Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies

Did You Know?

• In the American version, all main animals except Karla have American voices.
• The "Home Movies" are projected onto a screen of fireflies.

Characters

Mama Mirabelle is an elephant who wears a distinctive orange hat decorated with blue flowers. She has traveled extensively and filmed many different animals. In the UK, she is voiced by Floella Benjamin, and in the US by Vanessa Williams. Her son Max, the youngest character, is voiced by Phillipa Alexander in English and Josephine Schmidt in German; he often exclaims "Whoa" when something catches his interest. Karla, a zebra foal voiced by Teresa Gallagher in both the UK and US and by Jennifer Wieb in Germany, is always asking questions and admires Mama Mirabelle, hoping to be like her someday. Bo, a lively cheetah cub voiced by Jules de Jongh in both the US and UK and by Jesco Spirgen in Germany, is adventurous, energetic, and loves to sprint. Chip, Flip, and Kip are three monkeys who appear only in the Monkey Minutes segments; they communicate solely through monkey sounds. Merlin is an Egyptian fruit bat. Kayla, voiced by Moya O'Sullivan, is a red kangaroo and a friend of Mama Mirabelle. Her daughter Kylie, voiced by Gabriella Lewis, speaks just one line per episode. Daddy Stripes, voiced by David Holt in both the UK and US, is Karla's father and appears in a single episode. Keisha, voiced by Emma Tate, is a wombat that Karla meets in the episode To Sleep With Wombats. Benny, voiced by Lizzie Waterworth, is a lovebird who enjoys helping others. Winnie is a wildebeest calf and Karla's friend who speaks Swahili; she and her migrating herd appear only in Here Today, Gone Tomorrow. Jacques, voiced by Alan Marriott, is a walrus who travels alongside Mama Mirabelle. Mama Bird, voiced by Elly Fairman, is Benny's mother. Edna, voiced by Felicia Hamilton, is a young echidna living in Australia.