Just finished His Dark Materials, regretfully I don't have the attention span for sticking it out reading fiction so it was my first proper viewing of the story (I managed to get through lord of the rings after seeing the films but realistically wouldn't have if I hadn't have seen them).
fudge me it was an incredible journey, so many interesting angles on story telling itself, religion, love, parental relationships, existence etc. I never know what to say about films / TV without spoilers other than recommending others to watch it, or saying it is fantastic. But folks on here would probably consider Mrs browns boys "fantastic" so it doesn't seem to do it justice...