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Gullane Entertainment (originally known as the Britt Allcroft Company) was a British independent production company of children's programming. The "Gullane Entertainment" name (derived from their US distribution arm Gullane Pictures, which also produced several feature films) on 7 September 2000.^[1]

They produced Thomas and the Magic Railroad (under their Gullane Pictures arm), the sixth and seventh series of Thomas & Friends and the Jack and the Pack spin-off.

Throughout the years, Gullane bought many franchises to go along with Thomas and "Magic Adventures of Mumfie", like "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 Gullane end-board can be found on sixth season videos in Australia, as well as the UK DVD, The Fogman and Other Stories and the US DVD, Salty's Secret and Other Thomas Adventures.

Gullane Entertainment was acquired by HiT Entertainment in 2002 and it went defunct by 2003. In 2012, HiT themselves had been purchased by Mattel. In March 2016, HiT merged with Mattel Playground Productions to form Mattel Creations, a company created to bring all content creation units together under Mattel’s Chief Content Officer Catherine Balsam-Schwaber.

Releases

UK VHS and DVD Releases

2001

2002

US VHS and DVD Releases

Cassette/CD Releases

2001

Thomas' Songs and Roundhouse Rhythms

2002

Thomas' Train Yard Tracks

References

↑ Britt Allcroft Co. Transforms Into Gullane Entertainment

External Link

Official Website

[1] Britt Allcroft Co. Transforms Into Gullane Entertainment

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-'''Gullane Entertainment''' (originally known as The Britt Allcroft Company) was a British independent production company of children's programming. The "Gullane Entertainment" name (derived from their US distribution arm '''Gullane Pictures''', which also produced several feature films) on 7 September 2000.{{Ref|[https://www.awn.com/news/britt-allcroft-co-transforms-gullane-entertainment Britt Allcroft Co. Transforms Into Gullane Entertainment]}}
+'''Gullane Entertainment''' (originally known as [[the Britt Allcroft Company]]) was a British independent production company of children's programming. The "Gullane Entertainment" name (derived from their US distribution arm '''Gullane Pictures''', which also produced several feature films) on 7 September 2000.{{Ref|[https://www.awn.com/news/britt-allcroft-co-transforms-gullane-entertainment Britt Allcroft Co. Transforms Into Gullane Entertainment]}}
-The company distributed the [[first series|first]] and [[second series]] of [[Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends]] on behalf of [[Clearwater Features]], and later took over as the producer of the [[third series|third]] to [[seventh series]], [[Thomas and the Magic Railroad]] (under their '''Gullane Pictures '''arm), and the [[Jack and the Sodor Construction Company|Jack and the Pack]] spin-off.
+They produced [[Thomas and the Magic Railroad]] (under their '''Gullane Pictures '''arm), the [[Season 6|sixth]] and [[Season 7|seventh]] series of ''[[Thomas & Friends]]'' and the [[Jack and the Sodor Construction Company|Jack and the Pack]] spin-off.
 Throughout the years, Gullane bought many franchises to go along with Thomas and "Magic Adventures of Mumfie", like "Sooty", "Art Attack", "Fireman Sam", "James the Cat", "Captain Pugwash" and "Eckhart".