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Shoebox Zoo
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TV Show
First Air Date: September 21, 2004
Last Air Date: November 27, 2005
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 26
Episode Runtime: 25 min
Rating:
Cast: Vivien Endicott Douglas, Simon Callow, Rik Mayall, Alan Cumming, Siobhan Redmond
Created By: Brian Ward, Justin Molotnikov, Claire Mundell
Network: BBC One
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.