As a young autistic kid growing up, Thomas the Tank Engine stories by the Rev W Awdry, and later, his son Christopher, were ...

Ringo Starr is one of the most famous people in the world, and not just for his voiceovers in the Thomas The Tank Engine ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The "Thomas the Tank Engine" and his fans all over the ... The premiere episode featured narration from The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr. The series — later renamed "Thomas & Friends" — would ...

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.

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, ...

Allcroft’s Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends first aired on ITV on 9 October 1984, directed by David Mitton, with narration by Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and music by Mike O’Donnell and Junior ...