Thomas & Friends The Early Bird (Season 13, Episode 6)
TV-G
TV Episode | 11 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Thomas & Friends

The Early Bird (Season 13, Episode 6)

TV-G

TV Episode | 11 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

While Percy is at the Sodor Steamworks being repaired, Thomas is excited to be given the job of doing the mail run for him. Gordon tells Thomas to ask Percy for advice, but Thomas thinks he knows all about how to deliver the mail.

Head writer

Sharon Miller

Director

Greg Tiernan

Writers

David Fox (as David Richard Fox) | Sharon Miller | Wilbert Awdry (railway series) (as Rev. W. Awdry) | Britt Allcroft (creator)

Producer

Nicole Stinn

Composers

Robert Hartshorne | Ed Welch (theme tune)

Editor

Kevin Pavlovic

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 1, 2010

Release date

Sep 18, 2010 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 win & 2 nominations

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Michael Angelis Narrator (UK) (voice) Narrator (UK) (voice) See fewer	World's End (1981)
Michael Brandon Narrator (US) (voice) Narrator (US) (voice) See fewer	Episodes (2011)
David Bedella Victor (US) (voice) Victor (US) (voice) See fewer	All the Old Knives (2022)
Jules de Jongh Mavis (US) (voice) Mavis (US) (voice) See fewer	Mass Effect: Andromeda (2017)
Teresa Gallagher Mavis (UK) (voice) Mavis (UK) (voice) See fewer	The Amazing World of Gumball (2011)
Kerry Shale Gordon (US) / James (US) / Kevin (US) / Sir Topham Hatt (US) (voice) Gordon (US) / James (US) / Kevin (US) / Sir Topham Hatt (US) (voice) See fewer	Wednesday (2022)
Martin T. Sherman Thomas (US) / Percy (US) (voice) (as Martin Sherman) Thomas (US) / Percy (US) (voice) (as Martin Sherman) See fewer	Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Ben Small Thomas (UK) (voice) Thomas (UK) (voice) See fewer	Zorro and Scarlet Whip Revealed! (2010)
Keith Wickham Gordon (UK) / James (UK) / Percy (UK) / The Fat Controller (UK) (voice) Gordon (UK) / James (UK) / Percy (UK) / The Fat Controller (UK) (voice) See fewer	Thomas & Friends (1984)
Matt Wilkinson Victor (UK) / Cranky (UK) / Kevin (UK) (voice) Victor (UK) / Cranky (UK) / Kevin (UK) (voice) See fewer	V for Vendetta (2005)
Glenn Wrage Cranky (US) (voice) Cranky (US) (voice) See fewer	Big Game (2014)