The Thomas the Tank Engine Man

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The Thomas the Tank Engine Man is the official biography of the Reverend W. Awdry.

Trivia

The book is dedicated to Margaret Awdry and George Awdry. The updated edition is also dedicated to both Wilbert Awdry and Hilary Fortnam.
On the 13th May 1986 Brain Sibley narrated a program for BBC Radio 4 under the same name, (later repeated on 10th January 1987) and later a television documentary by Nicholas Jones, also of the same name was broadcasted on BBC 2 on February 25, 1995. The documentary was also repeated two years later on April 15, 1997 in honour to commemorate the passing of Wilbert Awdry.
A new edition of the book was originally going to be released on July 7, 2015 by Lion Books. The publication date is pushed to May 15th.
Daniel Coffey, Sam Wilkinson and Owen Bell were all acknowledged for helping Brian on the updated edition, while Gyles Brandreth also contributed in writing the forward for the book.
Lion Hudson (also known as Lion Books) approached Brian Sibley, and decided to help republish the book after Egmont Publishing denied his request.

George Carlin's surname is misspelled "Carling" in the original edition. This was later corrected in the updated edition.