Britt Allcroft is the multi award-winning creator of a trio of children's entertainment produced in the 1980s and 1990s. "Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends", (now retitled "Thomas and Friends"), "Shining Time Station" (with co-creator Rick Siggelkow) and "Britt Allcroft's Magic Adventures of Mumfie".

She wrote and directed the movie "Thomas and the Magic Railroad", released in 2000. She as well voiced the character Lady in the Movie.

She was born Hilary Mary Allcroft in Worthing, England and, at 16, changed her name to Britt as her career in British radio and TV gained momentum. She went on to create a string of shows for the BBC and ITV networks, including "Moon Clue Game", "Get it, Got it, Good", "Dance Crazy", "Keepsakes" and "Mothers by Daughters" . She worked in live theatre staging shows at the London Palladium and Drury Lane Theatres. Then came Thomas...

She co-founded the Britt Allcroft Company with her then husband Angus Wright. The company went public in 1996 and was renamed Gullane Entertainment after Britt 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 Allcroft's original script and shot film.

Gullane was subsequently acquired in 2003 by Hit Entertainment, which was taken over by Apex Partners in 2005.

Britt Allcroft is now living and working in California. She re-acquired Mumfie from Hit in 2008. She is on the advisory council of Southern California Public Radio and the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Gibson, Owen (2003-10-06). "Thomas the Tank Engine fuels HIT profits hike". MediaGuardian (guardian.co.uk) (Guardian News and Media Limited). http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2003/oct/06/citynews.broadcasting1. Retrieved 2008-04-10. 

[edit] External links

• Britt Allcroft at the Internet Movie Database
• Britt Allcroft Productions
• Article on Ms. Allcroft's relationship with Gullane/HIT

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