AuthorPhilip Pullman
NarratorFull Cast
SeriesHis Dark Materials, Book 3
Duration2h 26m
CategoriesChildren's Fiction
Key StageKS4
PublisherBBC
VersionUnabridged
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 Heaven will reveal the sought-after secret of Dust.
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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Author: Philip Pullman
Author Philip Pullman
Narrator Michael Sheen
Duration 12h 30m
Malcolm Polstead's Oxford life has been one of routine, ordinary even. He is happiest playing with his daemon, Asta, in their canoe, La Belle Sauvage. But now as the rain builds, the world around Malcolm and Asta is, it seems, set to become increasingly far from ordinary. Finding himself linked to a baby by the name of Lyra Belacqua, Malcolm is for...
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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 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 3: The Amber Spyglass
Author: Philip Pullman
Author Philip Pullman
Narrator Full Cast
SeriesHis Dark Materials, Book 3
Duration 14h 50m
Brought to you by Penguin.From the world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials - now a major critically acclaimed BBC series.'We're going to the land of the dead and we're going to come back.'Will and Lyra, whose fates are bound together by powers beyond their own worlds, have been violently separated.But they must find each other, for ahead of th...
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Author: Philip Pullman
Author Philip Pullman
Narrator Chris Oxford
SeriesHis Dark Materials, Book 1
Duration 6h 45m
When Lyra's friend Roger disappears, she and her daemon, Pantalaimon, determine to find him. Their quest leads them to the bleak splendour of the North where a team of scientists are conducting unspeakably horrible experiments. The first book in the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy.
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Sally Lockheart Series Book 1: The Ruby In the Smoke
Author: Philip Pullman
Author Philip Pullman
Narrator Anton Lesser
SeriesSally Lockheart, Book 1
Duration 6h 35m
Sally Lockhart's father was an unconventional man. When he dies suddenly on a voyage to the Far East, Sally receives a mysterious letter containing a strange warning. Soon Sally finds herself at the heart of a deep and dangerous mystery, one she is determined to solve at all costs. The first book in the Sally Lockhart trilogy.
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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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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 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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