His Dark Materials

Name: His Dark Materials
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Dafne Keen, Amir Wilson, Ruth Wilson, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ariyon Bakare

The truth lies beyond the world we know.

His Dark Materials (2019-2023)

Seasons: 3, episodes: 23

Average rating: 7.8/10 290 227

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Premiere

2019-11-03

Last episode

2023-02-05

Status

Ended

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Network

BBC One

Production

New Line Cinema, Anton, Bad Wolf, BBC Studios Distribution, Katja Motion Picture Corp.

Genre

Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure

Website

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000b1v2

Creators

Jack Thorne

Actors

Dafne Keen, Amir Wilson, Ruth Wilson, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ariyon Bakare, Simone Kirby, Jonathan Aris, Chipo Chung, Lewin Lloyd, Jamie Ward
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Jack Thorne, Francesca Gardiner

Producer

Stephen Haren, Laurie Borg, Nick Pitt, Brian Donovan, Roopesh Parekh, Julie Gardner, Ben Irving, Deborah Forte, Dan McCulloch, Joel Collins

Camera operator

David Higgs

Composer

Lorne Balfe

Editing

David Fisher, Stephen Haren, Dan Roberts
Whole Team (97)

Short description

Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Her search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children and turns into a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. She is later joined on her journey by Will, a boy who possesses a knife that can cut windows between worlds. As she learns the truth about her parents and her prophesied destiny, the two young people are caught up in a war against celestial powers that ranges across many worlds.

Seasons

Season	Episodes	Release date	Rating
Series 1 Series 1 follows Lyra, a seemingly ordinary but brave young girl from another world. Her search for a kidnapped friend uncovers an evil plot.	8	2019-11-03	7.8
Series 2 Series 2 begins after Lord Asriel has opened a bridge to a new world, and, distraught over the death of her best friend, Lyra follows Asriel into the unknown. In a strange and mysterious abandoned city she meets Will, a boy from our world who is also running from a troubled past. Mrs. Coulter sea…	7	2020-11-08	7.5
Series 3 In the final chapter, Lyra, the prophesied child, and Will, the bearer of The Subtle Knife, must journey to a dark place from which no one has ever returned. As her father’s great war against the Authority edges closer, they will learn that saving the worlds comes at a terrible price.	8	2022-12-18	7.2

What's left behind the scenes

The title is taken from John Milton's (1608-1674) poem 'Paradise Lost' (1667).
Dafne Keen, who played Lyra, is the daughter of Will Keen, the actor who played McPhail's father.
Leonardo da Vinci's (1452-1519) painting "Lady with an Ermine" (1489-1490), in particular, helped Philip Pullman visualize the concept of animal daemons. Pullman is the author of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy (1995, 1997, 2000).