His Dark Materials (TV series)

*His Dark Materials*
His Dark Materials
Genre	Adventure; Fantasy drama; Mystery;
Based on	His Dark Materials; by Philip Pullman
Written by	Jack Thorne
Starring	Dafne Keen; Ruth Wilson; Anne-Marie Duff; Clarke Peters; James Cosmo; Ariyon Bakare; Will Keen; Lucian Msamati; Gary Lewis; Lewin Lloyd; Daniel Frogson; James McAvoy; Georgina Campbell; Lin-Manuel Miranda; Ruta Gedmintas; Lia Williams; Amir Wilson; Nina Sosanya; Jade Anouka; Sean Gilder; Simone Kirby; Andrew Scott; Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje; Jonathan Aris; Chipo Chung; Simon Harrison; Kobna Holdbrook-Smith; Jamie Ward; Amber Fitzgerald-Woolfe; Sian Clifford; Alex Hassell;
Composer	Lorne Balfe
Country of origin	United Kingdom; United States;
Original language	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	23 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Jane Tranter; Dan McCulloch; Otto Bathurst; Carolyn Blackwood; Joel Collins; Toby Emmerich; Deborah Forte; Julie Gardner; Tom Hooper; Ben Irving; Philip Pullman; Ryan Rasmussen; Jack Thorne;
Producer	Laurie Borg
Cinematography	Justin Brown
Editors	Niven Howie; Nick Arthurs; Dan Roberts; Chris Gill; David Fisher;
Running time	47–59 minutes
Production companies	BBC Studios; Bad Wolf; New Line Productions; Scholastic;
Original release
Network	BBC One (United Kingdom); HBO (United States);
Release	3 November 2019 –; 18 December 2022

His Dark Materials is a fantasy drama television series based on the trilogy of novels by Philip Pullman. It is produced by Bad Wolf and New Line Productions, for BBC One and HBO, with the latter handling international distribution. The show follows the orphan Lyra as she searches for a missing friend and discovers a kidnapping plot related to an invisible cosmic substance called Dust.

The eight-episode first series premiered on 3 November 2019 on BBC One in the United Kingdom, and on 4 November on HBO in the United States and other markets. The seven-episode second series premiered on 8 November 2020 in the UK, and on 16 November 2020 in the US. The eight-episode third and final series premiered first on HBO on 5 December 2022, and on 18 December 2022 in the UK. All three series received generally positive reviews, with praise going towards its cast, visuals, production values, musical score and its faithfulness to the source material.

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