Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies

Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies is a 2007 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 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 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. Voiced by Vanessa Williams.
• Max the elephant aged 5 years old, voiced by Phillipa Alexander. Max is Mama Mirabelle's son.
• Karla the zebra aged 9 years old, voiced by Teresa Gallagher.
• Bo the cheetah aged 10 years old, voiced by Jules de Jongh.

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

Television Airing

Mama Mirrabelle's Home Movies aired in 2007.

Country / Region	Channel	Title
Singapore	Kids Central/okto	Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
United Kingdom	CBeebies
Australia	ABC1/ABC2
United States	PBS Kids / Sprout
Latin America	National Geographic Channel (on the Nat Geo & Yo block)		Mama Mirabelle
Brazil	TV Brasil / National Geographic Channel (on the Nat Geo & Eu block)
Portugal	Canal Panda / RTP1 / RTP2	Mãe Mirabelle
Spain	Boomerang (Spain)	Mamá Mirabelle
Poland	MiniMini	Opowieści Mamy Mirabelle
Czech Republic	ČT1	Mirabelino domácí kino
Hungary	Duna TV	Mirabella Mama házimozija
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
Finland	MTV3 Juniori	Mamma Mirabellen eläinystävät
Sweden	SVTB	Mamma Mirabelle
Norway	NRK1	Mamma Mirabelle viser film
Denmark	TV2	Mama Mirabelle
Germany	KI.KA	Mama Mirabelle's Tierkino
France	Tiji / Gulli	Mama Mirabelle
Italy	Rai Due / Playhouse Disney (Italy)	Mamma Mirabelle

External links

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