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His Dark Materials

  • TV Series
  • 2019–2022
  • TV-14
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
96K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
551
58
James McAvoy, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ruth Wilson, Brian Fisher, Kit Connor, and Dafne Keen in His Dark Materials (2019)
A young girl is destined to liberate her world from the grip of the Magisterium which represses people's ties to magic and their animal spirits known as daemons.
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A young girl is destined to liberate her world from the grip of the Magisterium which represses people's ties to magic and their animal spirits known as daemons.A young girl is destined to liberate her world from the grip of the Magisterium which represses people's ties to magic and their animal spirits known as daemons.A young girl is destined to liberate her world from the grip of the Magisterium which represses people's ties to magic and their animal spirits known as daemons.

  • Creator
    • Jack Thorne
  • Stars
    • Dafne Keen
    • Kit Connor
    • Ruth Wilson
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    96K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    551
    58
    • Creator
      • Jack Thorne
    • Stars
      • Dafne Keen
      • Kit Connor
      • Ruth Wilson
    • 717User reviews
    • 63Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 15 wins & 51 nominations total

    Episodes

    Videos39

    His Dark Materials: Do You Trust Me?
    Clip 1:43
    His Dark Materials: Do You Trust Me?
    His Dark Materias: Iorek Byrnison
    Clip 3:21
    His Dark Materias: Iorek Byrnison
    His Dark Materias: Iorek Byrnison
    Clip 3:21
    His Dark Materias: Iorek Byrnison
    His Dark Materials: We Can Trust Them
    Clip 2:04
    His Dark Materials: We Can Trust Them
    His Dark Materials: The Idea Of North
    Clip 3:03
    His Dark Materials: The Idea Of North
    His Dark Materials: Lee Scoresby
    Clip 1:24
    His Dark Materials: Lee Scoresby
    His Dark Materials: Lyra's Jordan
    Clip 4:09
    His Dark Materials: Lyra's Jordan

    Photos483

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    Top Cast99+

    Dafne Keen
    Dafne Keen
    • Lyra Silvertongue…
    • 2019–2022
    Kit Connor
    Kit Connor
    • Pantalaimon
    • 2019–2022
    Ruth Wilson
    Ruth Wilson
    • Mrs Coulter
    • 2019–2022
    Amir Wilson
    Amir Wilson
    • Will Parry
    • 2019–2022
    Will Keen
    Will Keen
    • Father President MacPhail…
    • 2019–2022
    Brian Fisher
    • The Golden Monkey
    • 2019–2020
    Ariyon Bakare
    Ariyon Bakare
    • Carlo Boreal
    • 2019–2020
    Ruta Gedmintas
    Ruta Gedmintas
    • Serafina Pekkala
    • 2019–2022
    Simone Kirby
    Simone Kirby
    • Mary Malone
    • 2020–2022
    Lin-Manuel Miranda
    Lin-Manuel Miranda
    • Lee Scoresby
    • 2019–2022
    Lewin Lloyd
    • Roger Parslow
    • 2019–2022
    Frank Bourke
    Frank Bourke
    • Fra Pavel
    • 2019–2022
    Joe Tandberg
    Joe Tandberg
    • Iorek Byrnison
    • 2019–2022
    Cristela Alonzo
    Cristela Alonzo
    • Hester
    • 2019–2020
    James McAvoy
    James McAvoy
    • Lord Asriel
    • 2019–2022
    Jade Anouka
    Jade Anouka
    • Ruta Skadi
    • 2020–2022
    Andrew Scott
    Andrew Scott
    • John Parry…
    • 2019–2022
    Jamie Wilkes
    Jamie Wilkes
    • The Pale-Faced Man
    • 2019–2020
    • Creator
      • Jack Thorne
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    Did you know

    • Trivia
      This is the first time the novels by Sir Philip Pullman are adapted into a television series. The previous film adaptation, The Golden Compass (2007), was once cited by the author George R.R. Martin as one of the reasons he wanted Game of Thrones (2011) to be a television series rather than a feature film. Martin later shared his thoughts on the series on Twitter, calling it "SO much better than the feature film." There are only three novels in Pullman's series, however, and several in Martin's, so it's not surprising the original plan was to adapt His Dark Materials into a film trilogy.
    • Crazy credits
      The opening titles are a zoom out, starting from particles of Dust at atomic level and zooming out to show the various multiversal locations within the story (and the objects/people/vehicles within these multiverses) before concluding the zoom out to reveal the series title.
    • Connections
      Featured in The South Bank Show: Jack Thorne (2019)

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    FAQ3

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    Details

    • Release date
      • November 4, 2019 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • BBC (United Kingdom)
      • Official Bad Wolf Production Website
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Vật Chất Tối Của Ngài
    • Filming locations
      • Wolf Studios, Cardiff, Wales, UK(Interiors)
    • Production companies
      • Anton
      • Bad Wolf
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h(60 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 1.78 : 1

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