Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Britt Allcroft: she became one of Britain’s wealthiest women - PA Britt Allcroft, who has died aged 81, was the entrepreneur who ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” series, has died at age 81, filmmaker Brannon Carty announced on X. Allcroft was most known for producing popular children’s shows ...

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 beloved, lucrative franchise, ...

The beloved blue locomotive was first imagined in the 1940s — he starred in stories Rev. Wilbert Awdry told his son. Allcroft adapted Awdry's... Britt Allcroft, who brought Thomas the Tank Engine to ...

LOS ANGELES — Britt Allcroft, the woman who created Thomas the Tank Engine, has died. She was 81. Filmmaker Brannon Carty announced her death on social media Thursday at the request of her family. Her ...

Britt Allcroft, who co-created the beloved "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" children's series, has died. She was 81. "It is with great sadness that I share with you the passing of Britt Allcroft," ...

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, died on Dec.

Britt Allcroft, creator of the beloved Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends children's TV series, has died. The British-born producer died last week in Santa Monica, Calif., at 81. Thomas started out as a ...

The "Thomas the Tank Engine" and his fans all over the world are in mourning. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Britt Allcroft, who co-created the beloved "Thomas the Tank ...