Meerkat Manor is Noel Gallagher’s favourite TV show. I reckon that’s because this family of adorable animals has more family squabbles than Albert Square. Compulsive fans have become utterly devoted to the meerkats as they follow the ups and downs of The Whiskers, a family of meerkats living in the Kalahari Desert. Living underground and eating a diet of worms, insects and lizards you wouldn’t expect this to make riveting TV, but the day to day family issues they confront has turned this TV series into a surprise hit!

At the end of the last season of Meerkat Manor, the Whiskers family faced a long winter, and Mozart the meerkat’s babies had been killed by an enemy gang of Meerkats called The Commandos. Now back for a third series on Animal Planet, with new characters, and stories, the Whiskers face a new gang, the Zappa tribe, who are like the neighbours from hell!

Running through to 26th September, on weekdays at 8:30pm, you need to have a strong constitution and a handy box of Kleenex because the news isn’t good for all of the members of the Whiskers family.

You can find out more at www.animalplanet.co.uk/meerkat_manor

You can also see some fascinating videos of Meerkat Manor here and here

The meerkat families: Whiskers, featuring Flower and Zaphod, Lazuli, led by Cazanna and Big Si, Gattaca, Commandoes, led by Hannibal and Nikita, Zappa, led by Punk and Starsky. Meerkat Manor is narated by Bill Nighy in the UK, Sean Astin in the US and Mike Goldman in Australia.