His Dark Materials(2019)

series - first aired/released 2019-11-03 - audience 7.8

Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure

Directed by Amit Gupta, Charles Martin, Dawn Shadforth, Euros Lyn, Harry Wootliff, Jamie Childs, Leanne Welham, Otto Bathurst, Russell Dodgson, Tom Hooper, Weronika Tofilska, William McGregor

Lyra 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.