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8 unusual facts about Brian Sibley

Edward the Blue Engine

He said in interviews with Brian Sibley that to him, the noise of the locomotives' exhaust almost sounded like dialogue.

Peter Lord

Peter Lord & Brian Sibley: Cracking Animation (1998) Thames & Hudson; ISBN 0-500-28168-8

Shadowlands

Shadowlands: The True Story of C S Lewis and Joy Davidman by Brian Sibley, Hodder & Stoughton (new edition 2005) ISBN 978-0-340-90865-5

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The film began life as a script entitled I Call it Joy written for Thames Television by Brian Sibley and Norman Stone.

The Railway Series

The precise origins of this rhyme are unknown, but research by Brian Sibley suggests that it originated at some point prior to the First World War.

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In one illustration by John T. Kenney in Duck and the Diesel Engine he appears with a figure who bears a strong resemblance to C. Reginald Dalby, which Brian Sibley has suggested might be a dig at Dalby's inaccurate rendition of the character of Duck.

Titus Groan

In 1984, BBC Radio 4 broadcast two 90-minute plays based on Titus Groan and Gormenghast, adapted by Brian Sibley and starring Sting as Steerpike and Freddie Jones as the Artist (narrator).

Wilbert Awdry

A biography entitled The Thomas the Tank Engine Man was written by Brian Sibley and published in 1995.