Britt Allcroft
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Britt Allcroft is the founder of The Britt Allcroft Company (later know as Gullane Entertainment) which was acquired by Hit Entertainment in 2002. Allcroft is well known for her creation of the children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends and its US counterpart Shining Time Station. She was also the screenwriter and director of the motion picture Thomas and the Magic Railroad. She further created the TV show Magic Adventures of Mumfie, which is a show about a magical elephant.
In May 2000 Allcroft was a director and advisor of Gullane but by 2003 (after Gullane was acquired by HIT), Allcroft had resigned from her remaining positions with the company.