The Bafta Award-winning BBC/HBO drama ‘His Dark Materials‘ will return for its 3rd and final season this December in the UK and USA, and has also landed a new trailer.
Based on Philip Pullman’s acclaimed novel series, the second season of the drama continued the story of Lyra (Dafne Keen – ‘Logan’, ‘The Refugees’), a brave young woman from another world. After Lord Asriel (James McAvoy) opened a bridge to this new world, and, distraught over the death of her best friend, Lyra followed Asriel into the unknown…
At the end of season two, we saw Lord Asriel call upon the angels to help him wage a war against the Kingdom of Heaven, as Mrs Coulter abducted her daughter Lyra to take her to “safety” in their own world.
Season three opens with Lyra unconscious, having been given a sleeping draught by her mother, as Will, still carrying the Subtle Knife, continues his quest to find her. Will is tracked down by two angels – Balthamos and Baruch – who wish to take him to join Lord Asriel’s campaign against The Authority with Commander Ogunwe. But Will is not the only one after Lyra, with Father President MacPhail continuing his mission to destroy the child of the prophecy, employing the help of his most committed follower, Father Gomez.
Meanwhile, Oxford physicist Mary Malone reaches another parallel world – that of the Mulefa, a strange animal-like species. They tell her of a cataclysmic phenomenon in their world. With multiple new worlds, including the Land Of The Dead, returning characters and featuring strange new creatures the Mulefa and Gallivespians, the third series brings Philip Pullman’s masterpiece to a dramatic conclusion.
New cast for season three includes Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Commander Ogunwe and Jamie Ward as Father Gomez. Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Simon Harrison, and Chipo Chung are the rebel angels Balthamos, Baruch and Xaphania; while Ama will be played by Amber Fitzgerald-Woolfe.
The returning cast also includes Will Keen as Father President MacPhail, Jade Anouka as Ruta Skadi and Ruta Gedmintas as Serafina Pekkala.
The series is once again be helmed by Executive Producers Jane Tranter and Dan McCulloch for Bad Wolf. Writers Jack Thorne and Francesca Gardiner will both Executive Produce, with Amelia Spencer joins as writer and consulting producer. Also executive producing the series are Ryan Rasmussen, Julie Gardner and Joel Collins for Bad Wolf; Philip Pullman; Deborah Forte; Toby Emmerich and Carolyn Blackwood for New Line Cinema; and Ben Irving for the BBC.
Philip Pullman’s award-winning trilogy of the same name is considered a modern masterpiece of imaginative fiction and has sold over 18 million copies worldwide. The Amber Spyglass is the first children’s novel to win the prestigious Whitbread Book of the Year (in 2001) and the first children’s novel to be long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. ‘His Dark Materials’ series two averaged over six million viewers on BBC One. Series one and two are streaming now on BBC iPlayer.
‘His Dark Materials‘ Season 3 will premiere on BBC One & iPlayer in the UK this December 2022. The exact date/time is TBC, although Sunday, 4th December 2022 seems likely (NOTE: NOT CONFIRMED!), given HBO in the USA will premiere the series on Monday, December 5, 2022. If you want to keep track of this show you can add it via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when it gets a UK premiere date.
