{"id":17575,"date":"2021-02-18T18:33:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T23:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=17575"},"modified":"2021-02-18T18:33:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T23:33:29","slug":"bill-nighy-set-to-narrate-bbc-americas-meerkat-manor-rise-of-the-dynasty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/18\/bill-nighy-set-to-narrate-bbc-americas-meerkat-manor-rise-of-the-dynasty\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Nighy Set to Narrate BBC America&#8217;s &#8220;Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17576\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/meerkat-manor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/meerkat-manor.jpg 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/meerkat-manor-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/meerkat-manor-560x315.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/meerkat-manor-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/meerkat-manor-160x90.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BBC AMERICA announced today that BAFTA-winning actor Bill Nighy is set to narrate <strong><em>Meerkat Manor: Rise of the Dynasty<\/em><\/strong>, the new installation of the <em>Meerkat Manor<\/em> series. 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Neighbors and rivals who share a bloodline are forced to compete for food and resources in an environment that is undergoing a great deal of change: the Kalahari Desert in South Africa.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2291542662\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nighy&#8217;s recent film credits include <em>Minamata<\/em> (2020), <em>Emma<\/em> (2020), the Netflix drama <em>Hope Gap<\/em> (2019), <em>Ordeal by Innocence<\/em> (2018), <em>Sometimes Always Never<\/em> (2018) and <em>The Button Maker<\/em> (2018). 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