AuthorPhilip Pullman
NarratorVarious
SeriesHis Dark Materials, Book 1
Duration10h 45m
CategoriesChildren's Fiction
Key StageKS4
PublisherChivers
VersionAbridged
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the first book in Philip Pullman's trilogy 'His Dark Materials'. Set in a world which is like, yet very unlike, our own, the story begins in Oxford. Children are disappearing from the streets, and when Lyra's friend Roger also vanishes she sets out to find him. The story mixes science, theology and magic to fantastic and exciting effect. The next two instalments, The Amber Spyglass and The Subtle Knife, are also in release.
The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
Author: Philip Pullman
Author Philip Pullman
Narrator Philip Pullman
Duration 3h 29m
'I think of him all the time, and he thinks of me not at all...' This is the story of two brothers. One is impassioned and one reserved. One is destined to go down in history and the other to be forgotten. In Philip Pullman's hands, this sacred tale is reborn as one of the most enchanting, thrilling and visionary stories of recent years.
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Author: Philip Pullman
Author Philip Pullman
Narrator Christopher Oxford
SeriesHis Dark Materials, Book 2
Duration 7h
Will is 12 years old and he's just killed a man. Determined to discover the truth about his father's disappearance, he steps through a window into another world. There, he meets a girl called Lyra who, like himself, is on a mission. The second book in the `His Dark Materials' trilogy.
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His Dark Materials Book 4: Lyra's Oxford
Author: Philip Pullman
Author Philip Pullman
Narrator Philip Pullman
Duration 47m
Lyra's Oxford opens two years after the conclusion of Philip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass in the comfort and familiarity of Jordan College, where Lyra and her daemon, Pantalaimon, sit on the sun-drenched roof looking out over all of Oxford. But their peace is shattered when a strange bird - a witch's daemon, on it's own - tumbles out of the sky, in...
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Sally Lockheart Series Book 2: The Shadow In the North
Author: Philip Pullman
Author Philip Pullman
Narrator Anton Lesser
SeriesSally Lockheart, Book 2
Duration 9h 30m
The second book in the Sally Lockhart trilogy. Set in a veiled and misty Victorian underworld, the story of Sally Lockhart - expert financial advisor at Lockhart and Garland - and her allies, Jim and Fred, begins to unfold as news of the mysterious disappearance of the steamship 'Ingrid Linde' reaches the ears of the intrepid trio. An old lady has...
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Author: Philip Pullman
Author Philip Pullman
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesHis Dark Materials, Book 3
Duration 2h 26m
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the third book in Philip Pullman's trilogy 'His Dark Materials'. Bringing the saga to a thrilling close, it reintroduces familiar characters such as Lyra, Will, Mrs Coulter and Dr Mary Malone, the latter of whom possesses the powerful amber spyglass. Finally, the outcome of the battle within the Kingdom of H...
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Author: Philip Pullman
Author Philip Pullman
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesHis Dark Materials, Book 2
Duration 2h 26m
A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the second book in Philip Pullman's trilogy 'His Dark Materials'. The story begins in Oxford, where Will Parry is desperate to discover the truth about his disappeared father. Climbing through an extraordinary window in the air, Will meets Lyra and her personal daemon - who we first met in 'Northern Lights'....
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Author: Philip Pullman
Author Philip Pullman
Narrator Michael Sheen
SeriesThe Book of Dust, Book 2
Duration 19h 45m
The second volume of Philip Pullman's The Book of Dust sees Lyra, now twenty years old, and her daemon Pantalaimon, forced to navigate their relationship in a way they could never have imagined, and drawn into the complex and dangerous factions of a world that they had no idea existed. Pulled along on his own journey too is Malcolm; once a boy with...
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His Dark Materials Book 2: The Subtle Knife
Author: Philip Pullman
Author Philip Pullman
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesHis Dark Materials, Book 2
Duration 8h 53m
Brought to you by Penguin.From the world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials - now a major critically acclaimed BBC series.She had asked: What is he? A friend or an enemy?The alethiometer answered: He is a murderer.When she saw the answer, she relaxed at once.Lyra finds herself in a shimmering, haunted otherworld - Cittàgazze, where soul-...
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His Dark Materials Book 1: Northern Lights
Author: Philip Pullman
Author Philip Pullman
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesHis Dark Materials, Book 1
Duration 11h 55m
Brought to you by Penguin.Now a major BBC series'Without this child, we shall all die.'Lyra Belacqua lives half-wild and carefree among the scholars of Jordan College, with her daemon, Pantalaimon, always by her side.But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle - a struggle born of stolen childre...
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Sally Lockheart Series Book 3: The Tiger In the Well
Author: Philip Pullman
Author Philip Pullman
Narrator Oliver Clement
SeriesSally Lockheart, Book 3
Duration 16h 35m
Sally Lockhart is content - her business is thriving, she has a comfortable house and her adored baby daughter Harriet. But her life is about to change - or rather someone has already changed it. Sally's history has been altered, and her child is suddenly no longer hers. To save Harriet, Sally must abandon her comfortable existence and go into hidi...
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