Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies

*Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies*
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
Starring	Floella Benjamin; Phillipa Alexander; Jules de Jongh; Teresa Gallagher
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	10 minutes
Production company	King Rollo Films; National Geographic Kids
Distributor	National Geographic Television International
Release
Original network	CBeebies
Picture format	720x576 16:9
Original release	March 2007 –; 2008

Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies is an animated educational wildlife children's television series. The live action footage comes from the BBC Natural History Unit archives, as well as the National Geographic Society. The series ran on CBeebies in the United Kingdom. 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 Books. 52 11-minute episodes were produced; in the United States, they were packaged as 26 half-hours.^[2]

In the American version, all of the animals except Karla and Bo 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 studio King Rollo Films, whose other shows include Disney's The Adventures of Spot, Discovery Kids' Paz, Noggin's Maisy, Sprout's Poppy Cat and Mr. Benn. Music for this show is written by Lester Barnes, the composer for Horrid Henry, Me Too!, Paz, and Urmel.)

Plot[]

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 main young characters but for the preschool audience at home.

Characters and voice cast[]

Mama Mirabelle the elephant; she always wears a beautiful orange hat with blue flowers on it and is the lead mother of the series. Voiced by Floella Benjamin in the United Kingdom and Vanessa Williams in the United States.
Max the elephant, he is voiced by Phillipa Alexander in the United Kingdom, Teresa Gallagher in the United States, and Josephine Schmidt in Germany, Max is Mama Mirabelle's son. He also loves a bit good muddy fun with Karla and Bo.
Karla the zebra, voiced by Teresa Gallagher in both the United Kingdom and the United States, and Jennifer Wieb in Germany, is a bit of a prim and proper animal but loves mud. Her favourite game is called Nuzzle Tag.
Bo the cheetah, voiced by Jules de Jongh in both the United States and the United Kingdom, and Jesco Spirtgen in Germany, is the adopted son of Mama Mirabelle, who loves to pounce.
Merlin the bat - Is voiced by Kuchi Braaso in the United Kingdom and Tajja Isen in the United States.
Kayla the red kangaroo - She is friends with Mama Mirabelle and was voiced by Moya O'Sullivan.
Ronjy the tiger - Seen in Muddy Wonderland.
Kylie, Kayla's daughter. She is voiced by Gabriella Lewis, though she only said one line the each episode she appeared in.
Daddy Stripes the zebra, Karla, Max, and Bo's father. He is voiced by David Holt in the United Kingdom and Lucien Dodge in the United States.
Keisha, Karla's wombat friend. She is voiced by Emma Tate in the United Kingdom and Katie Leigh in the United States.
Benny the bird - Loves to aid. He is voiced by Lizzie Waterworth.
Winnie the cow - Is Karla's friend from the cold area. She is voiced by Sarah Williams.
Jacques the walrus - A fellow traveller of Mama Mirabelle. He is voiced by Alan Marriott.
Mama Bird - Benny's mother, who is voiced by Elly Fairman.
Edna the Echidna - A young echidna who lives in Australia and is voiced by Felicia Hamilton.

Crew[]

Susan Blu - Voice Director
Kent Meredith - Voice Director

Episodes[]

01. Elephant Walk
02. The Sounds Of The Savanna
03. A Little Help From My Friends
04. Baby Of A Different Stripe
05. Hide And Go Seek
06. Tell Me About It
07. To Sleep With Wombats
08. All Creatures Great And Small
09. Anybody Home?
10. Healthy Habits
11. Play's The Thing
12. Sam Spades Of The Savanna
13. Gourmet Grazing
14. Kings And Queens Of The Savanna
15. I Spy
16. Eyes, Ears, Noses, And Trunks
17. The Boy Can Blow
18. I Don't Like Spiders And Snakes
19. What's In A Tail
20. Foot Prints In The Sand
21. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
22. Nobody's Perfect
23. Things That Go Yip, Howl And Screech In The Night
24. Cracking The Code
25. A Savanna Kwanzaa
26. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
27. Change Is Gonna Come
28. Trumpet While You Work
29. Spot The Difference
30. Hot-And-Cold Running Critters
31. Why Zebras Can't Fly
32. Super Duper Savanna Animals
33. Come Out Of Your Shell
34. Travels With Mama
35. Tails Of The Galápagos
36. Happy Habitats
37. Savanna Lullaby
38. It Gives You Paws
39. Out Of Reach
40. Family Style
41. Curtain Up!
42. Listen Up!
43. Rainy Day Blues
44. Take Me To The Water
45. Find Your Way Home
46. The Nose Knows
47. Jumbled Jungle
48. Alone Together
49. Muddy Wonderland
50. Do You See What I See?
51. Have You Heard?
52. This Is Mama's World
53. Bat

References[]

^ https://www.licenseglobal.com/archive/cpgl-wins-national-geographics-%E2%80%9Cmama-mirabelles-home-movies%E2%80%9D
^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 275. ISBN 9781476672939.

External links[]

[1] ttps://www.licenseglobal.com/archive/cpgl-wins-national-geographics-%E2%80%9Cmama-mirabelles-home-movies%E2%80%9D

[2] Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 275. ISBN 9781476672939.

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Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
Starring	Floella Benjamin Phillipa Alexander Jules de Jongh Teresa Gallagher
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	10 minutes
Production company	King Rollo Films National Geographic Kids
Distributor	National Geographic Television International^[1]
Release
Original network	CBeebies
Picture format	720x576 16:9
Original release	March 2007 (2007-03) – 2008 (2008)