Meerkat Manor (2005): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 2005, Meerkat Manor is a dokumentarfilm and drama series.

What it’s about. Meerkat Manor is a British television programme produced by Oxford Scientific Films for Animal Planet International that premiered in September 2005 and ran for four series until its cancellation in August 2008. Blending more traditional animal documentary style footage with dramatic narration, the series told the story of the Whiskers, one of more than a dozen families of meerkats in the Kalahari Desert being studied as part of the Kalahari Meerkat Project, a long-term field study into the ecological causes and evolutionary consequences of the cooperative nature of meerkats. The original programme was narrated by Bill Nighy, with the narration redubbed by Mike Goldman for the Australian airings and Sean Astin for the American broadcasts. The fourth series, subtitled The Next Generation, saw Stockard Channing replacing Astin as the narrator in the American dubbing.

Who’s in it. Meerkat Manor stars Bill Nighy as Narrator, Stockard Channing as Narrator and Sean Astin as Narrator.

How it landed. With an audience score of 7.6/10, Meerkat Manor has been warmly received by audiences.

Where to watch. In USA you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video, YouTube TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads and Wonder Project Amazon Channel and rent or buy it from Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Meerkat Manor page.

If you liked it. Fans of Meerkat Manor tend to enjoy Unser Kosmos: Die Reise geht weiter, Planet Erde, Planet Erde II: Eine Erde - viele Welten and Vikings.