Sammen med sine dyrevenner har løven Alex levet hele sit liv i fangenskab. De har vænnet sig til faste spisetider og et liv uden de store sorger og glæder. Gruppen af venner beslutter at se lidt på den omgivende storby, men ender i stedet på den afrikanske ø Madagaskar, hvor de pludselig skal lære at klare sig selv i naturen...
Blæksprutten dr. Octavius Brine nærer et indædt had til den langt mere nuttede pingvinrace. Forklædt som forsker vil Brine kidnappe alle pingviner i verden og forvandle dem til frastødende mutanter! Men de fire pingvinagenter Skipper, Kowalski, Rico og Rekrut er på sagen, og de får hjælp af indsatsstyrken Nordenvind, der består af en ulv, en sæl, en isbjørn og en ugle.
Pingvinerne vendte aldrig tilbage fra deres tur til Europa, så nu rejser Alex, Marty, Gloria og Melman tværs over Atlanten for at hente dem. De finder pingvinerne i Monte Carlo, hvor de er i færd med at sprænge kasinoet. Men da det lokale veterinærpoliti fatter interesse for dyrene, søger vennerne fra zoo tilflugt hos en cirkustrup, der har kurs mod New York.
Løven Alex, zebraen Marty, giraffen Melman og flodhesten Gloria hygger sig på Madagascar. Da de får mulighed for smuttur hjem til New York, så de siger ja tak. De får nemlig flyvelejlighed med de tre pingviner, der i sin tid var skyld i, at de havnede på Madagascar. De fire venner kommer dog ikke længere end til Afrika, og her finder de ud af, at der findes andre giraffer, løver, zebraer og flodheste end dem.
Det 18. århundrede. Madagaskars pirater, der er herrer over Det Indiske Ocean og har slået sig ned i en uindtagelig naturlig fæstning, dræber, røver og plyndrer ustraffet.
Det er jul i New Yorks zoologiskhave. Den yngste pingvin finder ud af at isbjørnen ikke har nogen at fejre jul med, og begiver sig på en mission for at finde en julegave til ham. Men noget går galt, og han bliver kidnappet af en gammel dame. Nu må de tre resterende pingviner hjælpe deres tilfangetagede kammerat, for som pingvinernes grundregler siger: 'Bad aldrig i varm olie og kagemiks', eller var det 'svøm aldrig alene'?
Da julemanden og hans rensdyr styrter ned på øen Madagascar, er det op til Alex, Marty, Gloria, Melman og de skøre pingviner at redde julen. Gør klar til gode grin i denne hylemorsomme juleklassiker.
Dine yndlings Madacascar venner er tilbage i et helt nyt eventyr! Alex bedste ferie, Valentines Dag, byder på sjove overraskelser for hele banden... Melman planlægger en stor overraskelse for Gloria, Marty forsøger at imponere en ny ven og alle ønsker at få fat i kong Julien´s elskovsdrik.
På en varm dag i 1961 giver en madagaskisk dreng, den unge David Attenborough nogle stykker af en stor æggeskal fundet på en sandet flodbred. De tilhørte den største fugl, der nogensinde har levet, den halvt ton uddøde elefant fugl Aepyornis.
The adventures of four penguins—Skipper, Kowalski, Private, and Rico, who perform various commando-like missions to protect their home in the Central Park Zoo. The penguins often have to deal with problems caused, or made worse, by their zoo neighbors, King Julien XIII (a ring-tailed lemur), Maurice (an aye-aye), and Mort (a mouse lemur).
King Julien is back and shaking his booty harder than ever! Discover the wild world of Madagascar as the king takes on the jungle’s craziest adventures in this comedy series. With his loyal sidekicks Maurice and Mort, they meet a whole new cast of colorful animals, including ambitious head of security Clover and the villainous Foosa. No one can stop this king from ruling with an iron fist...in the air...wavin' like he just doesn't care.
Over 80 per cent of Madagascar's animals and plants are found nowhere else on Earth. Discover what made Madagascar so different from the rest of the world, and how evolution ran wild here.
A follow-up to the 1990 Radio 4 series in which the late Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine travelled around the world in search of endangered species. 20 years later Stephen Fry and Mark Carwardine go back to see what has become of the animals in two decades, and to discover what has affected their fortunes.
Joanna Lumley sets off on one of her most epic voyages yet, a journey through the world’s greatest spice continents to discover the rich tapestry of flavours and cultures which have shaped our world. Touring Indonesia, Zanzibar, India and Madagascar, Joanna explores the centuries-old spice trade in this brand new four-part series of discovery.
Exploring some of the world's most isolated and iconic tropical islands.
Martin Clunes travels down to the Indian Ocean to witness what many fear is the lemur's last stand.
Among the forests and ruins of Madagascar's Berenty Reserve, four gangs of ring-tailed lemurs are locked in a feud over territory, resources, and power... and often the fiercest conflicts are happening within the tribes. This five-part series places you in the heart of "Lemur Island," where half of the world's wild population of lemurs share a fragment of land less than a square mile. Here, battle lines are drawn and crossed, leaders are trusted and tested, and gang members thrive or perish in the harsh extremes of this intense environment.
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. It aired in Canada on TVO from 13 February 2008 until 16 April 2008 and on Knowledge from 2 April 2008 until 31 May 2008, using its original name of Lemur Street. Each episode is thirty minutes long. Renowned primatologist Alison Jolly is the series scientific consultant and Joanne Lunt is the producer. Lemur Street was released in a three disc DVD set in the United Kingdom in September 2008 by Eureka Entertainment.
