Shoebox Zoo

Shoebox Zoo

Release date : September 21, 2004
Countries of origin : Canada / United Kingdom /
Original Language : English /
Production companies : BBC Scotland / Blueprint Entertainment / Alberta Filmworks /
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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.
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Shoebox Zoo
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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Vivien Endicott Douglas
Marnie McBride
26 Episodes
Simon Callow
Wolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice)
26 Episodes
Rik Mayall
Edwin the Eagle (voice)
26 Episodes
Alan Cumming
Bruno the Bear (voice)
26 Episodes
Siobhan Redmond
Ailsa the Adder (voice)
26 Episodes
Jason Connery
Ross McBride
26 Episodes
Peter Mullan
Michael Scot
26 Episodes
David McKay
William McTaggart
26 Episodes
Bill Paterson
The Storyteller (voice)
26 Episodes
Tony Donaldson
Juan Roberto Montoya de Toledo
26 Episodes
Gordon Tootoosis
Nathaniel Stone
13 Episodes
Natascha Girgis
Aurora Dexter
13 Episodes
Krystina Coates
Laura Nevin
13 Episodes
Yudii Mercredi
Kyle Stone
13 Episodes
Paul Cœur
Bobby Campbell
13 Episodes
Valerie Pearson
Dorothy Campbell
13 Episodes
Kelsey Collins
Becky Dexter
13 Episodes
Fergus Nimmo
Dougie
10 Episodes

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  • title:Shoebox Zoo
  • status:Ended
  • Release date: 2004
  • Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama · Action & Adventure ·
  • Countries of origin: Canada · United Kingdom ·
  • Original Language: English ·
  • Creators: Brian Ward · Justin Molotnikov · Claire Mundell ·
  • Production companies: BBC Scotland · Blueprint Entertainment · Alberta Filmworks ·
  • 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.
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