Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies

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Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
Genre Animated series
Created by Douglas Wood
Andy Yerkes
Based on
  • an idea by George Evelyn and Wild Brain
  • character designs by Eric Brace
Starring Floella Benjamin
Vanessa Williams
Phillipa Alexander
Jules de Jongh
Teresa Gallagher
Opening theme"Movie Time!"
ComposerLester Barnes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes52
Production
Running time10 minutes
Production company King Rollo Films
National Geographic Kids
Original release
Network CBeebies (UK)
PBS Kids (US)
ReleaseMarch 19, 2007 (2007-03-19) 
January 18, 2008 (2008-01-18)

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 originally aired on CBeebies in the UK and 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. A total of 52 episodes were produced; in the United States, they were packaged as 26 half-hours. [1]

Contents

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 The Adventures of Spot , Discovery Kids' Paz , the Nick Jr. block and Noggin's Maisy , Sprout's Poppy Cat and Mr. Benn . The show's opening theme was written by Lester Barnes (the composer for Horrid Henry , Me Too! , Paz and Urmel ).

Premise

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

Crew

Episodes

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