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.
CreatorsJustin Molotnikov, Brian Ward, Claire Mundell
ProducersTom Cox, Ashley Irving-Scott, Jordy Randall, Christine Shipton
Top Casts
Vivien Endicott Douglas
Marnie McBride
Simon Callow
Wolfgang the Wolf (voice) / Hunter the Horse (voice)
Rik Mayall
Edwin the Eagle (voice)
Alan Cumming
Bruno the Bear (voice)
Siobhan Redmond
Ailsa the Adder (voice)
Jason Connery
Ross McBride
Peter Mullan
Michael Scot
David McKay
William McTaggart
Bill Paterson
The Storyteller (voice)
Gordon Tootoosis
Nathaniel Stone
Details
First air date2004-09-21
Last air date2005-11-27
Production countriesCanada, United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Production companiesBBC Scotland, Blueprint Entertainment, Alberta Filmworks
Homepagehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/shoeboxzoo/
TaglineBelieve.
