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

Thomas the Tank Engine was created by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry in a series of 1940s children’s books (he based the train on a wooden ... Allcroft picked Ringo Starr to serve as Mr. Conductor ...

Thomas started out as a character in a series of books dating back to the 1940s by Rev. Wilbert Awdry, an English Anglican minister and train enthusiast. Awdry's The Railway Series revolved around ...

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

The books were the basis for the “Thomas the Tank Engine” television show, which premiered in 1984 and featured narration by The Beatles’ Ringo Starr. The series about a talking train and ...

But her hard work didn’t gain steam until the 1980s when she created the beloved train ... drummer Ringo Starr and stand-up comedian George Carlin, was renamed to “Thomas the Tank Engine ...

Ringo Starr is set to appear on Tuesday's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where he’ll discuss his recently released country album, Look Up. The album is already a success for Ringo, landing on several ...

By Isabella Kwai Britt Allcroft, a British producer, director and writer who adapted the antics of a cheerful, impetuous locomotive into a TV series, “Thomas ... room and Ringo Starr was ...

The premiere episode featured narration from The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr. The series — later renamed "Thomas & Friends" — would go on to become a global sensation and run for an incredible ...