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

was a 26-episode series that bowed in 1984 on ITV in the U.K. as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. Allcroft picked Ringo Starr to serve as Mr. Conductor, the gentle show’s first narrator ...

CHLOE VELTMAN, BYLINE: Thomas the Tank Engine started out as a character ... in the mid-1980s with her TV adaptation narrated by Ringo Starr. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THOMAS & FRIENDS") RINGO ...

Britt Allcroft, the visionary creator of the beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends ... intricate model trains and narration by notable figures like Ringo Starr and George Carlin, ...

Britt Allcroft, the producer who adapted Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends for television ... TV in 1984 as a children’s show narrated by Ringo Starr. The series ran for 24 seasons through ...

She discovered the character in a series of 1940s children’s books and thought Ringo Starr would make a great Mr. Conductor on television.

The series, which featured narration by Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and stand-up comedian George Carlin, was renamed to “Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends” and crossed the Atlantic in 1989 to ...

with narration by Ringo Starr, which I used to watch on video with my sister. Britt Allcroft, the television producer who first brought Thomas the Tank Engine to our television screens in 1984 ...

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the beloved children’s series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, has died aged 81. Allcroft, along with her then husband and fellow TV producer Angus Wright, spent ...

The books were the basis for the “Thomas the Tank Engine” television show, which premiered in 1984 and featured narration by The Beatles’ Ringo Starr. The series about a talking train and ...

Ms. Allcroft was the driving force behind bringing Thomas the Tank Engine, an animated locomotive ... “I walked into the room and Ringo Starr was being interviewed on a chat show,” she said.