  gullane entertainment (originally the britt allcroft company) was a british television production company which produced children's programming, including thomas the tank engine and friends, shining time station, and magic adventures of mumfie. gullane was also well known for its acquisition of art attack, fireman sam, sooty and captain pugwash. ==programming== *thomas the tank engine and friends (1984âpresent) - tv series created by britt allcroft and based on the books the railway series by the rev. wilbert awdry. storytellers - ringo starr, michael angelis, george carlin, alec baldwin, michael brandon, pierce brosnan, and mark moraghan. *james the cat (1984) - james is a black and white cat who lives in an old house with his friends (spin-off of flower stories). *fireman sam (1985âpresent) - the adventures of pontypandy's friendly fireman who is always there to save the day. *shining time station (1989-1993) - created by britt allcroft and rick siggelkow. a live-action situation comedy series about life in a train station called shining time and featuring a cast of characters such as stacy jones the manager (didi conn), schemer the arcade owner (brian o'connor), the jukebox band and the magical mr. conductor (ringo starr, george carlin) who tells the stories about thomas the tank engine and his friends. *art attack (1990-2007) - an art and crafts show hosted by neil buchanan. *sooty heights (1999-2000) - presented by richard cadell and liana bridges, sooty heights is a comedy puppet show featuring sooty and his pals sweep, soo and little cousin scampi, running a hotel. this was the replacement for sooty & co, which ended in 1998 due to former sooty host, matthew corbett, retiring. *britt allcroft's magic adventures of mumfie (1994) - based on the works of artist katharine tozer. featuring the voice of storyteller patrick breen and a score of 26 original songs. *captain pugwash (1957 & 1998) - captain pugwash and his mates search for treasure on the black pig against the evil cut throat jake. this is based on the original characters by john ryan. *eckhart (2000-2001) - a little mouse and his friends who have a lot of adventures travelling around the world, based on the character created by david weale. ==films== *thomas and the magic railroad (2000). gullane's only feature length movie. this movie features thomas and his friends protecting a lost engine from the evil diesel 10 and finding some magic. the film stars alec baldwin as mr. conductor, [
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