Daemons at the ready: His Dark Materials is back for a second series 

The latest run of the BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman's novels features Irish actress Simone Kirby among the new additions to the cast 
Daemons at the ready: His Dark Materials is back for a second series 

 Dafne Keen as Lyra Belacqua, and her daemon Pan (voiced by Kit Connor), in season two of His Dark Materials. 

If you’re feeling the urge to be immersed in another world – and who isn’t right now? – look no further than His Dark Materials. The compelling fantasy drama is based on Philip Pullman’s trilogy of novels and follows teens Lyra Belacqua (Dafne Keen) and Will Parry (Amir Wilson) as they wander through a series of parallel universes.

The second series is primarily an adaptation of the second book – 1997’s The Subtle Knife – and 15-year-old Keen describes it as “so much rawer and so much more emotional”.

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