Good news for all!

BBC Worldwide is releasing a 390 minute DVD of Shoebox Zoo on 15 November
featuring all 13 episodes from the series plus a behind-the-scenes feature
and a host of other extras.

Fusing state-of-the-art CGI (computer generated imagery) animation with
classic family drama, the look and feel of the series is quite unlike any
other series seen on British television.


The Story…..

Viewers will fall under the spell of young Marnie McBride and the tiny
carved animals of the Shoebox Zoo as they set off on an epic adventure to
discover the lost Book of Forbidden Knowledge.

The story begins when young Marnie McBride is uprooted from her home in
Denver, Colorado, and relocated to the cobbled streets of Edinburgh with her
father (Jason Connery), while struggling to cope with the recent death of
her mother.

But it’s on her 11 th birthday that her life takes a dramatic turn of events
and she is led into an old junk shop and handed a dusty, dog-eared shoebox.
Within the shoebox lie four beautifully carved animals who spring to life at
her command.

The disguised owner of the shop who presents Marnie with this birthday gift
is The Great Michael Scot, a Wizard who lived in the Borders of Scotland
nearly 11 centuries ago. His power is on the wane and he’s desperate to find
a successor, The Chosen One.

From that point on Marnie and her new found friends - Ailsa the sly adder
(Siobhan Redmond), Bruno the kind hearted bear (Alan Cumming), Edwin the
pompous eagle (Rik Mayall) and wily Wolfgang the wolf (Simon Callow) embark
on an adventure in search of the Book of Forbidden Knowledge, lost over a
thousand years ago in the Scottish Borders.

Viewers will be taken on a roller coaster ride full of adventure, magic and
mystery, 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.

Marnie’s adventures with the Shoebox Zoo and her quest to find the Book of
Forbidden Knowledge will take her on a perilous journey across Scotland and
the Great Ocean. She has one calendar year to find the Book or her
cantankerous friends, The Shoebox Zoo, will remain lifeless carvings forever
and the dark magic of the Book will seep out into the world putting us all
in jeopardy.

RRP: £19.99

Runnning time: 390 minutes

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