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** On the ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' episode "<u>Trust Thomas</u>", which appears on the 1994 UK VHS release ''Children's Pre-School Special Collection'', the copyright notice appears at the bottom of the screen underneath the "A Britt Allcroft production in association with Fuji Television Network, Inc." notice.
** The first bunch of text (not the copyright screen) is also set over the still of the final shot of the first 16 episodes from "A Scarf for Percy" to "Edward, Trevor and the Really Useful Party" which uses Michael Angelis' early UK narrations.
** This variant
* One variant replaces "PRODUCTION" with "<u>PRESENTATION</u>". This
* 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 the 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 uses "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.
* On some
* Season 6 episodes also may sometimes have the copyright fades out to the text "Please Visit Our Web Site at" and the URL at the time below. It then fades out to the slogan.
* On ''Thomas' Train and 17 Other Stories'', the copyright date is in a different font, is larger, is static throughout the logo, and also does not shine.
* On the ''Thomas The Tank Engine: Playtime'' VHS, a silent, still version is used.
* On <u>earlier airings and VHS
* On ''<u>Britt Allcroft's Magic Adventures of Mumfie</u>'', the copyright is altered to have in all capitals, "(Thomas)" is replaced with "(MUMFIE)", and the year is in Roman numerals. The film has it fade out early, while the show has it sped-up.
* On ''<u>The New Adventures of Captain Pugwash</u>'', the logo is accompanied by the logo of John Cary Films (the co-producer of said show). The John Cary Films logo is sandwiched between "A" and "Production for", with the Britt Allcroft logo beneath. The text under "Britt" reads "THE BRITT ALLCROFT COMPANY", and "Britt" is a {{color|gold|golden-yellow}} color. Copyright info is underneath the logos, which are on a {{color|teal}} background.
** On Series 2, the logo appears on a darker blue background. On at least one DVD print of the series, the logo is plastered over with an in-credit notice for [[Gullane Entertainment]] and [[HIT Entertainment]].
* On <u>the 2003 restored versions of the first five seasons of ''Thomas & Friends''</u>, the logo is placed on an embossed white box on a white background. "Britt" is also much smaller and placed behind "BRITT ALLCROFT" in the caption, which now reads "A BRITT ALLCROFT COMPANY PRODUCTION" in {{color|blue}}. The 2000 [[HIT Entertainment]] logo is beneath, with "for" inbetween the two logos. As usual, copyright info
'''Technique:''' 2D animation.
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'''Audio Variants:'''
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* For music videos from the show as well as some later ''Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends'' VHS releases as well as the 1991 UK VHS release of ''The Best of Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends'' by [[Pickwick Video]], the logo is silent.
** However, the later UK VHS release of the latter features the fanfare.
*
'''Availability:''' Officially, it
* This logo made its debut on the 1991 UK VHS release of ''The Best of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' by Pickwick Video.
** The three main variants
** 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 still 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''.
* Strangely, this logo also makes a surprise appearance on the ''Thomas & Friends''
* It also appears on a 2002 Marks and Spencer UK VHS re-release of ''Thomas & Friends: Thomas Goes Fishing and Other Stories'' from [[Video Collection International|VCI]] as well, due to it not being a direct reprint of The Video Collection's 1988 re-release version of ''Troublesome Trucks and Other Stories''.
* The first closing variant appears on early Season 3 VHS releases and also
'''Legacy:''' A very well-known logo among fans of ''Thomas & Friends''.
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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.
Allcroft formed a subsidiary, Gullane Pictures, in late 1997; ultimately, Gullane Pictures only produced Thomas and the Magic Railroad, which was a cinematic failure. In September 2000, as a result of Thomas and the Magic Railroad's failure, Allcroft stepped down as the company's CEO and soon, it was reformed as Gullane Entertainment.
Visuals: 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 " (C) Britt Allcroft Limited 1984". 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 a yellow Bevan font (the same used for the original end credits).
Variants:
Technique: A still digital graphic.
Audio: The ending theme of the show.
Availability: Appears on the original prints of the first-two seasons of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends.
Visuals:
Variants:
Technique: 2D animation.
Audio: A happy-sounding flageolet/glockenspiel/synthesizer solo. Chimes are also heard sparkling when the words shine.
Audio Variants:
Availability: Officially, it appears on the company's programmes from the time-period until 2000, but also made surprise appearances on three American Thomas & Friends DVD releases.
Legacy: A very well-known logo among fans of Thomas & Friends.
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