His Dark Materials Genre Adventure Fantasy Based on His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman Written by Jack Thorne Starring Dafne Keen Lin-Manuel Miranda James McAvoy Ruth Wilson Clarke Peters Country of origin United Kingdom Original language(s) English Production Executive producer(s) Carolyn Blackwood Toby Emmerich Deborah Forte Julie Gardner Chris Irving Philip Pullman Jane Tranter Piers Wenger Producer(s) Laurie Borg Cinematography Justin Brown Editor(s) Nick Arthurs Niven Howie Production company(s) Bad Wolf New Line Cinema Release Original network BBC One