Thomas and Friends: The Adventure Begins

The Adventure Begins is an upcoming forty-four minute special based on the first two books of the Railway Series. It was released as a Walmart exclusive in the US and will be released as an ASDA exclusive in the UK.

Adaptation
The Adventure Begins is a re-telling of the first two Railway Series books, The Three Railway Engines and Thomas the Tank Engine, which were previously adapted in the first season of the television series in 1984. It contains elements from both the orignal stories and television version, along with new characters and a different narrative.

Plot
A little tank engine discovers a big new world when he arrives on the Island of Sodor. Escapades abound as Thomas explores his new home and meets some Really Useful new friends. Finding the true blue meaning of hard work and friendship, Thomas transforms into the Number one engine.

Characters
A station worker at Knapford also speaks, he is voiced by Keith Wickham in the US dub. Some passengers and workmen also speak; some of them are also voiced by Keith Wickham.
 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Glynn
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Jerome and Judy
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Gordon's Driver
 * James' Guard
 * Two Signalmen
 * Wellsworth Station Speaker
 * Knapford Station Speaker
 * Farmer McColl (cameo)
 * The Teacher (cameo)
 * Jem Cole (cameo)

UK

 * Mark Moraghan as the narrator
 * John Hasler as Thomas
 * Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Glynn, Sir Topham Hatt and the other human characters
 * Teresa Gallagher as Annie, Clarabel and Judy
 * Tim Whitnall as Jerome

US

 * Mark Moraghan as the narrator
 * Christopher Ragland as Thomas
 * Kerry Shale as Henry and Gordon
 * William Hope as Edward
 * Teresa Gallagher as Annie, Clarabel and Judy
 * Joseph May
 * Rob Rackstraw as James
 * Tim Whitnall as Jerome
 * Keith Wickham as Glynn, Sir Topham Hatt, and the other human characters

Locations

 * The Watermill
 * Kellsthorpe Road
 * Gordon's Hill
 * Wellsworth
 * Knapford
 * Maron
 * Ffarquhar
 * The Fishing Village
 * Sodor Suspension Bridge
 * Sodor Steamworks
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Henry's Tunnel
 * Vicarstown (mentioned)

US

 * Really Useful Engine
 * Troublesome Trucks
 * Old Reliable Edward (bonus episode)

Errors

 * In a close up of Gordon as James goes past him, James' tender is in his red livery.
 * When James moves away from blocking Gordon's line at the beginning, his pony truck doesn't turn.
 * When Henry approaches Tidmouth Sheds for the first time, there appears to be no one in his cab.
 * When Edward says "It's not as easy as you think, Thomas!" the points he was going over are against him.
 * A brakevan should've been added to Thomas' train.
 * When Gordon says "The last one he got, with the wooden brake blocks" he passes a signal, but in the next shot he passes it again. Also the light of the signal changes from red to green between shots.
 * At the Steamworks there are some narrow gauge buffers that don't have tracks.
 * The branch that Thomas hits while chasing James seems to appears out of nowhere.
 * Jerome and Judy shouldn't seem to have lifted James with his tender still attached.