The story begins when 11-year-old
Marnie McBride, is uprooted from her home in Denver, Colorado, and
relocated to Edinburgh with her father (Jason Connery), while
struggling to cope with the recent death of her mother. Here her life
takes a dramatic turn and events lead her to embark on an unforgettable
quest along with the four carved comrades who make up the Shoebox Zoo -
Ailsa the sly adder (Siobhan Redmond) , Bruno the kind-hearted bear
(Alan Cumming), Edwin the pompous Eagle (Rik Mayall) and wily Wolfgang
(Simon Callow).
The action leads us from the historic streets of Edinburgh, through
the lush countryside of the Scottish Borders and over to North America
where forgotten magic from Scotland's past collides with a modern
continent and the spiritual traditions of the Lakota tribe of Native
Americans.
The Shoebox Zoo are four beautifully carved animals
who spring to computer-animated life after Marnie, the Chosen One
(prophesied by the Great Wizard and Alchemist Michael Scot) finds the
shoebox in a dusty Edinburgh junk shop on her 11th birthday.
From that point on, she begins her adventure in search of the dark
and dangerous Book of Forbidden Knowledge, lost over a thousand years
ago in the Scottish Borders.
Starring
Vivien Endicott-Douglas
Jason Connery
Simon Callow, as "Wolfgang"
Alan Cumming, as "Bruno"
Rik Mayall, as "Edwin"
Siobhan Redmond, as "Ailsa"
Executive Producers
Claire Mundell
Noreen Halpern
John Morayniss
Tom Cox
Doug MacLeod
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