8.0/107 votes#1 - The Magic Is Awakened
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2004
On 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.
Director: Justin Molotnikov
Writer: Brian Ward
NaN/100 votes#2 - Friend or Foe?
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2004
It'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.
Director: James Henry
Writer: Martin Stellman
NaN/100 votes#3 - Echoes of the Past
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/2004
When 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.
Director: James Henry
Writer: Charles Lazer
NaN/100 votes#4 - A Guide for the Perplexed
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/2004
Marnie 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.
Director: James Henry
Writer: Martin Stellman
NaN/100 votes#5 - The Inner Sanctum
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/2004
Since 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.
Director: Justin Molotnikov
Writer: Brian Ward
NaN/100 votes#6 - A Strange Birthday Party
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/2004
Marnie 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.
Director: Justin Molotnikov
Writer: Graeme Garden
NaN/100 votes#7 - A Little Knowledge
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/2004
Marnie 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.
Director: James Henry
Writer: Graeme Garden
NaN/100 votes#8 - Mother’s Footsteps
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/2004
Marnie 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.
Director: James Henry
Writer: Sarah Dodd
NaN/100 votes#9 - Where the River Flows
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/2004
Marnie 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.
Director: James Henry
Writer: Sarah Dodd
NaN/100 votes#10 - The Sign of the Unicorn
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/2004
The 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.
Director: James Henry
Writer: Sarah Dodd
NaN/100 votes#11 - Where Four Elevens Meet
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/2004
Marnie 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.
Director: Justin Molotnikov
Writer: Martin Stellman
NaN/100 votes#12 - Los Contrarios
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/7/2004
Toledo 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.
Director: Justin Molotnikov
Writer: Charles Lazer
NaN/100 votes#13 - The Day of Reckoning
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/14/2004
Marnie 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.
Director: Justin Molotnikov
Writer: Brian Ward
The Best Episodes of Shoebox Zoo Season 1
Every episode of Shoebox Zoo Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Shoebox Zoo Season 1!
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...
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Network:BBC One
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Magic Is Awakened" is the best rated episode of "Shoebox Zoo" season 1. It scored 8/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by Justin Molotnikov and written by Brian Ward, it aired on 9/21/2004. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Friend or Foe?".