| Banded Brothers | |
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| Genre | |
| Narrated by | Dexter Fletcher |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Wendy Darke |
| Producer | Colin Jackson |
| Production locations | Mweya, Uganda |
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| Running time | 58 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Two |
| Original release | 21 February – 14 March 2010 |
Banded Brothers (also known as Banded Brothers: The Mongoose Mob) is a British television program airing on BBC Two on Sundays during February and March 2010. Filmed and presented in the style of Meerkat Manor , it follows the regular lives and activities of a family of banded mongooses being monitored by the Banded Mongoose Research Project of the University of Exeter, in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park.
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