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Shoebox Zoo

Shoebox Zoo

7,7 /10 (6 Votes)
2004 EN 2 Seasons

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.

First air date

21/09/2004

Votes

6

Popularity

6.3

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Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Created by

Brian Ward, Justin Molotnikov, Claire Mundell

Networks

BBC One

Language

EN

Last air date

2005-11-27

Episodes

26

Episode runtime

25 min

Website

www.bbc.co.uk
Season 1

Season 1

13 episodes • 2004

On her 11th birthday, Marnie McBride goes to a junk shop with her father to pick out a present. There, the mysterious sh…

Season 2

Season 2

13 episodes • 2005

Marnie, with the Shoebox Zoo animals in tow, travels from Edinburgh to her hometown of Denver. Now accompanied by her be…

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Zen

Zen

2022-01-08

⭐ 10

I discovered Shoebox Zoo quite recently, nearly 18 years after it originally aired (as of the time this review was originally written). Truthfully, I went into it with very low expectations, and was very hesitant to check it out at first, but my curiosity was piqued and so I ended up deciding to watch it. Much to my shock, I ended up enjoying it quite a lot, so much so that I’d even rank it among my favorite shows of all time. As such, I wanted to make this review in order to share my thoughts on some of the main aspects of the show, among other things. To start things off, I’d like to talk…

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