Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Britt Allcroft has died aged 81 (PA) Thomas the Tank Engine creator Britt Allcroft has died aged 81. The producer brought the ...

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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.

She discovered the character in a series of 1940s children’s books and thought Ringo Starr would make a great Mr. Conductor on television. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Britt Allcroft, the British ...