Tonight at a glance
- Length
- 3 seasons · 23 episodes
- Status
- Ended · complete
- Age rating
- TV-14
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
The story
Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Her search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children and turns into a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. She is later joined on her journey by Will, a boy who possesses a knife that can cut windows between worlds. As she learns the truth about her parents and her prophesied destiny, the two young people are caught up in a war against celestial powers that ranges across many worlds.
- witch
- magic
- airship
- orphan
- child kidnapping
- alternative reality
- dark fantasy
- parallel universe
- based on young adult novel
- talking animal
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Ariyon Bakare
- Simone Kirby
- Jonathan Aris
- Chipo Chung
- Lewin Lloyd
- Jamie Ward
- Ruta Gedmintas
- James McAvoy
- Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Jade Anouka
- Lia Williams
- Directed
- Charles Martin, Dawn Shadforth, Leanne Welham, Euros Lyn, Jamie Childs, William McGregor & 6 more
- Created
- Jack Thorne
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 1,938 ratings
- Network & studio
- BBC One, Bad Wolf, New Line Cinema, Katja Motion Picture Corp., BBC Studios Distribution, Anton
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