Vivien Endicott Douglas
Marnie McBride
Series
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Synopsis
“Believe.”
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.
Episodes
Season 1
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1. The Magic Is AwakenedNow viewing2004-09-2125mOn her 11th birthday, still grieving over her recently deceased mother and uncomfortable with being moved from Colorado to Scotland, Marnie discovers that she is able to make a group of four old toy animals come alive.
2. Friend or Foe?2004-09-2825mIt's Marnie's first day of school at her new home in Scotland. She has an encounter with a bully but makes a new friend in Laura. Back home, she receives a package from America containing a necklace that belonged to her mother. She also discovers that her shoebox animal friends were once human, and that only a lost book can return them to their original form.
3. Echoes of the Past2004-10-0525mWhen a mysterious problem causes school to be cancelled for the day, Marnie and Laura visit the nearby St. Giles’ Cathedral in order to find clues about the shoebox animals, as John Roberts said he saw a depiction of them on a stained glass window there.
4. A Guide for the Perplexed2004-10-1225mMarnie manages to get the red book she was looking for from the library, after which a familiar old man appears before her and says that she must make use of a peculiar looking map that’s within the contents of the book.
5. The Inner Sanctum2004-10-1925mSince Marnie's suggestion to go to Tantallon Castle was agreed on by majority vote, her class goes there for a field trip. While exploring the castle, Marnie goes off the beaten path and finds herself face to face with the great wizard Michael Scot.
6. A Strange Birthday Party2004-10-2625mMarnie is reluctant to go to John Roberts' birthday party until she has a dream revealing that he was really the evil shapeshifter Toledo all along, and so she plans to confront him. However, things take a strange turn when Michael Scot appears at the party as a stage magician.
7. A Little Knowledge2004-11-0225mMarnie leaves school in the middle of the day to try to get in touch with Michael Scot, while Toledo tries to convince Marnie's father that she needs to be brought in for therapy, as he plans to manipulate her into giving him the Book of Forbidden Knowledge while masquerading as the school psychologist.
8. Mother’s Footsteps2004-11-0925mMarnie is on a class trip to visit a "stately home," and uses her new powers to defeat a bully, but the shoebox animals become separated from her and find themselves trapped in the basement.
9. Where the River Flows2004-11-1625mMarnie hopes to find the archway shown on the clue she just received, and plans to do so while on a camping trip to the Eildon Hills with the help of Dougie and Laura, but things go awry when Toledo interferes.
10. The Sign of the Unicorn2004-11-2325mThe shoebox animals plead with Marnie to continue the quest, but she insists on trying to catch up on her schoolwork after largely neglecting it. Despite her efforts, she gets falsely accused of cheating during a test, leading to further drama with the school principal.
11. Where Four Elevens Meet2004-11-3025mMarnie and Wolfgang confront Michael regarding the events that lead to the creation of the Shoebox Zoo. Meanwhile, the other animals decide that they must find the book on their own, without Marnie's help, and so they head to the University Library in an attempt to solve the next clue.
12. Los Contrarios2004-12-0725mToledo hypnotizes Edwin and orders him to open the Book of Forbidden Knowledge. The dark energy released from inside the book awakens the shapeshifter’s devious creations, which are shadowy dopplegangers of the Shoebox Zoo made to destroy them.
13. The Day of Reckoning2004-12-1425mMarnie makes one last attempt to stop Toledo from taking the book, and comes out victorious after realizing that the book was a fake created to seal the evil shapeshifter’s magic all along. She then learns that the location of the real book is somewhere back home in Denver, and that she must return there in order to continue the Quest.
Cast
Top Billed Cast
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
No photo Tony Donaldson
Juan Roberto Montoya de Toledo
No photo Yudii Mercredi
Kyle Stone
Paul Cœur
Bobby Campbell
No photo Valerie Pearson
Dorothy Campbell
No photo Kelsey Collins Keener
Becky Dexter
Availability
Where To Watch Legally
No legal streaming, rental or purchase options for Shoebox Zoo were reported for this region.
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Shoebox Zoo available to watch online?
Vidbox does not currently have a legal streaming, rental or purchase option on record for Shoebox Zoo in this region.
How many seasons does Shoebox Zoo have?
Shoebox Zoo has 2 seasons and 26 episodes.
When did Shoebox Zoo first air?
Shoebox Zoo first aired in 2004.
Is Shoebox Zoo still running?
Shoebox Zoo's status on TMDB is: Ended.
What genre is Shoebox Zoo?
Shoebox Zoo is classified as Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure.