Meerkat Manor
TV Show · Documentary

Documenting a mob of meerkats known as the "The Whiskers."

2005 · 22m
  • 5+
Starring Dave Bell, Sean Astin, Reg E. Cathey
Director Caroline Hawkins

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    A Family Affair
    Meet the Whiskers, a remarkable family of Meerkats living on the edge of the Kalahari desert. This fascinating new series takes you into their world, with an intimate portrait of family life - meerkat style.
    20m
  • EPISODE 2
    Love Thy Neighbor
    Shakespeare recovers from a vicious bite from a puff adder. Daisy gets a little too comfortable with Carlos from rival gang, the Lazuli. What will her family think? And Flower's little pups are under threat again.
    20m
  • EPISODE 3
    Some Like It Hot
    The Whiskers gang expands to 37 when one of Flower's daughters has pups; Yousarrian tries a dangerous burrow-move.
    20m
  • EPISODE 4
    Revolution
    The dangerous burrow move started by Youssarian spins out of control. Others are out foraging and have to keep an eye on a Giant Eagle Owl. The newest members of the group witness their first thunderstorm and the dry season draws to a close.
    20m
  • EPISODE 5
    Childhood's End
    The meerkat saga continues when Mozart, one of the young females in the Whiskers family, is evicted by group leader Flower. Then, a sudden storm forces the Whiskers to take shelter in an empty burrow belonging to their arch rivals, the Lazuli.
    20m
  • EPISODE 6
    Boys Will Be Boys
    The meerkat drama continues when one of Flower's pups, Mitch, steals some poisonous insects from his siblings and ends up at death's door. And Mozart, the young female evicted from the family for having pups, is finally allowed back into the group.
    20m

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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

Documenting a mob of meerkats known as the "The Whiskers."

5+

COMMON SENSE

Reality TV walks on the wild side; kids OK.

Information

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

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