His Dark Materials episode 3 review, Culture Whisper
Part of the brilliance of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy is his talent to take the most intellectual, spiritual, and philosophical inquiries — questions that have burdened humanity for millennia — and morph them into edible, delicious pieces. More than that, Pullman ensures that even a child can comprehend these mature concepts.
Likewise, every episode of Jack Thorne’s BBC adaptation treads that ponderous territory, without severing these concepts to gratify a mainstream audience (like the 2007 film version did).
