Shoebox Zoo (2004)
Overview
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.
What is Shoebox Zoo about?
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. Shoebox Zoo is a Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure series, first aired on 2004-09-21, 2 seasons and 26 episodes.
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Created by
Brian Ward, Justin Molotnikov, Claire Mundell
Cast
- Vivien Endicott Douglas as Marnie McBride
- Simon Callow as Wolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice)
- Rik Mayall as Edwin the Eagle (voice)
- Alan Cumming as Bruno the Bear (voice)
- Siobhan Redmond as Ailsa the Adder (voice)
- Jason Connery as Ross McBride
- Peter Mullan as Michael Scot
- David McKay as William McTaggart
- Bill Paterson as The Storyteller (voice)
- Gordon Tootoosis as Nathaniel Stone
- Natascha Girgis as Aurora Dexter
- Tony Donaldson as Juan Roberto Montoya de Toledo
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Sources
Details and the 7.7/10 rating from Shoebox Zoo on TMDB, also on IMDb. Back to Movie World.