Shoebox Zoo

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.

Created by Brian Ward, Justin Molotnikov, Claire Mundell

Network

• BBC One

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Vivien Endicott Douglas

  Marnie McBride

  26 eps

• 

  Simon Callow

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

  26 eps

• 

  Rik Mayall

  Edwin the Eagle (voice)

  26 eps

• 

  Alan Cumming

  Bruno the Bear (voice)

  26 eps

Themes

• loss of loved one
• magic
• female protagonist
• quest
• inanimate objects come to life
• cgi-live action hybrid

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