For the 70th anniversary of the Medal, it was named one of the top ten winning works by a panel, composing the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite. Pullman won the 1995 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's outstanding British children's book. The book has also been adapted as a TV series in 2019 under the name His Dark Materials. Knopf published the first US edition April 1996, under the name The Golden Compass, under which title it was adapted as a 2007 feature film and as a companion video game. Northern Lights is the first book of the trilogy, His Dark Materials (1995 to 2000). Set in a parallel universe, it follows the journey of Lyra Belacqua to the Arctic in search of her missing friend, Roger Parslow, and her imprisoned uncle, Lord Asriel, who has been conducting experiments with a mysterious substance known as " Dust". His Dark Materials airs Sunday at 8pm on BBC One.Northern Lights (titled The Golden Compass in North America and some other countries) is a young-adult fantasy novel by Philip Pullman, published in 1995 by Scholastic UK. ‘Largely it’s one book per season… there are a few treats I’ve stolen from other books …The whole story of three books and how can we celebrate them in the best possible way, and sometimes that involved moving certain elements forward.’ The first season of the BBC series stars James McAvoy, Ruth Wilson and Lin-Manuel Miranda – who felt inspired by filming the show in Wales to record a love-rap to Cardiff.Īt the Television Critics’ Association panel, His Dark Materials showrunner Jack Thorne shared how the TV series will be structured and how the show will use bits and pieces from all of the books, even in the first season.
The Golden Compass movie focused on just one of the books in the trilogy.īecause no sequels were made to The Golden Compass movie, the BBC series will be slightly different and tell the story of the entire trilogy. It was the first attempt at adapting Phillip Pullman’s fantasy trilogy but the film’s reaction was mixed (despite winning an Oscar for Best Visual Effects) and no sequels were made. The film was made in 2007 and starred Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig and Kathy Bates.
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