HIS DARK MATERIALS Season 1 Episodes
Adapting Philip Pullman’s award-winning trilogy of the same name, which is considered a modern masterpiece of imaginative fiction, the series follows Lyra (Dafne Keen), a seemingly ordinary but brave young woman from another world. Her search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children and becomes a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust.
Episode 8: “Betrayal” (Season finale)
Debut date: MONDAY, DEC. 23 (9:00–10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
As the Magisterium closes in, Lyra (Dafne Keen) assists Asriel’s (James McAvoy) efforts, but at great personal cost.
Written by Jack Thorne; directed by Jamie Childs.
Episode 7: “ The Fight to the Death”
Debut date: MONDAY, DEC. 16 (9:00–10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Lyra (Dafne Keen) must use her methods of deception to outwit a formidable foe.
Written by Jack Thorne; directed by Otto Bathurst.
Episode 6: “ The Daemon-Cages”
Debut date: MONDAY, DEC. 9 (9:00–10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Lyra (Dafne Keen) finds what she was looking for in the far North, but can she survive?
Written by Jack Thorne; directed by Euros Lyn.
Episode 5: “The Lost Boy”
Debut date: MONDAY, DEC. 2 (9:00–10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
The alethiometer sends Lyra (Dafne Keen) and Iorek (Joe Tandberg) on a new path, leading to a shocking but vital clue.
Written by Jack Thorne; directed by Otto Bathurst.
Episode 4: “ Armour”
Debut date: MONDAY, NOV. 25 (9:00–10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Arriving North, Lyra (Dafne Keen) seeks allies in the witches, an aeronaut and an armored bear.
Written by Jack Thorne; directed by Otto Bathurst.
Episode 3: “ The Spies”
Debut date: MONDAY, NOV. 18 (9:00–10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Following her kidnapping, Lyra (Dafne Keen) falls in with a new group, but struggles to know who to trust.
Written by Jack Thorne; directed by Dawn Shadforth.
Episode 2: “The Idea of North”
Debut date: MONDAY, NOV. 11 (9:00–10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Lyra (Dafne Keen) arrives to her new life in London, determined to find Roger (Lewin Lloyd) with Mrs. Coulter’s (Ruth Wilson) help. The Gyptians continue their search for the missing children and the elusive Gobblers.
Written by Jack Thorne; Directed by Tom Hooper
Episode 1: “Lyra’s Jordan”
Debut date: MONDAY, NOV 4 (9:00–10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Orphan Lyra Belacqua’s (Dafne Keen) world is upended by her long-absent uncle’s return from the North, while the glamorous Mrs. Coulter (Ruth Wilson) visits Jordan College with a proposition.
Written by Jack Thorne; directed by Tom Hooper.
Episode 2: “The Idea of North”
Debut date: MONDAY, NOV. 11 (9:00–10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Lyra (Dafne Keen) arrives to her new life in London, determined to find Roger (Lewin Lloyd) with Mrs. Coulter’s (Ruth Wilson) help. The Gyptians continue their search for the missing children and the elusive Gobblers.
Written by Jack Thorne; Directed by Tom Hooper.
HIS DARK MATERIALS is produced by Bad Wolf and New Line Cinema for BBC One and HBO. Executive producing the series are: Dan McCulloch, Jane Tranter, Joel Collins and Julie Gardner for Bad Wolf; Philip Pullman, Jack Thorne, Tom Hooper, Otto Bathurst; Deborah Forte, Toby Emmerich and Carolyn Blackwood for New Line Cinema; and Ben Irving and Piers Wenger for BBC One.
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