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Gullane Entertainment (formerly known as The Britt Allcroft Company) was a British independent production company which produced children's programming, including Thomas & Friends, Shining Time Station and The Magic Adventures of Mumfie, as well as the feature film, Thomas and the Magic Railroad. The company was founded and owned by the late Britt Allcroft.
History
The "Gullane Entertainment" name (derived from their US distribution arm Gullane Pictures, which also produced several feature films) was adopted on 7 September 2000 after Britt Allcroft stepped down as sole producer during when it originally named The Britt Allcroft Company.[1]
The company produced the third to fifth series (under its original name The Britt Allcroft Company), the feature film Thomas and the Magic Railroad (under their Gullane Pictures arm), Series 6, Series 7, and the Jack in the Pack spin-off series (under its current name), the latter two being co-produced with HiT Entertainment.
Throughout the years, Gullane acquired many other franchises to go along with Thomas & Friends and Magic Adventures of Mumfie, including Sooty, Art Attack, Fireman Sam, James the Cat, Captain Pugwash and Eckhart.
Charles Falzon served as President of Gullane Entertainment and it was co-founded by Britt Allcroft and Angus Wright.
The original end-board of the official name can be found on sixth series DVDs released in Australia, as well the US DVD Salty's Secret and the UK DVD The Fogman.
Gullane Entertainment was acquired by HiT Entertainment in 2002 and Gullane was defunct by the following year. 10 years later, HiT themselves had been purchased by Mattel.
Gullane Entertainment is interestingly still around, but as an In-Credit-Only unit and copyright holder for the Thomas & Friends property. It is named “Gullane (Thomas) Limited”.
Home Media Releases
UK and Irish VHS Releases
2001
- My Little Thomas and Percy Adventures
- Truck Loads of Fun
- The Complete Fourth Series
- My Little Thomas and Bertie Adventures
- Seasonal Scrapes
- Time for Trouble and Other Stories (2001)
- Escape and Other Stories (2001)
2002
- My Little Thomas and Toby Adventures
- The Very Best of Thomas & Friends
- The Complete Fifth Series
- My Little Thomas and the Royal Visitor
- Chad Valley Video
- The Fogman and Other Stories
- 5 Episode Video
- My Little Thomas & Friends Volume 1 (VHS Boxset)
- Thomas Goes Fishing and Other Stories (2002)
- Down the Mine and Other Stories (2002)
- The Biggest Ever Christmas Collection (2002)
- Happy Holidays (2002)
- Rescues on the Railways (2002)
- Calling All Toddlers 2
Welsh VHS Release
2001
UK and Irish DVD Releases
2001
- Truck Loads of Fun
- Seasonal Scrapes
2002
- The Fogman and Other Stories
US and Canadian VHS Releases
2001
- Thomas' Trackside Tunes and Other Thomas Adventures
- Best of Percy
- James Learns a Lesson and Other Thomas Adventures (VHS re-release)
- Gallant Old Engine and Other Thomas Stories (VHS re-release)
- Cranky Bugs and Other Thomas Stories (VHS re-release)
- Races, Rescues and Runaways and Other Thomas Adventures (VHS re-release)
- 10 Years of Thomas & Friends (VHS re-release)
- Best of Thomas
2002
- Best of James
- Thomas' Fan Favorite Adventures
- Thomas' Magical Musical Ride
- Thomas and the Special Letter (VHS re-release)
- Sing-Along and Stories (VHS re-release)
- Thomas and His Friends Help Out (VHS re-release)
- Salty's Secret and Other Thomas Adventures
2003
- Trust Thomas and Other Stories (VHS re-release)
- Thomas, Percy and the Dragon and Other Stories (VHS re-release)
US and Canadian DVD Releases
2001
- Best of Thomas
2002
- Make Someone Happy and Other Thomas Adventures
- Best of James
- Cranky Bugs and Other Thomas Stories
- Races, Rescues and Runaways and Other Thomas Adventures
- Best of Percy
- Spills and Chills and Other Thomas Thrills
- Thomas' Christmas Wonderland and Other Thomas Adventures
- Salty's Secret and Other Thomas Adventures
2003
- Thomas and His Friends Help Out
- Percy's Chocolate Crunch and Other Thomas Adventures (DVD with sampler CD)
- James and the Red Balloon and Other Thomas Adventures (DVD with sampler CD)
2020
- Thomas and the Magic Railroad - 20th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray (Distributed by Shout! Factory under the Shout! Factory Kids label and an in-name print only)
US Cassette/CD Releases
2001
2002
- Thomas' Train Yard Tracks
- Salty's Secret Songs
South African VHS Releases
2001
- Bertie's Chase (Volume Three)
- Breakvan (Volume Four)
- Gordon and the Famous Visitor (Volume Five)
- Buzz, Buzz (Volume Six)
- Bulldog (Volume Seven)
- Henry and the Elephant (Volume Eight)
- Cranky Bugs (Volume Nine)
- Thomas and the Rumours (Volume Ten)
Norwegian VHS Release
2002
Norwegian DVD Releases
2002
- Favourites from Thomas & Friends
- Thomas in Trouble
- Thomas Celebrates Christmas
Swedish VHS Releases
2001
- Thomas and the Guard (2001)
- Thomas in Trouble (2001)
- A Friend in Need (2001)
- Thomas Comes to Breakfast (2001)
- Ghost Train
- Thomas, Percy and the Dragon
- Edward, Trevor and the Useful Party
- Rock 'n' Roll
Swedish DVD Releases
2002
Japanese VHS Releases
2000
2002
- The Complete Works of Thomas the Tank Engine 1 Vol.1 (Rental VHS)
- The Complete Works of Thomas the Tank Engine 1 Vol.2 (Rental VHS)
- The Complete Works of Thomas the Tank Engine 1 Vol.3 (Rental VHS)
- The Complete Works of Thomas the Tank Engine 1 Vol.4 (Rental VHS)
- The Complete Works of Thomas the Tank Engine 1 Vol.5 (Rental VHS)
- The Complete Works of Thomas the Tank Engine 1 Vol.6 (Rental VHS)
- The Complete Works of Thomas the Tank Engine 1 Vol.7 (Rental VHS)
- The Complete Works of Thomas the Tank Engine 1 Vol.8 (Rental VHS)
- Thomas the Tank Engine Volume 1 (Bilingual VHS)
- Thomas the Tank Engine Volume 2 (Bilingual VHS)
- Thomas the Tank Engine Volume 3 (Bilingual VHS)
- Thomas the Tank Engine Volume 4 (Bilingual VHS)
- Thomas the Tank Engine Volume 5 (Bilingual VHS)
- Thomas the Tank Engine Volume 6 (Bilingual VHS)
- Thomas the Tank Engine Volume 7 (Bilingual VHS)
- Thomas the Tank Engine Vol.8 (Bilingual VHS)
- Thomas the Tank Engine Vol.9 (Bilingual VHS)
- Thomas the Tank Engine Vol.10 (Bilingual VHS)
- Thomas the Tank Engine Vol.11 (Bilingual VHS)
- Thomas the Tank Engine Vol.12 (Bilingual VHS)
- Thomas the Tank Engine Vol.13 (Bilingual VHS)
- Thomas the Tank Engine Vol.14 (Bilingual VHS)
- Thomas the Tank Engine Vol.15 (Bilingual VHS)
- Thomas the Tank Engine Vol.16 (Bilingual VHS)
- Thomas the Tank Engine Vol.17 (Bilingual VHS)
Japanese DVD Releases
2001
- The Complete Works of Thomas the Tank Engine 2 Vol.1
- The Complete Works of Thomas the Tank Engine 2 Vol.2
- The Complete Works of Thomas the Tank Engine 2 Vol.3
- The Complete Works of Thomas the Tank Engine 2 Vol.4
- The Complete Works of Thomas the Tank Engine 2 Vol.5
- The Complete Works of Thomas the Tank Engine 2 Vol.6
Trivia
- Gullane Entertainment was acquired by HiT Entertainment in 2002 but the copyright of Thomas & Friends remains "Gullane (Thomas) Limited." or "Gullane (Thomas) LLC.", (Formerly Britt Allcroft (Thomas) Limited) which is still used in all merchandise.
- The last known work of Gullane Entertainment to be released, before being fully folded into HiT Entertainment was the US Random House book of Percy's Chocolate Crunch, to tie-in with the home media release on the 25th of February, 2003. The Gullane logo was shown on the back cover, despite the promo of the home media release featured in the book having the HiT Entertainment logo instead. Several home media releases; such as Thomas & His Friends Help Out (DVD mastered on November 26th, 2002. Logo featured on-screen only), Trust Thomas & Other Stories (copyrighted from late-2002, VHS reissue), and Thomas Percy and the Dragon and Other Stories (copyrighted from late-2002, VHS reissue) were not released until this specific date as well. The 2003 German DVD release of Thomas & Friends Volume 1 (DVD mastered on 17 February, 2003) included the Gullane logo but didn't get released until 24 March 2003.
- As of late 2021, the Gullane Entertainment logo has been reused on new All Engines Go! DVDs as an in-print name, distributed by NCircle Entertainment. The first time this had been done was the 2020 release of Magic Railroad on Blu-ray, which was distributed by Shout! Factory.
- Gullane Entertainment purchased the Guinness World Records for $65 million in 2001; however, the owner of HiT Entertainment sold the Guinness World Records to the Jim Pattison Group in early 2008.[2]
- Gullane's slogan was "Entertaining families worldwide" but as The Britt Allcroft Company it was "Entertainment to grow up with".
External Link
References
- ↑ Britt Allcroft Co. Transforms Into Gullane Entertainment
- ↑ Timeline on Guinness World Records