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

Each broadcast consisted of two episodes from seasons 1 to 5 of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends with a short ... Adventures of Mumfie in between. The show left the air in late 2001, when The ...

The first Thomas the Tank Engine theme park opened in Japan in 1998 ... After going freelance she produced Jimmy Young’s show on Southern Television and worked with Lord Mountbatten on staging ...

All Aboard! Thomas the Tank Engine is coming to town to celebrate his 80th birthday. The famous bright blue train is hosting special birthday celebrations across the world, featuring everything ...

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

Related: Prince Harry Helps Celebrate Thomas the Tank Engine's 75th Anniversary with ... created a production company that debuted the children's show that is beloved to this day.

She eventually secured the rights to the “Railway Series” books from which the character Thomas the Tank Engine was adapted ... U.S. through the children’s show “Shining Time Station.” ...