Next week, the plot thickens on HBO and BBC One's
His Dark Materials as the alethiometer sends Lyra Belacqua (Dafne Keen) and the armoured bear Iorek (Joe Tandberg) on a mysterious new path with Lee Scoresby (Lin-Manuel Miranda), leading to a shocking but vital clue in her search to find her friend Roger Parslow (Lewin Lloyd) and all of the other missing children.
Episode 5: "The Lost Boy"
Debut date: MONDAY, DEC. 1 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
The alethiometer sends Lyra and Iorek on a new path, leading to a shocking but vital clue in her search to find her friend Roger and the other missing children.
Written by Jack Thorne; Directed by Otto Bathurst.
An adaptation of Philip Pullman's acclaimed trilogy HIS DARK MATERIALS, is considered a modern masterpiece of imaginative fiction. The first series follows Lyra, a seemingly ordinary but brave young woman from another world. Lyra's search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children, and becomes a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. As she journeys through the worlds, including our own, Lyra meets a determined and courageous boy called Will. Together they encounter extraordinary beings and dangerous secrets, with the fate of both the living - and the dead - in their hands.
His Dark Materials features:
Dafne Keen as Lyra Belacqua
Ruth Wilson as Marisa Coulter
James McAvoy as Lord Asriel
Clarke Peters as The Master/Dr. Carne
Lin-Manuel Miranda as Lee Scoresby
Ruta Gedmintas as Serafina Pekkala
Ariyon Bakare as Lord Boreal
James Cosmo as Farder Coram
Lucian Msamati as John Faa
Anne-Marie Duff as Ma Costa
Ian Gelder as Librarian Scholar Charles
Will Keen as Father MacPhail
Georgina Campbell as Adele Starminster
Mat Fraser as Raymond Van Geritt
Geoff Bell as Jack Verhoeven
Simon Manyonda as Benjamin de Ruyter
Omid Djalili as Dr Lanselius
Simon Strutt as The Oxford College Porter
Archie Barnes as Pantalaimon
Lewin Lloyd as Roger Parslow
Daniel Frogson as Tony Costa
Tyler Howitt as Billy Costa
Amir Wilson as Will Parry
His Dark Materials returns December 1