On Sunday, May 25, from 8:00-9:30 PM ET/PT revisit “Meerkat Manor” on Animal Planet.
In memory of the Flower – the infamous meerkat matriarch who climbed her way to lead the “Whiskers” clan – Animal Planet is airing the movie “Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins” over Memorial Day Weekend Sunday, May 25, from 8:00-9:30 PM ET/PT following its theatrical debut at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. The film tells the story of Flower before she became the Manor’s famous first lady on Animal Planet’s popular Emmy-nominated series Meerkat Manor.
Filmed over a seven-month period, “Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins” follows the real-life adventures of the Whiskers family. In partnership with Oxford Scientific Films/Southern Star, Cambridge University and world-renowned animal behaviorist Professor Tim Clutton-Brock, Animal Planet and Discovery Films span Flower’s incredible journey from birth to matriarch of the Whiskers mob. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, the film traces the transformation of Flower from a young, inexperienced meerkat into a remarkable leader who puts her family above all in the fight for survival in one of the harshest deserts on the planet.
Fans witness Flower’s growth as she raises her family and forges a legacy amidst the unforgiving landscape and constant dangers of the Kalahari.
See the trailer:
