---
title: 'The Meerkats (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Honeyborne'
released: '2008-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 83
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-meerkats-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0892391/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Meerkats (2008)

2008 · 83 min · Documentary · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

The Meerkats, also known as Meerkats: The Movie, is a feature-length 2008 British wildlife fiction film which anthropomorphises the daily struggles of a clan of meerkats in the Kalahari Desert. It was produced by BBC Films, and filmed by the award-winning BBC Natural History Unit. It is the debut directorial feature of James Honeyborne, previously a producer of natural history programmes for television. The worldwide premiere was held at the Dinard Film Festival, France in October 2008, expanding to a wide release the following week. The film was released in 2009, on 7 August in the UK. The film was dedicated to Paul Newman, the narrator of the film, who died in 2008, shortly before this film was released making it his final film role.

## Credits

- **Director:** [James Honeyborne](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-honeyborne)
- **Screenplay:** [Alexander McCall Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-mccall-smith)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Sarah Class](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-class)

## Cast

- [Rufus Beck](https://cinepixo.com/people/rufus-beck)
- [Paul Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-newman)

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Official site: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/film/the_meerkats
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-meerkats-2008
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