The creator of the beloved children’s series ‘Thomas & Friends,” Britt Allcroft, died at the age of 81.

Britt Allcroft, the creator of the “Thomas the Tank Engine” series, has died. She was 81. Filmmaker Brannon Carty shared the news of Allcroft’s death on Instagram on Friday, Jan. 3.

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends ran for 24 series until January 2021 with a total of 584 episodes. Allcroft stepped down as executive producer in the early 2000s.

Thomas & Friends is celebrating 80 years of the beloved character and his stories PEOPLE has a first look at the never-before-seen 1983 pilot episode of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends Thomas ...

You can watch Oliver give Thomas the Tank Engine his comeuppance at the top of the episode below, and then jump ahead to the 23:00 mark where Berry narrates a very special episode of Thomas: ...

Summary Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends was an educational video game based on the television series of the same name. It was planned for a 1999 release date but was cancelled for unknown reasons.