Lemur Kingdom
| Lemur Street | |
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Logo for Lemur Street
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| Also known as | 'Lemur Wars (Australia) Lemur Kingdom (US) |
| Genre | Nature, documentary, drama |
| Narrated by |
Martin Shaw (UK) Franklin O'Smith (US) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Joanne Lunt |
| Location(s) | Madagascar |
| Cinematography | Robin Smith |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Animal Planet International |
| Picture format | PAL |
| Audio format | Surround sound |
| Original release | 20 November 2007 – 4 February 2008 |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
| Production website |
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Lemur Street is a British television show produced by Oxford Scientific Films for Animal Planet International which is based on the successful format of Meerkat Manor. The series premièred in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2007 on the UK Animal Planet network with Martin Shaw narrating.
On 8 February 2008 it aired in the United States under the name Lemur Kingdom, with fourteen episodes airing until 9 May 2008. It was removed from the air with the return of the channel's top series, Meerkat Manor.
Lemur Street was released in a three disc DVD set in the United Kingdom in September 2008 by Eureka Entertainment.
The twenty-episode series focusses on two competing matriarchal ring-tailed lemur troops in the Berenty Reserve on the island of Madagascar. Along with following the lemurs' battles for dominance, against their natural enemies and against each other, the series is reported to include the first professionally recorded footage of a ring-tailed lemur giving birth.
Robin Smith, who filmed several series of Meerkat Manor, is the cinematographer for Lemur Street.
The content of the UK and US versions of the programme are the same for most episodes, however Animal Planet US renamed the show Lemur Kingdom, added names for the episodes - which were referred to by number in the UK - and renamed the lemur troops and some individual lemurs. The troop called The Tornadoes in Lemur Street have been renamed "The Furies". Furies was chosen by Animal Planet US because of the constant infighting between the three families which make up the troop. Crystal, the dominant female of the Graveyards, has been renamed Juno and her mate Blake was renamed Marcus.
This group is made up of three separate families of lemurs and has approximately twenty members. In the US broadcast, they have been renamed to the "Furies" because of the regular fighting between the three families.
Made up of only one family, this twenty member gang is named from the fact that they live in an old graveyard. In the US broadcast, their name is changed to the "Graveyard Gang".
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