Shoebox Zoo (2004)

7.7 out of 10 · 2004 · 2 seasons · 26 episodes · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure

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.

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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