Season 4
Meerkat Manor is a British wildlife docu-reality television series created by Caroline Hawkins and produced by Oxford Scientific Films for Animal Planet which follows the everyday life of a meerkat family called the Whiskers, living in the Kalahari Desert in South Africa.
The series made its international debut in South Africa on DStv's Animal Planet channel on Monday 5 September 2008, at 18h30. It premiered in the UK on Animal Planet International a week later, on 12 September, 2005.
There are 53 half-hour episodes in four seasons to date. See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.
Season 4 premiered on Animal Planet on Sunday 8 March 2009, at 19h00. Double episodes air back-to-back each week.
Season 4 Repeats
(Double bill)
Mondays: 01h00
Season 4
Since the tragic death of the manor's reigning monarch, Flower, the meerkats of the Kalahari Desert are in chaos.
The Whiskers family divided; once-deserter Maybelline defied Rocket Dog's new leadership role in the Whiskers and started her own group, the Aztecs.
With their archenemies, the Commandos, still knocking at the meerkats' burrow, both the Whiskers and the Aztecs find themselves weakened by the split.
Maybelline's control over the Aztecs is dwindling and her futile attempts at leadership have made a lot of her subordinates quit.
Rocket Dog isn't faring much better. With a bigger group of meerkats under her command, her dominance is rocky.
To ensure their leadership, both meerkats need to get pregnant. Too bad Zaphod, their endearing dad, keeps running off all the eligible males.
Will the Next Generation uphold Flower's legacy and reunite the manor?
The show is narrated by Bill Nighy in the UK and Canada, Mike Goldman in Australia, and Sean Astin (Seasons 1-3) and Stockard Channing (4-) in the USA.
Seasons
Season 1 (13 episodes)
Premiere: 5 September 2005 | Finale: 28 November 2005 | Mondays, 18h30
Season 2 (14 episodes)
Premiere: 16 October 2006 | Finale: 27 November 2006 | Mondays, 19h20 (double bill)
Season 3 (13 episodes)
Premiere: 10 September 2007 | Finale: 26 September 2007 | Weekdays, 19h00
Season 4 (13 episodes)
Premiere: 8 March 2009 | Finale: 19 April 2009 | Mondays, 19h00 (double bill)