Shoebox Zoo (Shoebox Zoo)

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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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Cast

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)