Allcroft was most known for producing popular children’s shows featuring Thomas the Tank Engine after obtaining the rights to adapt Reverand Wilbert Awdry’s “Railway Series” books in the ...

Awdry's Railway Series books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine. After forming the Britt Allcroft Company with her husband, fellow TV producer Angus Wright, she spent four years raising the ...

The "Thomas the Tank Engine" and his fans all ... after she secured the rights to Reverand Wilbert Awdry’s “Railway Series” in the '70s. The books would ultimately serve as the basis for ...