The Kalahari Desert is home to a family of meerkats, one of the most social creatures in the animal kingdom. A type of mongoose, meerkats even share their burrows with ground squirrels. But life in the desert is extremely tough and this programme concentrates on one male meerkat. We follow him as he hunts for food, survives a drought and, after the death of his mother and sister, is even forced to find a new family of his own.