A young girl is destined to liberate her world from the grip of the Magisterium, which represses people's ties to magic and their animal spirits known as daemons. Based on author Philip Pullman's beloved trilogy.

Title from container. "An HBO original series." Based on the novels by Philip Pullman. Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television program 2019-. Season 1 special features : Making His dark materials; Adapting His dark materials; Building His dark materials; Dressing His dark materials; The Daemons of His dark materials; James McAvoy, bringing Lord Asriel to life; Lin-Manuel Miranda, bringing Lee Scoresby to life; Ruth Wilson, bringing Mrs. Coulter to life; Dafne Keen, bringing Lyra Belacqua to life.

Season 1.Lyra's Jordan -- The idea of north --|t The spies --|t Armour -- The lost boy -- The daemon-cages --|t The fight to the death -- Betrayal.