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 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.
Top Cast
Vivien Endicott Douglas
Character: Marnie McBride
Simon Callow
Character: Wolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice)
Rik Mayall
Character: Edwin the Eagle (voice)
Alan Cumming
Character: Bruno the Bear (voice)
Siobhan Redmond
Character: Ailsa the Adder (voice)
Jason Connery
Character: Ross McBride
Peter Mullan
Character: Michael Scot
David McKay
Character: William McTaggart
Bill Paterson
Character: The Storyteller (voice)
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