Cast list for HIS DARK MATERIALS: Season 1 released

Bad Wolf Productions and the BBC have released a cast list for Season 1 of His Dark Materials, which is now shooting in Wales. The cast is as follows:

• Dafne Keen (Logan) as Lyra Belacqua
• James McAvoy (X-Men, Split, Shameless) as Lord Asriel
• Ruth Wilson (Luther) as Ms. Coulter
• Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton) as Lee Scoresby
• Clarke Peters (The Wire) as the Master of Jordan College (aka Dr. Carne)
• Georgina Campbell (Black Mirror, Krypton) as Adele Starminster
• Ariyon Bakare (Rogue One, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell) as Lord Boreal
• Ian Gelder (Game of Thrones) as Librarian-Scholar Charles
• Will Keen (The Crown) as Father MacPhail
• Anne-Marie Duff (Shameless) as Ma Costa
• James Cosmo (Braveheart, Troy, Game of Thrones) as Farder Coram
• Geoff Bell (Kingsman: The Secret Service) as Jack Verhoeven
• Lucian Msamati (Game of Thrones) as John Faa
• Simon Manyonda (Whitechapel, Doctor Who) as Benjamin de Ruyter
• Matt Fraser (American Horror Story, The Fades) as Raymond Van Gerritt
• Richard Cunningham (The Royals, Rogue One) as Gustaf
• Philip Goldacre (The Bill, The Canterbury Tales) as Sub Rector
• Lewin Lloyd as Roger Parslow
• Daniel Frogson as Tony Costa
• Tyler Hewitt as Billy Costa
• Archie Barnes as Pantalaimon

• Jack Thorne (The Fades, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) is the writer
• Tom Hooper (The King's Speech, Les Miserables) is directing Episodes 1-2
• Dawn Shadforth (The Trust) is directing Episodes 3
• Otto Bathurst (Robin Hood, Peaky Blinders) is directing Episodes 4-5
• Directors for Episodes 6-8 have yet to be announced

It should be noted that the voice actors for the armoured bears are not listed. Whether this is because Season 1 won't reach their introduction to the story (with five seasons and forty episodes to adapt three books, the conclusion of Book 1 won't be reached until partway through Season 2) or because, as voiceovers, they will not be cast until post-production remains unclear.