Gullane Entertainment

Gullane Entertainment Limited
Formerly	Burginhall 126 Limited (1987); The Britt Allcroft Group Limited (1987–1996); The Britt Allcroft Company PLC (1996–2000); Gullane Entertainment PLC (2000–2002);
Type	In-name-only unit of Mattel
Industry	Entertainment, children's Programming
Founded	April 6, 1987
Founder	Britt Allcroft; Angus Wright
Defunct	21 October 2002
Fate	Acquired and folded into HIT Entertainment
Successor	HIT Entertainment
Products	Thomas & Friends; Magic Adventures of Mumfie; Captain Pugwash; James the Cat; Sooty; Art Attack; Guinness World Records; Fireman Sam;
Divisions	Gullane Children's Books Ltd; Gullane (Development) Ltd; Gullane (Licensing) Ltd; Gullane (Thomas) Ltd The Magic Railroad Company Ltd; ;
Subsidiaries	CCI Entertainment (stake); Phoenix Animation Studios (stake); Bridgefilms/Sooty Limited (joint venture with Sooty International); The Media Merchants; Prism Art & Design Ltd (joint venture with S4C International);

Gullane Entertainment Limited was a British independent production company which produced children's programming, including Thomas & Friends (1984–2021), Shining Time Station (1989–1995), The Magic Adventures of Mumfie (1994–1998), Captain Pugwash (1950–2008), Art Attack (1990–2007), Sooty (1955–present) and Fireman Sam (1987–present). The company was purchased by HIT Entertainment in 2002, and went defunct within the same year. As of today, most of Gullane's library is currently owned by toy company Mattel as a result of their subsequent acquisition of HIT Entertainment.