Barney the dinosaur with a British accent? It could happen -- the London-based Hit Entertainment has bought the company that produces the "Barney" series, Lyrick Corp., for $275 million.

There's going to be more of the purple dinosaur "Barney" to kick around in the future. The beloved character will star in a new series, it was revealed Friday by PBS and the show's producer ...

Richard C. Leach, 73, a Texas businessman who bankrolled the creation of “Barney,” the purple dinosaur, died Tuesday of complications from a heart attack at Baylor Medical Center in Irving, Texas.