Gullane Entertainment

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 film Thomas and the Magic Railroad. The company was owned by Britt Allcroft herself.

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.

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 bought many 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 property. It is named “Gullane (Thomas) Limited”.

2001

 * My Little Thomas and Percy Adventures
 * Truck Loads of Fun
 * The Complete Fourth Series (VHS)
 * 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 and Friends (VHS)
 * The Complete Fifth Series (VHS)
 * My Little Thomas and the Royal Visitor
 * The Fogman and Other Stories
 * My Little Thomas & Friends Volume 1
 * The Biggest Ever Christmas Collection (2002)
 * Thomas Goes Fishing and other stories (2002)
 * Down the Mine and other stories (2002)

2001

 * Thomas' Trackside Tunes and Other Thomas Adventures
 * Best of Percy
 * James Learns a Lesson and Other Thomas Adventures
 * Gallant Old Engine and Other Thomas Stories
 * Cranky Bugs and Other Thomas Stories
 * Races, Rescues and Runaways and Other Thomas Adventures
 * 10 Years of Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
 * Best of Thomas

2002

 * Best of James
 * Thomas and the Special Letter
 * Sing-Along and Stories
 * Make Someone Happy and Other Thomas Adventures
 * Thomas and His Friends Help Out
 * Best of Percy
 * Races, Rescues and Runaways and Other Thomas Adventures
 * Cranky Bugs and Other Thomas Stories
 * Salty's Secret and Other Thomas Adventures
 * Thomas' Christmas Wonderland and Other Thomas Adventures
 * Spills and Chills and Other Thomas Thrills
 * Thomas' Magical Musical Ride
 * Thomas' Fan Favorite Adventures

2003

 * Trust Thomas and Other Stories
 * Thomas, Percy and the Dragon and Other Stories
 * Percy's Chocolate Crunch and Other Thomas Adventures
 * James and the Red Balloon and Other Thomas Adventures

2020

 * 20th Anniversary Edition Thomas and the Magic Railroad (Distributed by Shout! Factory under the Shout! Factory Kids label and an in-name print only)

2001

 * Truck Loads of Fun (VHS)

2002

 * The Very Best of Thomas and Friends

2001

 * Thomas' Songs & Roundhouse Rhythms

2002

 * Thomas' Train Yard Tracks

Trivia

 * Gullane Entertainment was acquired by HiT Entertainment in 2002, but the copyright of Thomas & Friends remained "Gullane (Thomas) Limited." or "Gullane (Thomas) LLC.", which is still used in all merchandise.
 * As of Late 2021, the Gullane Entertainment logo has resurged 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.

External Link
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 * Official Website