Meerkat Manor: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Animal Planet's series Meerkat Manor follows the Whiskers, a family of meerkats, that struggles to survive in Africa's Kalahari Desert. The series was filmed over the course of a 10-year period for a Cambridge University study. Meerkat Manor is narrated by Bill Nighy in the United Kingdom, Mike Goldman in Australia, and Sean Astin in the United States.

Series details

• Title: Meerkat Manor
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Nature
• Premiere date: 2006-06-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-08-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Animal Planet
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8/10
• TVMaze ID: 6631
• IMDb ID: tt0765725
• TVDB ID: 80692

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-06-09; final listed air date 2006-08-25; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 2006-09-29; final listed air date 2006-11-10; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 2007-08-10; final listed air date 2007-11-02; episode order: 13.
• Season 4: premiered 2008-06-06; final listed air date 2008-08-22; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Meerkat Manor on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.