
It is notable as marking the TV debut of actor Matt Smith, who would later take over the role of the Eleventh Doctor in Doctor Who, in which Piper had previously featured.Īll four Sally Lockhart books were expected to be adapted for television however, as of January 2015 no information has arisen regarding an adaptation of The Tiger in the Well. The UK broadcast attracted 7.07 million viewers. It aired on BBC One on 27 December 2006 and on PBS's Masterpiece Mystery! as The Sally Lockhart Mysteries: The Ruby in the Smoke on 4 February 2007. TV adaptation Ī TV film adaptation written by Adrian Hodges and starring Billie Piper was produced by the BBC. The book was also adapted for the stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2016.

It is followed by The Shadow in the North, The Tiger in the Well and The Tin Princess. This book is the first of the Sally Lockhart Quartet. It was also adapted for television in 2006.

It went on to win the 1987 Lancashire Children's Book of the Year Award.

The Ruby in the Smoke (1985) is a novel by the English author Philip Pullman.
