Britt Allcroft

Britt Allcroft born Hilary Mary Allcroft 14 December 1943 27 December 2024 was an English writer producer director and voice actress She was the creator of the childrens television series Thomas the Tank Engine Friends later retitled Thomas Friends Shining Time Station with Rick Siggelkow Mr Conductors Thomas Tales and Magic Adventures of Mumfie She also wrote coproduced and directed the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad 2000 She wrote and directed the movie Thomas and the Magic Railroad released in 2000 as well as providing the voice for the character Lady The film was not a critical success and Allcroft resigned in September 2000 Her resignation followed many years of internal stress within the company In 2007 news surfaced on a Thomas fan site that the released version of the Thomas movie was a drastically edited version of Allcrofts original script and shot film in effect the claim was that production of the film had been taken out of her hands Britt Allcroft died on 25 December 2024 at the age of 81