Shoebox Zoo ( Air Date 2004-09-21 ) Genre Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure category. 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.".
Stars:
Vivien Endicott Douglas, Simon Callow, Rik Mayall, Alan Cumming, Siobhan Redmond, Jason Connery, Peter Mullan, David McKay, Bill Paterson, Gordon Tootoosis, Natascha Girgis, Tony Donaldson, Yudii Mercredi, Paul Cœur, Valerie Pearson, Kelsey Collins Keener
Director:
Renee Baril, Willy Ashworth, Jessalyn Dennis, Chris Cinnamon, Bryan Luren, Ruth LaBarge, Jeff McIntyre, Tom Cox, Ashley Irving-Scott, Mike Dharney, Christine McDonald, Carmen Hansen, Andrew Simpson, Donovan Fraser, Carey Toner, Robert Etherson, Andy Gardner, Sue Osmond, Andrew Bako, Jeff Connors, Cynthia Hayes, Eileen Graham, Nancy Klokocka, Mike Kolafa, Mike Kolafa, Mark Woodgate, Scott Chantler, Ryan Hicks, Amy Lu, Jim Nagy