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His Dark Materials
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His Dark Materials is a British television series created by Jack Thorne. The program is categorized under the genres of Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, and Action & Adventure. It was broadcast on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. The series is presented in the English language.
Production began with the first air date on November 3, 2019. The show concluded its run with an end time of December 18, 2022, according to one source, while another indicates a last air date of February 5, 2023. The series status is recorded as Ended.
The complete series consists of 3 seasons and 23 episodes. Each episode has a runtime of 55 minutes. Audience ratings for the show include a vote average of 7.8 and a rating of 7.7.
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TV series · TMDB
★ 7.8Lyra 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.
- Aired
- 2019–2023
- Seasons
- 3 · 23 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Jack Thorne
- Network
- BBC One
- Genres
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
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TV series
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- BBC iPlayer
- Genres
- Drama, Adventure, Fantasy
- Runtime
- 55 min
- TVMaze rating
- 7.7/10
Key facts
- Genre
- Adventure Fantasy drama Mystery
- Based on
- His Dark Materials , by Philip Pullman
- Written by
- Jack Thorne
- Composer
- Lorne Balfe
- Countries of origin
- United Kingdom United States
- Original language
- English
- 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
- 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
- Network
- BBC One (United Kingdom) HBO (United States)
- Release
- 3 November 2019 ( 2019-11-03 ) –, 18 December 2022 ( 2022-12-18 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- television series
- Genre
- adventure film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- His Dark Materials
- Screenwriter
- Jack Thorne
- Cast member
- Terence Stamp
- Composer
- Lorne Balfe
- Filming location
- Brecon Beacons
- FilmAffinity ID
- 280309
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000b1v2
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- executive producer
- Jane Tranter
- end time
- 2022-12-18
- title
- His Dark Materials
- original broadcaster
- HBO
- distributed by
- HBO Max
- number of seasons
- 3
- number of episodes
- 23
- start time
- 2019-11-03
- after a work by
- Philip Pullman
- Commons category
- His Dark Materials (TV series)
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Encyclopedic overview
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 Belacqua 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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