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Shoebox Zoo

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Plot

Shoebox Zoo is an urban fantasy TV series made in a collaboration between BBC Scotland and various Canadian television companies. It is mostly live-action, but with CGI used for the animal figurines. The show centers on the story of a young girl named Marnie McBride, who is given a shoebox containing four toy animals by a mysterious old man at a junk shop, as a gift for her 11th birthday. These magical toys have the power to come alive on Marnie’s command, and they’re on a quest to find an ancient book that once belonged to a great and powerful wizard.

Cast

Vivien Endicott Douglas as Marnie McBride
Vivien Endicott Douglas

as Marnie McBride

Simon Callow as Wolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice)
Simon Callow

as Wolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice)

Rik Mayall as Edwin the Eagle (voice)
Rik Mayall

as Edwin the Eagle (voice)

Alan Cumming as Bruno the Bear (voice)
Alan Cumming

as Bruno the Bear (voice)

Siobhan Redmond as Ailsa the Adder (voice)
Siobhan Redmond

as Ailsa the Adder (voice)

Jason Connery as Ross McBride
Jason Connery

as Ross McBride

Peter Mullan as Michael Scot
Peter Mullan

as Michael Scot

David McKay as William McTaggart
David McKay

as William McTaggart

Bill Paterson as The Storyteller (voice)
Bill Paterson

as The Storyteller (voice)

Gordon Tootoosis as Nathaniel Stone
Gordon Tootoosis

as Nathaniel Stone

Creator

Network

Status

  • Ended

First Aired Date

  • September 21, 2004

Last Aired Date

  • November 27, 2005

Production Companies

  • BBC Scotland

  • Blueprint Entertainment

  • Alberta Filmworks

Type

  • Scripted

Number of Season

  • 2

Number of Episodes

  • 26

Links

Gallery

Reviews

I discovered Shoebox Zoo quite recently, nearly 18 years after it originally aired (as of the time this review was originally written). Truthfully, I went into it with very low expectations, and was very hesitant to check it out at first, but my curiosity was piqued and so I ended up deciding to watch it. Much to my shock, I ended up enjoying it quite a lot, so much so that I’d even rank it among…

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Season 2

2005|13 Episodes

Marnie, with the Shoebox Zoo animals in tow, travels from Edinburgh to her hometown of Denver. Now accompanied by her best friend Kyle, the quest for the Book of Forbidden Knowledge continues as the two friends must piece together several clues in order to find the true location of the book, all the while having to once again stop the evil plans of Toledo, who is seemingly back from the dead as a ghostly apparition. Will Marnie and Kyle be able to find the book and turn the Shoebox Zoo back to their human forms? Or will the nefarious shapeshifter prevail?

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