R.I.P. Britt Allcroft. As a very young girl she was selected by BBC to be an “ideas person” for young people’s programming. She was paired with Kenny Lynch to come up with something. They delivered Get It, Got It, Good. 

Later Britt spotted an opportunity to buy the rights to the Thomas The Tank Engine character from the author Rev W Awdry. With Ringo Starr narrating Thomas & friends became a children’s TV sensation & Britt became extremely wealthy.