His Dark Materials Season 1

Overview

His Dark Materials Season 1 is the first season of BBC and HBO's fantasy series, based on the trilogy of novels by Philip Pullman. The first season is based on the first book, Northern Lights (published as The Golden Compass in the US). The series follows Lyra Belacqua (Dafne Keen), a young orphan girl living in a parallel world where human souls exist outside the body as animal companions called "daemons." She uncovers a conspiracy involving the kidnapping of children, and she travels to the far north to rescue them. The first season ends with Lyra meeting her father, Lord Asriel, and witnessing him open a portal to another world.

Cast

Dafne Keen

Ruth Wilson

James McAvoy

Lin-Manuel Miranda