A colossal war is brewing in Heaven, and Lyra and Will have been separated. They must find each other and journey onward, even into the World of the Dead - for only together can they protect the future of the Cosmos...

The conclusion of Phillip Pullman's award-winning trilogy spanning a multitude of worlds.

Stars Lulu Popplewell as Lyra, Daniel Anthony as Will, Ray Fearon as Balthamos, Emma Fielding as Mrs Coulter, Brid Brennan as Mary, Stuart Fox as Pavel, Joanna Monro as Lady Salmakia, Peter Marinker as Lee Scorseby, Carla Simpson as Kirjava and Jack Klaff as Stanislaus Grumman.

Tracy-Ann Oberman as Serafina Pekkala, Richard Firth as Pantalaimon, David Holt as Ozymandias, Martin Hyder as Dr Cooper, Laura Doddington as Atal, Scott Brooksbank as Lyra's Death, Emma Woolliams as Jane, Burt Caesar as King Ogunwe, David Calder as The Inquirer and Leagh Conwell as Roger.

Steve Hodson as Iorek Byrnison, Jasmine Hyde as Ama, Soumaya Keynes as Ghost Girl, Philip Madoc as Metatron, Trevor Peacock as The Boatman, Adrian Scarborough as Lord Roke, Terence Stamp as Lord Asriel, Jennie Stoller as Xaphania, David Timson as Tialys, Steve Toussaint as Baruch and Gregg Prentice & Victoria O'Donnell as the Ghost Children.

Dramatised by Lavinia Murray.

Music composed and realised by Billy Cowie.

Director: David Hunter

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2003. Show less