TV Show directory - His Dark Materials

His Dark Materials is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman consisting of Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. The books have been adapted to the TV in 2019 by the BBC. The show is now in its' second season.

Female Actor Dafne Keen takes on the lead role of Lyra, the young protagonist of the story who lives in Jordan College, Oxford. Placed there at the request of her Uncle, Lord Asriel (James McAvoy) she lives a sheltered life amongst the scholars and college staff while under the watchful protection of The Master (Clarke Peters) and Librarian Scholar Charles (Ian Gelder). When the glamorous and mesmeric Mrs Coulter (Ruth Wilson) enters Lyra’s life she embarks upon a dangerous journey of discovery from Oxford to London. Here she meets Father MacPhail (Will Keen), Lord Boreal (Ariyon Bakare) and journalist Adele Starminster (Georgina Campbell) at a glittering society party where she first hears about the sinister General Oblation Board. Lyra is subsequently thrown into the nomadic world of the boat dwelling Gyptians – Ma Costa (Anne-Marie Duff), Farder Coram (James Cosmo), John Faa (Lucien Msamati), Raymond Van Geritt (Mat Fraser), Jack Verhoeven (Geoff Bell) and Benjamin de Ruyter (Simon Manyonda) who take her North in her quest. Once in the North she meets charismatic aeronaut and adventurer Lee Scoresby (Lin-Manuel Miranda) who joins them on their epic journey and who becomes one of Lyra’s closest allies.

Production Company: Bad Wolf Studios

Year of Publication: 2018

Companies connected with this show

Bad Wolf Productions BBC

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Travel & Accommodation Coordinator
Location Runner
Lord Asriel's Army
Costume Crowd Trainee
Art Department
Workroom Trainee Daily
Stand in Ruta Gedmintas
Asriel Army Soldier
Grip Trainee(Dailies)
Feral Orphan Child
Lead Actor's Body Double / Stand in
Citagazze child
Iorek Byrnison
ADR & as Cast
Workroom trainee
Lin Manuel-Miranda's body double
Accounts assistant
ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT
Arctic explorer