Shoebox Zoo

“Believe.”

7.8(5)20042 Seasons26 Episodes~25m/epEnded

Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAction & Adventure

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.

Creators

Brian Ward, Justin Molotnikov, Claire Mundell

Network

BBC One

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)

Jason Connery

Ross McBride

Peter Mullan

Michael Scot

David McKay

William McTaggart

Bill Paterson

The Storyteller (voice)

Gordon Tootoosis

Nathaniel Stone

Natascha Girgis

Aurora Dexter

Tony Donaldson

Juan Roberto Montoya de Toledo

Reviews

1 review

JJsTendies

4y ago

10.0

I discovered Shoebox Zoo quite recently, nearly 18 years after it originally aired (as of the time this review was originally written). Truthfully, I went into it with very low expectations, and was very hesitant to check it out at first, but my curiosity was piqued and so I ended up deciding to watch it. Much to my shock, I ended up enjoying it quite a lot, so much so that I’d even rank it among ...