that the series was still in pre-production. "It's at an exciting point where we're just … trying to work out what works", and that he wanted to ensure that they were being loyal to the books. By July 2018, Dafne Keen had been provisionally cast as Lyra Belacqua, Ruth Wilson as Marisa Coulter, James McAvoy as Lord Asriel, Lin-Manuel Miranda as Lee Scoresby and Clarke Peters as the Master of Jordan College. The series received its premiere in London on 15 October 2019. Broadcast began on BBC One in the United Kingdom and in Ireland on 3 November and on HBO in the United States on 4 November 2019. In 2020 the second series of His Dark Materials began streaming on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 8 November and on HBO Max in the United States on 16 November. Audiobooks Random House produced unabridged audiobooks of each His Dark Materials novel, read by Pullman, with parts read by actors including Jo Wyatt, Steven Webb, Peter England, Stephen Thorne and Douglas Blackwell. See also List of His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust characters Races and creatures in His Dark Materials Locations in His Dark Materials References Further reading Books Articles External links 1990s fantasy novels 2000s fantasy novels Books critical of religion Book series introduced in 1995 British alternative history novels British novels adapted into films British novels adapted into plays Children's fantasy novels English fantasy novels Fantasy novel trilogies Fictional religions Literature controversies High fantasy novels Novels about parallel universes British novels adapted into television shows Novels by Philip Pullman Witchcraft in written fiction