Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies

Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies is an 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 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 Paz, Maisy, 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 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; she wears a beautiful hat in orange and blue. Voiced by Floella Benjamin in the UK and Vanessa Williams in the US.
• Max the elephant, he is voiced by Phillipa Alexander in the UK and Andrea Libman in the US, Max is Mama Mirabelle's son. He also loves some good dirty fun with Karla and Bo.
• Karla the zebra, voiced by Teresa Gallagher in the UK and Bailey Gambertogilo in the US, is a bit of a prim and proper animal, but loves mud. Her favorite game is Nuzzle Tag.
• Bo the cheetah, voiced by Jules de Jongh, is the adopted son of Mama Mirabelle. He loves to pounce.
• Merlin, a young bat. She is voiced by Kuchi Braaso.
• Kayla, a red kangaroo who is friends with Mama Mirabelle. She is voiced by Phillipa Alexander.
• Ronjy, a live action tiger seen in Muddy Wonderland.
• Cylie, Kayla's daughter. She is voiced by Gabriella Lewis though she does'nt talk, she just hops.
• Daddy Stripes the zebra, Karla, Max, and Bo's dad. He is voiced by David Holt in the UK and Lucien Dodge in the US.
• Keisha, Karla's wombat friend. She is voiced by Emma Tate in the UK and Katie Leigh in the US.
• Benny, a bird who loves to help. He is voiced by Lizzie Waterworth.
• Winnie, a cow. He is voiced by Sarah Williams.

Episodes

1. Elephant Walk / Sounds Of The Savanna
2. A Little Help From My Friends / Baby Of A Different Stripe
3. Hide-And-Seek / Tell Me About It
4. To Sleep With Wombats / All Creatures Great And Small
5. Anybody Home? / Healthy Habits
6. Play's The Thing / Sam Spades Of The Savannah
7. Gourmet Grazing / Kings And Queens Of The Savannah
8. I Spy / Eyes, Ears, Noses, Trunks
9. The Boy Can Blow / I Don't Like Spiders And Snakes
10. What's In A Tail? / Foot Prints In The Sand
11. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow / Nobody's Perfect
12. Things That Go Yip, Howl, And Screech In The Night / Cracking The Code
13. A Savannah Kwanzaa / You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
14. Change Is Gonna Come / Trumpet While You Work
15. Spot The Difference / Hot And Cold Running Critters
16. Why Zebras Can't Fly / Super Duper Savannah Animals
17. Come Out Of Your Shell / Travels With Mama
18. Tails Of The Galapagos / Happy Habitats
19. Savanna Lullaby / It Gives You Paws
20. Out Of Reach / Family Style
21. Curtain Up! / Listen Up!
22. Rainy Day Blues / Take Me To The Water
23. Find Your Way Home / The Nose Knows
24. Jumbled Jungle / Alone Together
25. Muddy Wonderland / Do You See What I See?
26. Have You Heard? / This Is Mama's World

External links

• Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies at CBeebies
• Mama Mirabelle at PBS Kids