Be warned, this episode will contain all manner of spoilers from both His Dark Materials and the Book of Dust book series, as well as Series 1 of the TV adaptation - so if you want to avoid this, cut back through to our spoiler-free readthrough of the books now…

Welcome to our introductory episode to a new series on the Dark Material Podcast: our thoughts, feelings and reflections on Series 2 of the BBC / HBO TV adaptation.

In this episode we what we know so far, the newly announced cast for season 2, what the trailers tell us and some of our hopes & fears for this adaptation!

Join us as we discuss new angel genres, get excited about new ships sailing (/flying) our way and confuse everyone with references to haggis.

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Watch yourselves some trailers! We personally recommend this EXCELLENT ONE

Also these trailers are very good, but lack Iorek - yes, we are that petty.

- Official teaser trailer

- BBC Countdown and featurette with some cast members discussing their characters

- Official Comic Con trailer

- BBC official trailer

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Music by: Jaymen Persaud, performed by Claire Wickes

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