Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty is a new instalment in the Meerkat Manor series, the television phenomenon renowned for its compelling, character-led storytelling. The series is a BBC America co-production with Oxford Scientific Films, and is a heartstring-tugging, dramatic tale of survival revolving around tree families who are descendants of the legendary Meerkat matriarch, Flower. These neighbors and rivals who share a bloodline are forced to compete for food and resources in an environment that is undergoing a great deal of change: the Kalahari Desert in South Africa. The 13, 30-minute episodes premiered on BBC America in 2021. (May 29th AMC & June 5th elsewhere). As of July, now (in 2023) all the episodes have aired and ended.
Caroline Hawkins, Creative Director, Oxford Scientific Films said” It’s been 12 years since we caught up with the Whiskers and all the other meerkat families that viewers all over the world fell in love with. A lot has happened in that time and we are delighted to be bringing them back in glorious 4k”.
Strength lies in numbers in meerkat society, so producing babies is a priority for the dominant couple of each family. But offspring only happen when times are good, and times haven’t been great of late in the Kalahari. Like everywhere else in the world, climate change is revealing its challenges. Seasons are drier, hotter, rainfall is less frequent and more unpredictable. This means food can be hard to find and the meerkats must be tougher and more resourceful than ever. Fights and raids by other groups are common, and each family will live or die by the strength of its leaders.
Episodes:
A list of the 13 episodes:
- 1 - New Beginnings
- 2 - Location, Location, Location
- 3 - Paradise Lost
- 4 - Winter of Discontent
- 5 - Sister, Sister
- 6 - The Outcast
- 7 - Hard Times
- 8 - Coming Of Age
- 9 - Gone Girls
- 10 - Homecomings
- 11 - Trouble in Paradise
- 12 - Hell and High Water
- 13 - A Turning Tide
Featured Mobs
Featured Meerkats:
Whiskers:
- Swift Whiskers (Dominant Female; found dead Sep. 1 - 11, 2022)
- Brea Lazuli (Dominant Male)
- Lilac Whiskers
- Epsilon Whiskers
- Pandi Whiskers
- Crimson Whiskers
- Bones Whiskers
- Luna Whiskers
- Mole-Rat Whiskers (A Molerat Whiskers)
- Meicko Whiskers
- Bel-Hurricane Whiskers
- Mercy Whiskers
- Lupin Whiskers
- Hachi Whiskers
- Laika Whiskers
- Fly Whiskers (eventual DF of Trackie-Daks; predated December 30, 2023)
- Rollo Whiskers
- Ragnar Whiskers
- Floki Whiskers
- Woolf Whiskers (Virginia Woolf Whiskers)
- Bronté Whiskers (Emily Bronte Whiskers)
- Wilde Whiskers (Oscar Wilde Whiskers)
Hakuna Matata:
Notice: Mob has moved out of the research area as of February 2022
- Flint Lockwood Hakuna Matata (Dominant Female; season 1)
- Finnick Lazuli (Dominant Male)
- Israel Lazuli
- Luther Lazuli
- Munchkin Hakuna Matata (found deceased on main road, Oct. 25, 2021)
- Sencha Hakuna Matata
- Kajess Hakuna Matata
- Belphegor Hakuna Matata
- Shandy Hakuna Matata (DM of Brussels Sprouts Feb. - Apr. 2022; short lived DM of Near Death Experience; deceased May 2023 from TB)
- Gurke Hakuna Matata (Subordinate Male of Brussel Sprouts as of Feb. 2022)
- Sacrebleu Hakuna Matata
- Zahra Hakuna Matata
- Azizi Hakuna Matata (Given Last Seen status Mar. 2022)
- Akida Hakuna Matata
- Weatherwax Hakuna Matata
- Ogg Hakuna Matata
- Greebo Hakuna Matata
- Havelock Hakuna Matata (Lord Havelock Whiskers)
- Seymour Hakuna Matata
- Reef Hakuna Matata
- Yasha Hakuna Matata
- Mooncake Hakuna Matata
- Mae Hakuna Matata
Ubuntu:
- Daisy Baobab (Dominant Female)
- Scar Ubuntu (Dominant Male; season 1 - Last Seen May 21, 2021)
- Jumper Trackie-Daks (Dominant Male for potential season 2; killed on main road April 2022)
- Captain Barbosa Lazuli (VLM265; Dominant Male as of April 2022)
- Mr. Worldwide Ubuntu
- Stan Ubuntu (Stanislas Ubuntu)
- Stitch Ubuntu
- Wren Ubuntu
- The Native Ubuntu
- Ricky Ubuntu (RickandMorty Ubuntu)
- Rupert Ubuntu (Rupert Holmes Ubuntu)
- Michel Ubuntu
- Magali Ubuntu
- Mameuf Ubuntu
- Masekind Ubuntu
Zulus
- Pixie Whiskers
- Jay Whiskers
Namaqua
- Lewie Lazuli (former Dominant Male of Namaqua)