- Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
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Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies Format Animated television series Country of origin UK
USANo. of episodes 52 Production Running time 11 minutes (UK);
30 minutes (USA);
10 minutes (Canada)Broadcast Original channel CBeebies
PBSPicture format 720x576 16:9 Original run 2006 – present Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies is a 2006 animated 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, 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 the UK Mama Mirabelle. The series is produced by UK animation company King Rollo Films, whose other shows include Paz, Maizy, and Mr. Benn. Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies season 1 runs as 52 11-minute shows on CBeebies, but the show is running on PBS Kids as of 2008[update] 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.
Characters:
- Mama Mirabelle the elephant aged 35 years old; she wears a beautiful hat in orange and blue.
- Max the elephant aged 5 years old
- Karla the zebra aged 9 years old
- Bo the cheetah aged 10 years old
Episodes
- Elephant Walk / Sounds Of The Savanna
- A Little Help From My Friends / Baby Of A Different Stripe
- Hide-And-Seek / Tell Me About It
- To Sleep With Wombats / All Creatures Great And Small
- Anybody Home? / Healthy Habits
- Play's The Thing / Sam Spades Of The Savannah
- Gourmet Grazing / Kings And Queens Of The Savannah
- I Spy / Eyes, Ears, Noses, Trunks
- The Boy Can Blow / I Don't Like Spiders And Snakes
- What's In A Tail? / Foot Prints In The Sand
- Here Today, Gone Tomorrow / Nobody's Perfect
- Things That Go Yip, Howl, And Screech In The Night / Cracking The Code
- A Savannah Kwanzaa / You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
- Change Is Gonna Come / Trumpet While You Work
- Spot The Difference / Hot And Cold Running Critters
- Why Zebras Can't Fly / Super Duper Savannah Animals
- Come Out Of Your Shell / Travels With Mama
- Tails Of The Galapagos / Happy Habitats
- Savanna Lullaby / It Gives You Paws
- Out Of Reach / Family Style
- Curtain Up! / Listen Up!
- Rainy Day Blues / Take Me To The Water
- Find Your Way Home / The Nose Knows
- Jumbled Jungle / Alone Together
- Muddy Wonderland / Do You See What I See?
- Have You Heard? / This Is Mama's World
- On Thin Ice part 1 / On Thin ice part 2 / On thin ice part 3
Television Airing
Mama Mirrabelle's Home Movies aired on 2006.
Country Channel Title Singapore
Kids Central/okto Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies United Kingdom
CBeebies Australia
ABC1/ABC2 United States
PBS Kids / PBS Kids Sprout Canada
TVO Kids Portugal
Canal Panda / RTP1 / RTP2 / SIC Mãe Mirabelle Poland
MiniMini Opowieści Mamy Mirabelle Japan
Disney Channel Playhouse Disney ママ・ミラベルのムービータイム Hong Kong
aTV World 媽媽貝拉補習班 Turkey
Cartoon Network (Turkey) Mama Mirabel Germany
KI.KA Mama Mirabelle's Tierkino External links
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See also PBS network shows · Educational television
Categories:- PBS Kids
- BBC children's television programmes
- 2000s British television series
- 2006 British television programme debuts
- Television series about animals
- Fictional elephants
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