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7.8/10
IMDb90%
Rotten TomatoesThe television adaptation of Philip Pullman's acclaimed fantasy novel trilogy "His Dark Materials" is ambitious and artistically gorgeous. The show captivates viewers and transports them to a rich and fascinating realm with its intricate world-building, compelling characters, and thought-provoking issues. The show follows the adventures of Lyra Belacqua (played by Dafne Keen), who happens to be a young girl with a the future that merges with a cosmic struggle between the oppressive religious authorities, enigmatic entities, as well as an attempt for reality, set in an alternate dimension where souls of humans appear as animal companions called daemons. Lyra discovers mysteries that challenge her perception of her world and her own identity as she navigates through various dimensions and encounters a broad mix of allies and opponents. While the early episodes may take patience and investment, the voyage through Lyra's world is ultimately gratifying and leaves viewers eagerly expecting what comes next.
Best Actress | 2020 | Ruth Wilson
Best Photography and Lighting Fiction | 2020 | David Higgs
Special Visual Graphic Effects | 2021 | Daniel May
Sound Fiction | 2021 | Dillon Bennett
Effects | 2020 | Danny Hargreaves
Production Design Drama | 2020 | Joel Collins
Effects | 2020 | Danny Hargreaves
Professional Excellence Editing | 2022 | David Fisher
Best Actress | 2023 | Ruth Wilson
Best Photography and Lighting Fiction | 2023 | David Johnson
Best Sound Y Sain Gorau | 2021 | Adele Fletcher
Best Editing Fiction | 2020 | Niven Howie
Best Production Design | 2020 | Joel Collins
Best MakeUp Hair | 2020 | Pamela Haddock
Best Supporting Young Actor Television Series | 2021 | Kit Connor
Best Supporting Actor Drama | 2021 | Andrew Scott
Best Original Score for a Television Series | 2020 | Lorne Balfe
Music Original Title | 2020 | Lorne Balfe
Production Design Drama | 2021 | Joel Collins
Make Up Design Drama | 2021 | Jacqueline Fowler
Television Composer of the Year | 2020 | Lorne Balfe
Best Writer | 2020 | Jack Thorne
Best Writer For | 2020 | Jack Thorne
Televison Drama | 2020 | James Layton
Television Drama | 2020 | James Layton
Best Production Design International TV Drama including Mini Series TV Movie or Limited Series | 2019 | Joel Collins
Production Design | 2021 | Robert Wischhusen-Hayes
Sound Fiction | 2020 | Dillon Bennett
Outstanding Visual Effects Episodic Under Episodes or NonTheatrical Feature | 2020 | William Todd-Jones
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode | 2020 | Shawn Hillier
Excellence in Sound for a Television Drama | 2021 | Jason Devlin
This is the first time the novels by Philip Pullman are adapted into a television series. The previous film adaptation, The Golden Compass (2007), was once cited by 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 adopt His Dark Materials into a film trilogy.
Dafne Keen (Lyra) and Will Keen (Father MacPhail) are real-life daughter and father. This marks their second professional collaboration.
Leonardo da Vinci's painting "Lady with an Ermine" helped author Philip Pullman visualize his idea for the concepts of animal spirits.
During the title sequence at roughly thirty seconds you can see a knife in Lyra's silhouette and as the camera retracts it goes through an amber glass disk. This is a reference to The Subtle Knife (1997) and The Amber Spyglass (2000), the second and third entries in the His Dark Materials series by Phillip Pullman.
The title comes from a line in John Milton's "Paradise Lost".