The popular books reached the screen in 1984 ... HIT spokesman Liz Morris denied the series was scaring youngsters. 'Thomas the Tank Engine is meant to be based in an imaginary world and like ...

Britt Allcroft, creator of the beloved Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends children's ... Thomas started out as a character in a series of books dating back to the 1940s by Rev. Wilbert Awdry ...