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Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies is a British animated educational children's television series. Set in the African savanna, it focuses on an enthusiastic elephant named Mama Mirabelle, who travels around the world to film real wildlife footage and project them onto a screen of fireflies in front of almost the entire animal kingdom. The "Home Movies" are used for educational purposes not only for the principal young characters but for the target audience at home. It is animated using the same computer software as Peppa Pig. The live action footage comes from the BBC Natural History Unit archives, as well as the National Geographic Society, and is also shown in the United States on PBS. In the American version, all of the animals except Karla have American voices. Vanessa Williams is the voice of Mama Mirabelle in the US, and Floella Benjamin is the voice for Mama Mirabelle in the UK. The series is produced by UK animation company King Rollo Films, whose other shows include Disney's The Adventures of Spot, Paz, Maisy, The Extraordinary Adventures of Poppy Cat and Mr. Benn. Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies, the first season runs as 52 11-minute shows on CBeebies, but the show is running on PBS Kids as of 2008 in a thirty-minute slot by combining two ten-minute shows with extra songs, features, and games. Music for this show is written by Lester Barnes, the composer for Horrid Henry, Me Too!, Paz, and Urmel.) The series was created by Douglas Wood, who is also the author of the companion children's picture book When Mama Mirabelle Comes Home, published by National Geographic Channel Book.
Original Release
09/08/2007
US Release
09/08/2007
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jules de Jongh | Bo the Cheetah Cub / Liona / Termites / Gavin the Honey Badger / Yodeling Buffalo |
Teresa Gallagher | Max the Elephant Calf / Karla's Mom |
Vanessa Williams | Mama Mirabelle |
Floella Benjamin | Mama Mirabelle / Hildegard the Hippo |
Alan Marriott | Bobby the Bluefoot Booby / Fungus the Aardvark / Bo's Dad / Gerald the Giraffe / Herman the Lizard / Giraffe / Gordon the Wild Dog / Scrunch the Raccoon / Tom the Lion / Terrence the Spider |
Elly Fairman | Merlin the Bat / Songbirds / Flaminga / Lupita the Hyena / Benny the Bird / Marlene the Female Elephant Calf / Bennie the Little Bird |
Tajja Isen | Hally the Hyena / Snowy the Snow Leopard |
David Holt | Karla's Dad / Blitz the Skunk |
Katherine Dillon | Winnie the Wildebeast Calf / Karla the Zebra Foal / Precious the Peacock |
Moya O'Shea | Kiesha the Wombat / Kayla / Edna / Kayla the Kangaroo / Nervous Jerboa / Cuddles the Caterpillar / Keisha the Wombat |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Return of The Home Movies/I Spy | Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
2 | Mama Mirabelle's New Theatre/It Gives You Paws | Friday, 10 October 2008 |
3 | The Ways of The Elephant/Everyone Needs a Nap | Friday, 25 January 2008 |
4 | Hally's Little Buddy/A Little Help from My Friends | Saturday, 06 October 2007 |
5 | Savannah Symphony/Bo's Birthday | Friday, 19 October 2007 |
7 | Travels with Mama | Saturday, 12 January 2008 |
8 | Things That Go Yip, Howl, and Screech in the Night/Cracking the Code | Saturday, 24 November 2007 |
9 | Elephant Walk | Monday, 19 May 2008 |
10 | Why Zebras Can't Fly/Super Duper Savanna Animals | Thursday, 02 October 2008 |
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Directors
Writers
Douglas Wood, Andy Yerkes, Susan Kim, Eric Brace, George Evelyn, Craig Carlisle, P. Kevin Strader, Claudia Silver, Allan Neuwirth, Peter K. Hirsch, Matthew Weiss, Pippin Parker, Dave Ingham, Tina Moglia, Jill Cozza-Turner, Adam Forgash, Bonnie Datt, Jim Colucci, Raye Lankford
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jules de Jongh | Bo the Cheetah Cub / Liona / Termites / Gavin the Honey Badger / Yodeling Buffalo |
Teresa Gallagher | Max the Elephant Calf / Karla's Mom |
Vanessa Williams | Mama Mirabelle |
Floella Benjamin | Mama Mirabelle / Hildegard the Hippo |
Alan Marriott | Bobby the Bluefoot Booby / Fungus the Aardvark / Bo's Dad / Gerald the Giraffe / Herman the Lizard / Giraffe / Gordon the Wild Dog / Scrunch the Raccoon / Tom the Lion / Terrence the Spider |
Elly Fairman | Merlin the Bat / Songbirds / Flaminga / Lupita the Hyena / Benny the Bird / Marlene the Female Elephant Calf / Bennie the Little Bird |
Tajja Isen | Hally the Hyena / Snowy the Snow Leopard |
David Holt | Karla's Dad / Blitz the Skunk |
Katherine Dillon | Winnie the Wildebeast Calf / Karla the Zebra Foal / Precious the Peacock |
Moya O'Shea | Kiesha the Wombat / Kayla / Edna / Kayla the Kangaroo / Nervous Jerboa / Cuddles the Caterpillar / Keisha the Wombat |
Jo Wyatt | Zoe / Fiona the Fish |
Caroline Shannon | Hally's Mom |
Gabriela Milo | Emily the Hybrid Creature |
Katie Griffin | Bo's Mom |
Maria Darling | Roger the Jack Rabbit / Chelsea |
Stéphane Cornicard | Jacques the Walrus |
Rob Tinkler | Bo's Dad |
Drew Koles | Karla the Zebra Foal |
Kate Dillon | Perry |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sarah Colclough | Executive Producer |
Donna Friedman | Executive Producer |
Tara Sorensen | Executive Producer |
Rosslyn Singleton | Producer |
Leo Nielsen | Producer |
Andy Yerkes | Producer |