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===Radio=== [[BBC Radio 4]] broadcast a [[Radio drama|radio play adaptation]] of ''His Dark Materials'' in 3 episodes, each lasting 2½ hours. The books were adapted and dramatised by Lavinia Murray and directed by both David Hunter and Janet Whitaker, with the music composed by Billy Cowie. It was first broadcast over three consecutive weeks in from 4 January 2003, and then re-broadcast in both 2008-9 and in 2017, and was released by the BBC as box-sets on CD and audio cassette. The streaming rights are held by [[Audible (service)|Audible]]. The cast included: * [[Terence Stamp]] as [[Lord Asriel]] * [[Emma Fielding]] as [[Marisa Coulter]] * [[Lulu Popplewell]] as [[Lyra Belacqua]] * [[Daniel Anthony (actor)|Daniel Anthony]] as [[Will Parry (His Dark Materials)|Will Parry]] * [[Tracy-Ann Oberman]] as [[Serafina Pekkala]] * Peter Marinker as [[Lee Scoresby]] * [[Steve Hodson]] as [[Iorek Byrnison]] * [[Ray Fearon]] as the angel [[#Bathalmos|Bathalmos]] who narrates the series. Both Stamp and Fearon had roles in the subsequent [[BBC One]] [[His Dark Materials (TV series)|television adaptation]] of 2019→2022, with Stamp as the previous elderly bearer of Æsahættr, ''the Subtle Knife'', [[His Dark Materials (TV series)#Main cast|Giacomo Paradisi]] in Torre degli Angeli of [[Cittàgazze]], and Fearon as Will Parry's school boxing coach [[His Dark Materials (TV series)#Recurring cast|Mr Hanway]]. <ref>{{cite CD |title=His Dark Materials |publisher=BBC Radio Collection |year=2019 |isbn=978-1-787-53371-4 |orig-year=2003}} box-set liner notes [https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/His-Dark-Materials-The-Complete-BBC-Radio-Collection-Audiobook/B09CG56YZM?qid=1734093098&sr=1-8&ref_pageloadid=not_applicable&pf_rd_p=c6e316b8-14da-418d-8f91-b3cad83c5183&pf_rd_r=KXT9A5DGKJEY8FH7ZXKP&plink=lKX3lrOGpkOlVvz7&pageLoadId=LDkXgRNi7m7QOecN&creativeId=41e85e98-10b8-40e2-907d-6b663f04a42d&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_8]</ref> Also in 2003, an Irish radio dramatisation of ''Northern Lights'' was made by [[RTÉ]] (Raidió Teilifís Éireann).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/cult/a789641/his-dark-materials-bbc-tv-series-casting-characters-start-date-everything-you-need-to-know/|title=His Dark Materials TV series: All you need to know|last1=Eames|first1=Tom|last2=Jeffery|first2=Morgan|date=2018-07-27|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-21}}</ref>
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