Shoebox Zoo (2004)
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.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
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
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