His Dark Materials (TV series)
The BBC One and HBO fantasy drama (2019 to 2022) adapted from Philip Pullman's trilogy.
His Dark Materials (TV series) is a fantasy drama based on Philip Pullman's trilogy of novels, made by Bad Wolf and New Line Productions for BBC One and HBO. It ran for three series between November 2019 and December 2022.
The show follows the orphan Lyra Belacqua as she searches for a missing friend and uncovers a kidnapping plot tied to an invisible cosmic substance called Dust.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Adventure
- Fantasy drama
- Mystery
- Based on
- His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman
- Writer
- Jack Thorne
- Composer
- Lorne Balfe
- Country
- United Kingdom; United States
- Language
- English
- Series
- 3
- Episodes
- 23
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Background
It opens in a world where every human soul takes the form of an animal companion called a daemon. Lyra lives among the scholars of Jordan College, Oxford, in a world ruled by the Magisterium, a religious and political power.
She stumbles on a dangerous secret involving Lord Asriel and Marisa Coulter, and a witches' prophecy says she will change the world. That prophecy also ties her fate to Will Parry, a teenager from our own world who is being hunted by people connected to his long-lost father.
The first series of eight episodes premiered on BBC One on 3 November 2019. The second had seven episodes, and the eight-episode final series premiered on HBO on 5 December 2022. Critics praised the cast, visuals, score and its faithfulness to the books.
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