined by a new group of international friends in the famous train's latest animated film. Thirteen new engines from across the globe gather to compete at the Great ...

Her death was confirmed by her daughter Holly Wright. Ms. Allcroft was the driving force behind bringing Thomas the Tank Engine, an animated locomotive first conceived in a series of children’s ...