His Dark Materials Part 1: Northern Lights
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  • Published: 1 December 2004
  • ISBN: 9781405694872
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 2 hr 26 min
  • Narrators: Terence Stamp, Emma Fielding, Bill Paterson, Kenneth Cranham, Ray Fearon

His Dark Materials Part 1: Northern Lights

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Part One of Philip Pullman’s masterpiece comes alive in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation.

The award-winning His Dark Materials trilogy is a breathtaking epic adventure spanning a multitude of worlds. Northern Lights, the opening instalment, sees Lyra and her shape-changing daemon embark on a dangerous quest. In Oxford, Lyra learns that children are being kidnapped by the mysterious Gobblers. When her friend Roger vanishes she determines to find him, and is given a powerful alethiometer which can reveal the truth in all things. After discovering that the adults around her are not what they seem, Lyra and Pantalaimon join forces with a band of Gyptians. Travelling north they encounter witch-queens and armoured bears, before being captured and taken to Bolvangar – where children are being used in terrible and secret experiments... Gripping, full of suspense and often funny, this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation has an all-star cast including Terence Stamp, Emma Fielding, Bill Paterson, Kenneth Cranham, and Ray Fearon.
  • Published: 1 December 2004
  • ISBN: 9781405694872
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 2 hr 26 min
  • Narrators: Terence Stamp, Emma Fielding, Bill Paterson, Kenneth Cranham, Ray Fearon
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About the author

Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman was born in Norwich and educated in England, Zimbabwe, Australia and Wales. He studied English at Exeter College, Oxford.

His first children's book, Count Karlstein, was published in 1982. To date, he has published thirty-three books, read by children and adults alike. His most famous work is the His Dark Materials trilogy. These books have been honoured by several prizes including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Book Prize, and (for The Amber Spyglass) the Whitbread Book of the Year Award - the first time that prize had been given to a children's book. Pullman has received numerous other awards, including the Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Astrid Lindgren Award. He was knighted in the 2019 New Year's Honours List for Services to Literature.

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Also by Philip Pullman

The Secret Commonwealth: The Book of Dust Volume Two
Northern Lights - The Graphic Novel
Lyra's Oxford
The Collectors
Once Upon a Time in the North
The Firework-Maker's Daughter, Clockwork, or All Wound Up
Northern Lights - The Graphic Novel Volume 2
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Praise for His Dark Materials Part 1: Northern Lights

I'm delighted that His Dark Materials is being done on the radio. I've always loved radio drama – it can move from the epic to the intimate in a moment. The sweep of the whole thing seems to have been very well maintained; and the cast is great, especially the two leads, Lulu and Daniel. The makers have used all the resources of my favourite medium to create a vivid and atmospheric production.

Philip Pullman, BBC press release
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