His Dark Materials Part 2: The Subtle Knife (Radio Full-Cast Dramatisation)
  • Published: 1 December 2004
  • ISBN: 9781405694155
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 2 hr 30 min
  • Narrators: Ray Fearon, Emma Fielding, Peter Marinker, Jack Klaff

His Dark Materials Part 2: The Subtle Knife (Radio Full-Cast Dramatisation)

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Philip Pullman’s masterpiece continues in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation.

A breathtaking epic, the award-winning His Dark Materials trilogy spans a multitude of worlds. The second instalment, The Subtle Knife, introduces Will Parry – a young boy in search of his long-lost explorer father. Will’s discovery of an extraordinary ‘window in the air’ near the Oxford ring road leads him out of our world and into the strange and unsettling Cittàgazze. There he meets Lyra, a girl who is herself searching for something: the secret of the mystical substance Dust. Moving back and forth through the portal, Will and Lyra join forces in their quest. As they make allies and enemies along the way, they also learn of the subtle knife. An object which many would kill to possess, the knife has incredible powers, and Will finds himself reluctantly in a fight for its possession. Ray Fearon, Emma Fielding, Peter Marinker and Jack Klaff are amongst the cast in this gripping dramatisation.
  • Published: 1 December 2004
  • ISBN: 9781405694155
  • Imprint: BBC DL
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 2 hr 30 min
  • Narrators: Ray Fearon, Emma Fielding, Peter Marinker, Jack Klaff
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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 2: The Subtle Knife (Radio Full-Cast Dramatisation)

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

Fans of Pullman's original book will love this audio drama which helps to bring the characters vividly to life.

Pete Boomer, http://www.sci-fi-online.com
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