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Britt Allcroft

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Britt Allcroft (born Hilary Mary Allcroft Coote; 14 December 1943 to 25 December 2024) was an English screenwriter, producer, director and voice actress. She adapted Wilbert Awdry's The Railway Series into the children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, later retitled Thomas & Friends. She also created Shining Time Station, with Rick Siggelkow, Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales and Magic Adventures of Mumfie, and she wrote, co-produced and directed the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000). The atlas records her as the creator of the Thomas & Friends franchise.

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1. Britt Allcroft (Wikipedia)
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    Britt Allcroft (born Hilary Mary Allcroft Coote; 14 December 1943-25 December 2024) was an English screenwriter, producer, director, and voice actress.
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    She adapted Wilbert Awdry's The Railway Series in the form of the children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (later retitled Thomas & Friends).
  • Associated With: Film, Lead
    She also wrote, co-produced, and directed the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000).
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