'' Meerkat Manor '' was nominated for a 2005 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival Award in the " Animal Behaviour " category , and in 2007 for " Best Original Score " . At the 2006 Wildscreen Festival , the series was a finalist in three categories : " Animal Behaviour " , " Innovation " , and " Popular Broadcast " . The series won Gold Statues in " Natural History " and " Cinematography " , and a Silver Statue for " Writing " , at the 2006 Omni Awards . The eighth episode of series three , " Journey 's End " which depicts the death of Whiskers matriarch Flower , was awarded the 2008 Wildscreen Festival Panda Award in the " Five Award for Popular Broadcast Programme " category . '' Meerkat Manor '' was a two-time Gold Medal winner in the " Nature & Wildlife " category at the New York Festivals Award Gala , in 2006 for series one , and again in 2007 for series one and two . The series was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards in 2007 : one for " Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming " and one for " Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming " . In 2009 the series was awarded the Grand Award at the New York Festivals International Television Programming and Promotion Awards in the " Family Programmes " category
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