Meerkat Manor
TV Show · Documentary

A family of meerkats is tracked and filmed, providing first-rate entertainment with a blend of animal documentary footage and dramatic narration, as members eke out a survival in the brutal surroundings of Africa's Kalahari Desert. Underground cameras give viewers a never-before-seen glimpse into the animals' dens. Action mostly centred on the Whiskers family, with its matriarch Flower and later, her daughter, Rocket Dog.

2005 · 22m
Starring Dave Bell, Sean Astin, Reg E. Cathey
Director Caroline Hawkins

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    A Family Affair
    Flower, the Alpha female of the Whiskers meerkat clan, brings her three-week-old pups above ground for the first time. Some of Flower's more mischievous older pups take one of the little ones to the desert to play and abandon him there. Later, a heroic Shakespeare gets bitten by a puff adder while attempting to drive it from the burrow. Will he survive?
    20 min
  • EPISODE 2
    Love Thy Neighbor
    While the rest of the Whiskers are out foraging, Flower's pups are under threat from Carlos, a male from a rival family of meerkats called the Lazuli. Meanwhile, Shakespeare is still recovering from a puff adder bite he suffered, with his sister Mozart watching over him.
    20 min
  • EPISODE 3
    Some Like It Hot
    In an attempt to prove himself to the clan, Yosarrian decides that the breeding den isn't safe, and tries to instigate a dangerous burrow move, but chaos ensues. Shakespeare continues to recover from his puff adder bite.
    20 min
  • EPISODE 4
    Revolution
    Flower's pups go out foraging for the first time. Also, Yossarian tries to instigate another burrow move, and an angry Flower reasserts herself as boss, but by the time she takes charge it may be too late for one of the pups.
    20 min
  • EPISODE 5
    Childhood's End
    A storm forces the Whiskers to take shelter in an empty burrow belonging to their arch-rivals, the Lazuli. A terrifying battle ensues when the Lazuli return, elsewhere Flower viciously evicts Mozart from the clan.
    20 min
  • EPISODE 6
    Boys Will Be Boys
    One of Flower's pups, Mitch, steals some poisonous insects from his siblings and ends up at death's door. Meanwhile, Flower has another litter and Mozart tries to be reinstated into the clan, but can she behave this time?
    20 min

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Cast & Crew

  • D‌B
    Dave Bell
    Actor
  • Sean Astin
    Narrator
  • Reg E. Cathey
    Narrator
  • Stockard Channing
    Narrator
  • Bill Nighy
    Narrator
  • C‌H
    Caroline Hawkins
    Director
  • M‌K
    Mick Kaczorowski
    Producer
  • M‌W
    Mark Wild
    Producer
  • C‌B
    Clare Birks
    Producer
  • R‌T
    Renoir Tuahene
    Producer
  • A‌S
    Anne Somerville
    Producer

About

Meerkat Manor

Documentary

A family of meerkats is tracked and filmed, providing first-rate entertainment with a blend of animal documentary footage and dramatic narration, as members eke out a survival in the brutal surroundings of Africa's Kalahari Desert. Underground cameras give viewers a never-before-seen glimpse into the animals' dens. Action mostly centred on the Whiskers family, with its matriarch Flower and later, her daughter, Rocket Dog.

Information

Studio
Animal Planet
Released
2005
Region of Origin
United Kingdom
© 2006 Discovery Communications Inc.

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English
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English (United Kingdom)

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