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* '''Opening:''' On a {{color|periwinkle}} gradient background, a {{color|peach|light apricot}}-{{color|pink|piggy pink}} gradient line forms the word "Britt" in a cursive font. The text “BRITT ALLCROFT PRESENTS” in a white Gill Sans font fades in below the name (just touching the bottom), and it shines.
* '''Closing: #1:''' On some shows, the copyright takes up the center of the screen, and appears bolder. The logo animation plays in the lower right of the screen, with the smaller text reading " A BRITT ALLCROFT COMPANY". The color of "Britt" is either {{color|peach|light apricot}}-{{color|pink|piggy pink}} or white.
* '''Closing #2:'''
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* One variant replaces "PRESENTS" with "PRESENTATION". This appeared on a VCI trailer for ''Thomas the Tank Engine''.
* On ''Rusty to the Rescue'', ''Thomas and the Special Letter'', ''Thomas and his Friends Help Out'', ''Gallant Old Engine'', ''Sing-Along and Stories'' and ''Thomas Meets the Queen'', the copyright is extended to feature both "Films" and "Soundtracks" underlined. Under "Films" is a copyright for 1986 and 1995, while "Soundtracks" are credited for 1991 and 1995, as well as for ''Shining Time Station''. The text is also non-italicized and doesn't shine.
* On 1996 reprints of ''Percy's Ghostly Trick,'' the copyright text reads "A Britt Allcroft Production in association with Fuji Television Network Inc." and has an extended copyright to feature both films and soundtracks. Under "Films" is a copyright for 1986 and 1995, while "Soundtracks" are credited for 1991 and 1995, as well as for ''Shining Time Station''. Like the fourth variant, the text is also non-italicized and doesn't shine. The logo itself also misreads "Britt Allcroft Presents" instead of "A Britt Allcroft Production".
* On ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends: Your Favourite Story Collection'', the logo is silent, and the copyright is smaller, in capitals, and also includes a "Music Composed By" credit. It fades in after the logo is finished.
* On the 2000 UK VHS release of ''Sing Along With Thomas'', the copyright date on the bottom of the logo appears through the copyright spreading into place one-by-one.
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'''Availability:''' Quite common.
* Made its debut on the 1991 UK VHS release of ''The Best of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' by Pickwick Video.
** All three main variants can be seen on seasons 3-5 of the show, as well as current prints and home media releases of the first two seasons. The second closing variant became the main one starting in 1994.
** The "Classic Collection" releases of the show also use this logo as well.
* It also showed up on ''Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales'' on PBS, as well as Fox Family episodes of ''Mister Moose's Fun Time'' (during the ''Thomas'' segments), ''Britt Allcroft's Magic Adventures of Mumfie'' and ''Storytime with Thomas''.
* Seasons 1-5 episodes of ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' on PBS Kids Sprout (now Universal Kids) also kept this as well.
* The Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Instant Video and DVD prints of ''Britt Allcroft's Magic Adventures of Mumfie'' (excluding the 2012 release of ''Mumfie's Quest'', which uses a still of the Britt Allcroft Productions logo on a black background without the bird), plaster this logo at the beginning of episodes, but is retained at the end of episodes.
** It can also be found on all VHS releases of ''Shining Time Station'' and ''Britt Allcroft's Magic Adventures of Mumfie''.
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The Britt Allcroft Company (known initially in the UK as "Britt Allcroft Railway Productions") was a British production and licensing company established in 1983 by Britt Allcroft and Angus Wright. They immediately bought the rights to The Railway Series of children's books and in 1984, created Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, recognized as one of the longest-running children's series (with new episodes being produced until January 2021). Other notable productions were Shining Time Station and The Magic Adventures of Mumfie. In September 2000, after the cinematic failure of Thomas and the Magic Railroad, Britt stepped down as the company's CEO and soon, it was reformed as Gullane Entertainment.
Logo: On a blue background, the original logo for Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends is seen. The logo consists of a picture of Thomas with a puff of smoke that displays the show's name (which appears to be chroma-keyed onto the logo), in front of an oval that resembles a railway number plate. On the oval is the text "Britt Allcroft Limited 1983". Above the symbol is the text "for Britt Allcroft Ltd" (this logo was always preceded by the Clearwater Features logo, so that the complete text reads "A Clearwater Features Production for Britt Allcroft Ltd") in Beton.
Variants:
Technique: None.
Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.
Availability: Extremely rare.
Logo:
Variants:
Technique: 2D animation.
Music/Sounds: A happy-sounding flageolet/glockenspiel/synthesizer solo, which would later serve as the opening notes for the “Island Song”. Chimes are also heard sparkling when the words shine.
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Quite common.
Legacy: A very well-known logo among fans of Thomas & Friends.
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