Britt Allcroft

Britt Allcroft is an English film, television and live theater producer, writer and director. She is the creator of the childrens television series Thomas the Tank Engine amp Friends , Shining Time Station and Magic Adventures of Mumfie. She wrote, coproduced and directed the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad . Allcroft is the creator of Disneys Whisker Haven Tales with the Palace Pets.

She was born Hilary Mary Allcroft in Worthing, England. At the age of 16, she changed her first name to Britt as her career in British radio and television gained momentum. She went on to create a succession of programmes for the BBC and ITV during the 1970s and 1980s, including Moon Clue Game, Dance Crazy and Keepsakes. Mothers By Daughters, produced for Channel Four, was broadcast by PBS in the United States. She also worked in theatre, staging shows at the London Palladium and Drury Lane Theatres.

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