In 1984, the series aired as Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends. She spent four years alongside her husband - TV producer Angus Wright - raising funds to create the first 26 episodes. The show was a ...

She wanted to create an unconventional show that would enchant children. And she knew she found her perfect narrator in Ringo ...

Among the participants was the Reverend W Awdry, whose Thomas the Tank Engine books had been bestsellers since the 1940s. Filming on the Bluebell Line was halted by rain. “The Reverend Awdry and ...

She discovered the character in a series of 1940s children’s books and thought Ringo Starr would make a great Mr. Conductor on television.

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