Shoebox Zoo

Sep 21, 2004 (en) Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure [25] Min
  • First Air Date
    Sep 21, 2004
  • Production
    BBC Scotland, Blueprint Entertainment, Alberta Filmworks
  • Rotten tomato
    78%
  • Original title
    Shoebox Zoo
  • Release
    Sep 21, 2004
  • en
    -

Believe.

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Tom Cox, Ashley Irving-Scott, Jordy Randall, Christine Shipton

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Vivien Endicott Douglas

    Marnie McBride

  2. Simon Callow

    Wolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice)

  3. Rik Mayall

    Edwin the Eagle (voice)

  4. Alan Cumming

    Bruno the Bear (voice)

  5. Siobhan Redmond

    Ailsa the Adder (voice)

  6. Jason Connery

    Ross McBride

  7. Peter Mullan

    Michael Scot

  8. David McKay

    William McTaggart

  9. Bill Paterson

    The Storyteller (voice)

  10. Gordon Tootoosis

    Nathaniel Stone

  11. Natascha Girgis

    Aurora Dexter

  12. Tony Donaldson

    Juan Roberto Montoya de Toledo

  13. Yudii Mercredi

    Kyle Stone

  14. Paul Cœur

    Bobby Campbell

  15. Valerie Pearson

    Dorothy Campbell

  16. Kelsey Collins

    Becky Dexter

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 16 / Crews : 221

Season 1 ( 2004-09-21)

On her 11th birthday, Marnie McBride goes to a junk shop with her father to pick out a present. There, the mysterious shopkeeper eagerly gifts her a shoebox containing four animal figurines, all of whom have the ability to magically spring to life. Marnie now has to deal with the struggles of balancing her life between adventuring with the collectively named “Shoebox Zoo” animals on a quest to find an ancient book of magic, and her day-to-day life as a schoolgirl, on top of having to deal with the grief stemming from the loss of her recently deceased mother.

The Magic Is Awakened

Episode: 1

Friend or Foe?

Episode: 2

Echoes of the Past

Episode: 3

A Guide for the Perplexed

Episode: 4

The Inner Sanctum

Episode: 5

A Strange Birthday Party

Episode: 6

A Little Knowledge

Episode: 7

Mother’s Footsteps

Episode: 8

Where the River Flows

Episode: 9

The Sign of the Unicorn

Episode: 10

Where Four Elevens Meet

Episode: 11

Los Contrarios

Episode: 12

The Day of Reckoning

Episode: 13

Season 2 ( 2005-10-16)

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?

Across The Great Ocean

Episode: 1

The Balance Of Power

Episode: 2

Snakes Alive

Episode: 3

The Pow Wow

Episode: 4

Hunter To The Rescue

Episode: 5

Coming Of Age

Episode: 6

Wild Horses

Episode: 7

Bumps In The Night

Episode: 8

The Eagle Has Landed

Episode: 9

The Arrow of Truth

Episode: 10

The Cry Of The Wolf

Episode: 11

The Falls Of Faith

Episode: 12

Beyond The Beyond

Episode: 13
Sep 21, 2004 (en)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
[25] Min
  • First Air Date Sep 21, 2004
  • Production
    BBC Scotland, Blueprint Entertainment, Alberta Filmworks
  • Rotten tomato 78%
Original Title Shoebox Zoo
en

Believe.

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Tom Cox, Ashley Irving-Scott, Jordy Randall, Christine Shipton

    Producer