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Meerkat Manor

Seasons	4
Created By	Caroline Hawkins
Main Group	The Whiskers
Other Meerkat Groups	Lazuli,Commandos,Zappa, Gattaca Starsky and Aztecs
Episodes	53
Status	On Hold

Meerkat Manor is a British documentary/drama made by Animal Planet that presents the daily activities of the Whiskers mob, a large meerkat group living in the Kalahari Desert. It records real events of the life of the Whiskers family, although it is presented as a soap-opera. It currently has 53 episodes, and 4 seasons. The UK (origional) version is narrated by Bill Nighy, whilst the US had Sean Astin, who was later replaced by Stockard Chinning for the fourth season, and Australia's version is narrated by Mike Goldman. The US version, however, removes or shortens clips from every episode in the series.

History

Caroline Hawkins created the idea for Meerkat Manor, and soon found a place to film meerkats at the Kalahari Meerkat Project. Filming started in late 2004, the biggest group at the time were the Whiskers, so they became the stars of the to-be show, Meerkat Manor. Filming for the first season took 6/7 months. The first season aired on Animal Planet in UK in September 2005.

During Season 1, we found the Whiskers, with Flower and Zaphod as dominance of the group, and Mozart and Tosca as pregnant female. Throughout the season we see that the Whiskers have two neighbors the Gattaca and the more threatening Lazuli. The end of the season saw Shakespeare saving Flower's litter survive a Lazuli attack and Tosca teaming up with Carlos.

The Film crew started to film the next season of Meerkat Manor as the first season was airing in the UK. The show was very popular is the UK, since the show was a hit they decide to show it in the US. In June 2006 after filming had ended for Season 2, season 1 aired in the US and Australia. It quickly became popular. Season 2 was aired in the UK and US in September 2006.

At the start of Season 2 we found that Shakespeare and Tosca had both disappeared, and the Whiskers had a new neighbor called the Commandos. Over the course of the season the Whiskers, Lazuli and Commandos had many fights with each other. At the end of the series Mozart had been abandoned to raise her new litter whilst the Commandos were charging into Whiskers territory.

The Crew started filming season 3 in October 2006 and the filming ended in April 2007. Season three aired in US in August and then in the UK in September 2007, whilst season 2 was being shown in Australia.

At the start of season three we found that the Commandos had force the Whiskers to leave their old territory and face a new gang called the Zappa. We also found Mozart and Kinkaju had started their own group with Carlos, known as the Starsky. During the season Flower and Mozart were both predatored. Rocket Dog took control of the Whiskers, but her competing sister Maybelline robbed half of the group and started her own gang called the Aztecs.

After the season ended, many fans refused to watch the show anymore due to the sad loss of Flower and Mozart, as well as a few other favourites. But Animal Planet let the film crew film another season. The filming started in October 2007 and went on until March 2008. Season 4 was aired in US in June 2008, but was not shown in UK until April 2009. Meanwhile, in 2008, season 3 was only beginning to air in Australia, but the country never saw the fourth season, due to the huge drop in audience numbers.

At the start of season 4 we found Rocket Dog still in charge of the Whiskers and Maybelline still in charge of the Aztecs. During the season Zaphod and a few other meerkats left the Whiskers and joined the Aztecs. The the Lazuli reappeared as the Aztecs rival whislt the Whiskers were still competing with the Commandoes, whom lost their infamous dominant male, Hannibal, to disease. At the end of the season we see Rocket Dog survive a snake-bite, and appears to have a worthy Successor in waiting - Mozart's daughter Sophie.

At the start of 2010, The Hub Channel, a new channel own by Discovery Communications and Hasbro inc, the was launched on October 10, 2010. The Channel released all the shows that would air and Meerkat Manor was one of them, but there were no statements about a new season. However, the filmcrew returned to the Kalahari in August 2010 to begin production on the upcoming movie; 3D Meerkats.

Meerkats

Main Articles:'' List of Meerkat Manor Meerkats and List of Meerkat Manor Episodes and Meerkat Manor - Meerkats' Real Names

Film

Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins tells the story of Flower's early life in the Whiskers and how she rode through the ranks to become dominant female. More information can be found here.

Book

Meerkat Manor: Flower of the Kalahari is a book written by Tim Clutton-Brock that tells the story of Flower, and her family, frrom her birth to her death. More information can be found here.

Meerkat Manor
Season 1	A Family Affair • Love Thy Neighbor • Some Like It Hot • Revolution • Childhood's End • Boys Will Be Boys• Divided Loyalties • The Good, The Bad, And The Desperate • Daisy's Choice • Flower Power • An Awfully Big Adventure • The Calm Before the Storm • Moving On
Season 2	Cold Comfort • The Three Amigos • Young Blood • Iron Lady • No Place Like Home • When Flower Met Hannibal • United We Stand • The Enemy Within • The Art of Leadership • Balance Of Power • Growing Pains • The Godmother • The Quiet Fields
Season 3	On Dangerous Ground • The Mission • Sister Act • The Death of Romance • Tale of Len and Squiggy • Sibling Rivalry • Heavy the Crown • Journey's End • A New Day • Farewell My Lovely • Three Degrees of Separation • The Graduate • A Family at War
Season 4	To Have and to Have Not • All Manor of Love • Rising Star • The Family Way • The Mark of Zorro • Great Expectations • The Bodyguard • Divided We Fall • To The Manor Born • The Birds • The Rovers Return • Home Alone • The Darkest Day
Movies	Meerkat Manor The Story Begins
Books	Flower of the Kalahari

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+'''''Meerkat Manor''''' is a British documentary/drama made by [http://www.animalplanet.com/ Animal Planet] that presents the daily activities of the Whiskers mob, a large [[meerkat]] group living in the Kalahari Desert. It records real events of the life of the Whiskers family, although it is presented as a soap-opera. It currently has 53 episodes, and 4 seasons. The UK (origional) version is narrated by Bill Nighy, whilst the US had Sean Astin, who was later replaced by Stockard Chinning for the fourth season, and Australia's version is narrated by Mike Goldman. The US version, however, removes or shortens clips from every episode in the series.
-}}
-'''''Meerkat Manor''''' is a British Documentary, but was really a Drama since some names and events weren't true, made by [http://www.animalplanet.com/ Animal Planet] that presents the daily activities of the Whiskers mob, a large [[meerkat]] group. It records real events of the life of the Whiskers family, although it is seemingly presented in the style of a soap opera, making it like a docudrama. It currently has 53 episodes, and season 4. It aired in the US and UK.
 == History==
-Caroline Hawkins created the idea for Meerkat Manor, and soon found a place to film meerkats at the Kalahari Meerkat Project. Filming started in late 2004, the biggest group at the time were the Whiskers, so they became the stars of the to-be show Meerkat Manor. Filming for the first season took 6/7 months. The first season aired on Animal Planet in UK in September 2005.
+Caroline Hawkins created the idea for Meerkat Manor, and soon found a place to film meerkats at the Kalahari Meerkat Project. Filming started in late 2004, the biggest group at the time were the Whiskers, so they became the stars of the to-be show, Meerkat Manor. Filming for the first season took 6/7 months. The first season aired on Animal Planet in UK in September 2005.
-During Season 1, we found the Whiskers, with Flower and Zaphod as dominance of the group, and Mozart and Tosca as pregnant female. Both females give birth to litter, and the grow up with Flower's litter, one of the pup is named is Mitch. Throughout the season we see that the Whiskers have two neighbors the Gattaca and the Lazuli. The Lazuli being the main rivals. End the end of the season Shakespeare help flower's third litter survive a Lazuli attack and Tosca teaming up with Mozart.
+During Season 1, we found the Whiskers, with Flower and Zaphod as dominance of the group, and Mozart and Tosca as pregnant female. Throughout the season we see that the Whiskers have two neighbors the Gattaca and the more threatening Lazuli. The end of the season saw Shakespeare saving Flower's litter survive a Lazuli attack and Tosca teaming up with Carlos.
-The Film crew started to film the next season of meerkat manor as the first season was airing in the UK. The show was very popular is the UK, since the show was a hit they decide to show it in the US. In June 2006 after filming had ended for Season 2, season 1 aired in the US and quickly became popular. Season 2 was aired in the UK and US in September 2006.
+The Film crew started to film the next season of Meerkat Manor as the first season was airing in the UK. The show was very popular is the UK, since the show was a hit they decide to show it in the US. In June 2006 after filming had ended for Season 2, season 1 aired in the US and Australia. It quickly became popular. Season 2 was aired in the UK and US in September 2006.
-At the start of Season 2 we found that Shakespeare and Tosca had both disappear, and the group had a new neighbor the Commandos. Over the course of the season the Whiskers, Lazuli and Commandos had many fights with each other. At the end of the season Mozart was kick out of the group and had given birth and the Commandos were charging into whiskers territory.
+At the start of Season 2 we found that Shakespeare and Tosca had both disappeared, and the Whiskers had a new neighbor called the Commandos. Over the course of the season the Whiskers, Lazuli and Commandos had many fights with each other. At the end of the series Mozart had been abandoned to raise her new litter whilst the Commandos were charging into Whiskers territory.
-The Crew started filming season 3 in October 2006 and the filming ended in April 2007. Season three aired in US in August and then in the UK in September 2007.
+The Crew started filming season 3 in October 2006 and the filming ended in April 2007. Season three aired in US in August and then in the UK in September 2007, whilst season 2 was being shown in Australia.
-At the start of season three we found that the Commandos had force the Whiskers to leave their old territory. With the new territory the Whiskers have one new neighbor the Zappa. We also found Mozart in a group of her own the Starsky with dominant male Carlos. During the middle of the season Flower dies from a snake bit and the whiskers adopted a Zappa pup Axel though he really was from Young Ones. Rocket Dog then takes dominance of the whole Whiskers Mob. Then the Starsky Mob dies out with the death of Mozart. Then at the end of the Season Maybelline broke away with a splinter group. The new group is called Aztecs.
+At the start of season three we found that the Commandos had force the Whiskers to leave their old territory and face a new gang called the Zappa.  We also found Mozart and Kinkaju had started their own group with Carlos, known as the Starsky. During the season Flower and Mozart were both predatored. Rocket Dog took control of the Whiskers, but her competing sister Maybelline robbed half of the group and started her own gang called the Aztecs.
-After the season end, many people started not to watch the show any more because Flower and Mozart had both died. But Animal Planet let the film crew film another season. The filming started in October 2007 and went on until March 2008. Season 4 was aired in US in June 2008, but was not shown in UK until April 2009. After the season ended airing Animal Planet then cancelled the show.
+After the season ended, many fans refused to watch the show anymore due to the sad loss of Flower and Mozart, as well as a few other favourites. But Animal Planet let the film crew film another season. The filming started in October 2007 and went on until March 2008. Season 4 was aired in US in June 2008, but was not shown in UK until April 2009. Meanwhile, in 2008, season 3 was only beginning to air in Australia, but the country never saw the fourth season, due to the huge drop in audience numbers.
-At the start of season 4 we found Rocket Dog still in charge of the Whiskers and Maybelline still in charge of the Aztecs. During the season Zaphod and a few other meerkats left the Whiskers and join the Aztecs. Then the Lazuli reappear in this season as the Aztecs rival. Rocket Dog and Maybelline both give birth to their first litter during the season. At the end of the season you see Rocket Dog get bitten by a snake and survive.
+At the start of season 4 we found Rocket Dog still in charge of the Whiskers and Maybelline still in charge of the Aztecs. During the season Zaphod and a few other meerkats left the Whiskers and joined the Aztecs. The the Lazuli reappeared as the Aztecs rival whislt the Whiskers were still competing with the Commandoes, whom lost their infamous dominant male, Hannibal, to disease. At the end of the season we see Rocket Dog survive a snake-bite, and appears to have a worthy Successor in waiting - Mozart's daughter Sophie.
-At the start of 2010, The Hub Channel, a new channel own by Discovery Communications and Hasbro inc, the new channel launched on October 10, 2010. The Channel released all the shows that would air on the channel and Meerkat Manor was one of them. Then recently a comment on the web a comment[[File:WhiskersonHUB.jpg|thumb|The Whiskers on HUB channel]] was posted saying a deal was sign and that filming would start in August 2010. The Hub or KMP have not said anything about a new season yet. However the chanel will be showing the older epasodes on weekdays at 6pm eastern time, 5pm centrel time, and 3pm pasific time.
+At the start of 2010, The Hub Channel, a new channel own by Discovery Communications and Hasbro inc, the was launched on October 10, 2010. The Channel released all the shows that would air and Meerkat Manor was one of them, but there were no statements about a new season. However, the filmcrew returned to the Kalahari in August 2010 to begin production on the upcoming movie; 3D Meerkats.
 == Meerkats ==
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 == Film ==
-Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins tells the story of Flower's early life in the Whiskers and how she rode through the ranks to become dominant female.
+''Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins'' tells the story of Flower's early life in the Whiskers and how she rode through the ranks to become dominant female. More information can be found [[Meerkat Manor The Story Begins|here.]]
 == Book ==
+''Meerkat Manor: Flower of the Kalahari'' is a book written by Tim Clutton-Brock that tells the story of Flower, and her family, frrom her birth to her death. More information can be found [[Flower Of The Kalahari|here.]]
-Flower of the Kalahari is a book written by Tim Clutton-Brock that tells the story of Flower whole life from when she was born to when she died and who took dominance after Flower died.
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