Brian Ward
creator
Shoebox Zoo
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.78%
Justin Molotnikov
creator
Cast
Vivien Endicott Douglas
Marnie McBride
Total episodes: 26
Simon Callow
Wolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice)
Total episodes: 26
Rik Mayall
Edwin the Eagle (voice)
Total episodes: 26
Alan Cumming
Bruno the Bear (voice)
Total episodes: 26
Siobhan Redmond
Ailsa the Adder (voice)
Total episodes: 26
Jason Connery
Ross McBride
Total episodes: 26
Peter Mullan
Michael Scot
Total episodes: 26
David McKay
William McTaggart
Total episodes: 26
Bill Paterson
The Storyteller (voice)
Total episodes: 26
Tony Donaldson
Juan Roberto Montoya de Toledo
Total episodes: 26
Gordon Tootoosis
Nathaniel Stone
Total episodes: 13
Natascha Girgis
Aurora Dexter
Total episodes: 13
Vivien Endicott Douglas
Marnie McBride
Total episodes: 26
Simon Callow
Wolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice)
Total episodes: 26
Rik Mayall
Edwin the Eagle (voice)
Total episodes: 26
Alan Cumming
Bruno the Bear (voice)
Total episodes: 26
Siobhan Redmond
Ailsa the Adder (voice)
Total episodes: 26
Jason Connery
Ross McBride
Total episodes: 26
Peter Mullan
Michael Scot
Total episodes: 26
David McKay
William McTaggart
Total episodes: 26
Bill Paterson
The Storyteller (voice)
Total episodes: 26
Tony Donaldson
Juan Roberto Montoya de Toledo
Total episodes: 26
Gordon Tootoosis
Nathaniel Stone
Total episodes: 13
Natascha Girgis
Aurora Dexter
Total episodes: 13
Extra
Release Date
September 21, 2004Last air Date
November 27, 2005Status
EndedOriginal Language
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Season 2
Aired on: 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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