The Book Of Dust, Part One - La Belle Sauvage, By Philip Pullman

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Book at Bedtime

Also Described As

LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST.
Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story.
Producer: Allegra McIlroy
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2017.
The tale of a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead and a girl hidden in a convent.

Duration

15 minutes

Duration Omni

75 minutes
70 minutes

Genre

Drama
book At Bedtime
Scifi And Fantasy

Main Credits

Producer - Allegra McIlroy
Abridger - Doreen Estall
Author - Philip Pullman
Reader - Simon Russell Beale

Station

Radio 4

Duration

15 Minutes

Episodes

Episode	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
01	20171023		The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... Across the river, the nuns at Godstow Priory have a mysterious new guest.
02	20171024		The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... A meeting at the University of Uppsala leads to a deadly encounter.
03	20171025		The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... Malcom begins his work for Dr Relf.
04	20171026		The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... Malcolm finds an unexpected visitor at the Trout: a man whose d\u00e6mon is a snow leopard...
05	20171027		The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... Malcolm discovers Bonneville and his terrifying hyena-d\u00e6mon lurking round the priory.
06	20171030		The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... Malcolm returns to see Alice at the priory to discover who has been helping Bonneville.
07	20171031		The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... Dr Relf braves the flood in order to bring important news to Jordan College.
08	20171101		The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... Malcolm and Alice discover that Bonneville is not the only one hunting them.
09	20171102		The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... On a mysterious island, Malcolm and Alice must protect Lyra from an otherworldly stranger.
10	20171103		The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... As La Belle Sauvage reaches London, Malcom and Alice risk everything to reach safety.
OMNI-01	20171029	20171030 (BBC7) 20191215 (BBC7) 20191216 (BBC7) 20211205 (BBC7) 20211206 (BBC7)	22 years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returned to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... Read by Simon Russell Beale. Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes. The tale of a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and a girl hidden in a convent.
OMNI-02	20171105	20171106 (BBC7) 20191222 (BBC7) 20191223 (BBC7) 20211212 (BBC7) 20211213 (BBC7)	Twenty-two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author Philip Pullman returned to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. Malcolm returns to see Alice at the Priory to try and discover who has been helping Bonneville. Omnibus of the last five of ten episodes. Malcolm returns to see Alice at the Priory to find out who has been helping Bonneville.

Episodes

Episode	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
01	20171023		The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... Across the river, the nuns at Godstow Priory have a mysterious new guest.
02	20171024		The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... A meeting at the University of Uppsala leads to a deadly encounter.
03	20171025		The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... Malcom begins his work for Dr Relf.
04	20171026		The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... Malcolm finds an unexpected visitor at the Trout: a man whose d\u00e6mon is a snow leopard...
05	20171027		The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... Malcolm discovers Bonneville and his terrifying hyena-d\u00e6mon lurking round the priory.
06	20171030		The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... Malcolm returns to see Alice at the priory to discover who has been helping Bonneville.
07	20171031		The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... Dr Relf braves the flood in order to bring important news to Jordan College.
08	20171101		The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... Malcolm and Alice discover that Bonneville is not the only one hunting them.
09	20171102		The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... On a mysterious island, Malcolm and Alice must protect Lyra from an otherworldly stranger.
10	20171103		The Book of Dust, Part One: La Belle Sauvage Twenty two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returns to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. LA BELLE SAUVAGE, read by Simon Russell Beale, is the first volume of THE BOOK OF DUST. Set ten years before the events of HIS DARK MATERIALS, this novel explores the origins of that story. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... As La Belle Sauvage reaches London, Malcom and Alice risk everything to reach safety.
OMNI-01	20171029	20171030 (BBC7) 20191215 (BBC7) 20191216 (BBC7) 20211205 (BBC7) 20211206 (BBC7)	22 years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author returned to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. We open in Oxford, at The Trout Inn, with a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and the whisper of a mysterious baby girl, hidden at the local convent, in the care of the nuns... Read by Simon Russell Beale. Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes. The tale of a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and a girl hidden in a convent.
OMNI-02	20171105	20171106 (BBC7) 20191222 (BBC7) 20191223 (BBC7) 20211212 (BBC7) 20211213 (BBC7)	Twenty-two years after the publication of Philip Pullman's NORTHERN LIGHTS, the author Philip Pullman returned to the world of HIS DARK MATERIALS with a brand new trilogy. Malcolm returns to see Alice at the Priory to try and discover who has been helping Bonneville. Omnibus of the last five of ten episodes. Malcolm returns to see Alice at the Priory to find out who has been helping Bonneville.