Shoebox Zoo
“Believe.”
2004•TV-PG•2 Seasons•26 Episodes•7.7•Ended
Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAction & Adventure
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.
Creator
Brian Ward, Justin Molotnikov, Claire Mundell
Network
BBC One
Origin
GB, CA
Cast
Vivien Endicott Douglas
Marnie McBride
Simon Callow
Wolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice)
Rik Mayall
Edwin the Eagle (voice)
Alan Cumming
Bruno the Bear (voice)
Siobhan Redmond
Ailsa the Adder (voice)
Jason Connery
Ross McBride
Peter Mullan
Michael Scot
David McKay
William McTaggart
Bill Paterson
The Storyteller (voice)
Gordon Tootoosis
Nathaniel Stone
Natascha Girgis
Aurora Dexter
Tony Donaldson
Juan Roberto Montoya de Toledo
Yudii Mercredi
Kyle Stone
Paul Cœur
Bobby Campbell
Valerie Pearson
Dorothy Campbell
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