Meerkat Manor The Complete 1st Season (4 DVD set)

Meerkat Manor The Complete 1st Season (4 DVD set)

Meerkat Manor The Complete 1st Season (4 DVD set)

List Price: ~~$35.95~~
Category: DVD
See more DVD details

Buy Meerkat Manor The Complete 1st Season (4 DVD set) at Amazon.com

(Click here)

Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada

DVD details

Actor: Bill Nighy, Flower the Meerkat, Mozart the Meerkat, Youssarian the Meerkat, Zaphod the Meerkat
Editor: Amanda Young
Editor: Renoir Tuahene
Producer: Discovery Communications
Producer: Inc.
Writer: Caroline Hawkins
Writer: Chris Barker
DVD: Region Code 0
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 180 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-12-05
Studio: Discovery Channel

DVD Reviews of Meerkat Manor The Complete 1st Season (4 DVD set)

DVD Review: Great show-but some disappointments with this product
Summary: 3 Stars

I decided to order the complete first season of 'Meerkat Manor' after seeing several episodes on tv. The show itself is quite fun and fascinating, and the images and multitude of camera angles is exhilarating. One thing I'm not a huge fan of is the narration, I found it too fluffy for my tastes and not very tight. But that's ok, it's part of the appeal to a greater audience.

One other point, slightly related to my previous comment, but I wish, how to say this, that the show would dig a little deeper into its subject and the subjects' environment? Even so, the show provides considerable enjoyment and entertainment by depicting the meerkats themselves and the developments that take place within their lives, which is loads of good fun...

Finally, I'd like to draw your attention to the Amazon.com version of this first season. The Amazon.com version has no menus within the dvds, and the packaging and presentation are abysmal. Supposedly the first season that you buy at the discovery channel store is better and has more features, so that is something to be aware of.

Anyways, 'Meerkat Manor' is a great show, fun for kids and adults, but it could have benefited from a little more depth.

DVD Review: No Closed Captioning
Summary: 1 Stars

I'm not sure if there's a different version, but the one I have does not have closed captioning. Unfortunate for those of us that are deaf or hard of hearing. The only thing in the menu is an episode guide. No audio selections, no subtitle selections, nothing. Very disappointed since I was really looking forward to watching the series in order.

DVD Review: Meerkat Manor - Complete First Season
Summary: 1 Stars

It's too bad that such a great show has this POOR QUALITY DVD available. There is NO way to navigate through the dvd - you must go from beg to end i.e. no way to skip over one show to get to next which is maddening if you want to see anything other than the first show of the dvd. The disc label is paper GLUED onto the disc. Kudos to Amazon for a great return department. This product is probably a boot leg copy. The set that comes with 3 discs is the official set. I found it at Animalplanet.com

DVD Review: A DELIGHTFUL ROMP WITH MEERKATS
Summary: 5 Stars

Watching the adorable Whiskers Meerkat family in the wild is both heartwarming and heartbreaking at times. No animal lover could resist the sight of these beautiful meerkats. Their human-like qualities are touching and endearing. These small animals form a strong family bond and fight to the death to protect their own. Flower is the matriarch of this family and she can banish a member for any reason as she did with her poor daughter Tosca. Their lives are full of fun and danger. Each day is a new adventure and it is a pure delight to watch this series. It is amazing at how the daily routine of these small animals are captured in incredible detail. I thoroughly enjoyed Season One and was left wanting more. Each episode is rather short and spends time with information on the previous and next episodes along with the constant explanation of the University of Cambridge's 10 year study on the meerkats. It's impossible to watch one episode right after the other since the DVD menu is not set up with the option to play all episodes. Hit menu and you will be taken to the menu for the episode you just watched. Moving on to the next episode takes several steps. I also think the blank pauses where the commericials would have been inserted could have been left out. With countless hours of meerkat adventures to include the episodes could have been expanded with more footage. Despite these technical issues, MEERKAT MANOR is a pure joy to watch. You won't be able to resist falling in love with them.

DVD Review: Meerkat Manor, or Is It?
Summary: 3 Stars

This version of Meerkat Manor has no menu. Having no menu means you have to forward through six episodes to get to the seventh. Extremely inconvenient. Otherwise fine...

Description of Meerkat Manor The Complete 1st Season (4 DVD set)

Triumph and mishap, comedy and tragedy - everything a good story needs, but this one is different, it stars a group of wild meerkats in South Africa. This ground-breaking thirteen part series records the daily lives of a group of meerkats known as "The Whiskers". Using state of the art camera technology above and below ground, and by tracking the group's movements 24 hours a day, the series paints a dramatic picture of a year in their highly complex and social lives. From viscous fights with rival gangs to infighting within the group, snake attacks, births of two dozen pups, and tragic deaths, "Meerkat Manor" includes animal behavior never recorded before. With characters that would be more at home in a real life soap opera, their entangled lives make for addictive viewing.

This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

Science & Technology DVDs

DVD Video

Bestsellers in Science & Technology DVDs

The BBC High Definition Natural History Collection (Planet Earth / Wild China / Galapagos / Ganges) [Blu-ray] Image

The BBC High Definition Natural History Collection (Planet Earth / Wild China / Galapagos / Ganges) [Blu-ray]
BBC Video; Release date: 2008-08-05; DVD
Best price: $94.99
Price in other shops: ~~$179.98~~

An Inconvenient Truth
Paramount; Release date: 2006-11-21; DVD
Best price: $11.42
Price in other shops: ~~$29.98~~

Life After People (History Channel)
A&E; Release date: 2008-03-18; DVD
Best price: $4.59
Price in other shops: ~~$19.95~~

Galapagos [Blu-ray]
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2007-10-02; DVD
Best price: $15.74
Price in other shops: ~~$28.99~~

Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series [HD DVD]
Ingram; Release date: 2007-04-24; DVD
Best price: $20.99
Price in other shops: ~~$99.98~~

Planet Earth & The Blue Planet Seas of Life (Special Collector's Edition)
Planet; Release date: 2007-10-02; DVD
Best price: $44.95
Price in other shops: ~~$119.98~~

Blue Planet: Seas of Life (Special Edition)
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2007-10-02; DVD
Best price: $21.75
Price in other shops: ~~$59.98~~

The BBC Natural History Collection featuring Planet Earth (Planet Earth/ The Blue Planet: Seas of Life Special Edition/ Life of Mammals/ Life of Birds)
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2008-04-01; DVD
Best price: $85.25
Price in other shops: ~~$199.92~~

Planet Earth - The Complete BBC Series [Blu-ray]
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2007-04-24; DVD
Best price: $44.85
Price in other shops: ~~$99.98~~

Planet Earth - The Complete BBC Series
Warner Brothers; Release date: 2007-04-24; DVD
Best price: $21.49
Price in other shops: ~~$79.98~~

Similar DVDs, VHS Video, Audio CDs

Meerkat Manor: Flower of the Kalahari
by Tim Clutton-Brock
Touchstone; Published: 2008-05-06; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.08
Price in other shops: ~~$18.00~~

Kingston Data Traveler 2 GB USB Drive (DTI/ 2GB)
Kingston Digital; Macintosh; CE
Best price: $2.36
Price in other shops: ~~$24.99~~

Meerkat Manor: Flower of the Kalahari
by T.H. Clutton-Brock
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ); Published: 2008-10-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.94
Price in other shops: ~~$12.48~~

Meerkat Manor, Season 2
WELLSPRING/GENIUS; Release date: 2008-04-08; DVD
Best price: $16.14
Price in other shops: ~~$24.95~~

Meerkat Manor: The Next Generation Season 4 (4 DVD Set)
Release date: 2008-09-30; DVD
Best price: $35.95

Meerkats (set of 3)
Safari Ltd.; Safari; Toy
Best price: $2.90

Meerkat Manor, Season 3
WELLSPRING/GENIUS; Release date: 2008-06-17; DVD
Best price: $14.02
Price in other shops: ~~$24.95~~

Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins
WELLSPRING/GENIUS; Release date: 2008-06-03; DVD
Best price: $7.54
Price in other shops: ~~$19.98~~

Meerkat Manor - Complete Third Season (4 DVD Set)
Release date: 2008-12-05; DVD
Best price: $49.99

Plush Meerkat Mini Flopsie 8" Image

Plush Meerkat Mini Flopsie 8"
Aurora; Aurora; Toy
Best price: $2.75
Price in other shops: ~~$5.99~~