His dark materials: Season one
(Favourites DVDs)

Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 3 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English), Art cards, Posters.

Made in 2019.

Based on the novels by Philip Pullman.

Credits: writer, Jack Thorne; voice, Helen McCrory; voice, Kit Connor.

Boxed.

Cast: Dafne Keen, Ruth Wilson, Anne-Marie Duff, Clarke Peters, James Cosmo, James McAvoy, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ariyon Bakare, Will Keen.

All eight episodes of the BBC fantasy adventure based on the trilogy of novels by Philip Pullman. In an alternate world, orphan Lyra Belacqua (Dafne Keen) grows up in the care of Jordan College, Oxford, along with her daemon Pantalaimon (voice of Kit Connor). After her uncle, famed explorer Lord Asriel (James McAvoy), departs on a new expedition, Lyra is adopted by adventurer Mrs Coulter (Ruth Wilson) and accompanies her to London. When one of her friends is kidnapped, Lyra embarks on a quest to find him and uncovers some dark secrets along the way. The episodes are: 'Lyra's Jordan', 'The Idea of North', 'The Spies', 'Armour', 'The Lost Boy', 'The Daemon-Cages', 'The Fight to the Death' and 'Betrayal'.

BBFC code: 12.

DVD.