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Meerkat Manor

This is a documentary drama series which follows a meerkat family in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa, called the Whiskers. Flower is the leader/dominant female of the group, Zaphod is her partner and dominant male, Youssarian is Zaphod's younger brother and Flower's ex-lover and Mozart, Tosca and Shakespeare are all children of Flower. In our journey with this group we'll follow several intriguing events like: Fights with arch rival group the Lazuli; storms; death; family politics and the disappearance of a meerkat we had gotten to know very well.

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Bill Nighy
Narrator
Flower the Meerkat
Self
Mozart the Meerkat
Self

Season 4 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

To Have and to Have Not

Fri, Jun 6, 200823 mins

First in the series. With the family split having become permanent, Rocket Dog's Whiskers lose Zaphod and a large group of males, whilst Maybelline's small band The Aztecs are experiencing housing issues!

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Awards

  • 2009 - Astra Award - Favourite International Program - nominated
  • 2007 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming - nominated
  • 2007 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming - nominated
  • 2008 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming - nominated

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