![]() As producer Tim Bricknell admits: "We simply couldn't find the actress we needed to play Mma Ramotswe. It's success ¿ despite the sudden death earlier this week of director Anthony Minghella ¿seems guaranteed,which is extraordinary for those who worked on the film even to consider now.įor so difficult was the task of finding the right leading lady that the drama almost failed to be made. The 100-minute film ¿ in which Jill's character investigates a range of crimes in the Botswana capital of Gaborone including child abduction, fraud and infidelity ¿ will be seen on BBC1 this Sunday.Ī 13-part series, based on the further adventures of Mma Ramotswe, will follow, probably later this year. The speed with which Jill was cast in The No.1Ladies' Detective Agency, adapted from Alexander McCall Smith's best selling novel of the same name and focusing on the work of Botswana's only female private investigator, meant she had to leave it as a work in progress in America.Īll of which means it required a supreme effort to focus her mind on her role as Precious Ramotswe as the cameras rolled ¿ but, according to those involved with the production, she came through with flying colours. Most pressingly, there's the completion of her album, The Real Thing, to think about. She is in the USA, 8,000 miles away from the film's location, recovering ¿ successfully, thankfully ¿ from cancer.Īnd then there's the pain of Jill's recent divorce from her husband of seven years and partner of 12, Lyzel Williams, to play on her mind. On the first day of filming the BBC drama The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency in hot and dusty Botswana, southern Africa, the show's leading lady, Jill Scott, could be forgiven for having her thoughts elsewhere.įor one thing, there's her mother to be concerned about. The writing was easy to understand and the plot was interesting, which kept me turning every page until the book was over.In character: Jill Scott as Mma Ramotswe, the well-loved detective from Alexander McCall Smith's best-selling novels Some of the mysteries are really quite funny, while others can be a bit scary!Īlthough I picked this book up from the adult section, I am sure that young readers will also enjoy this book and I recommend the entire series to you. Sometimes, while reading, I'd get so involved with the case Mma Ramostwe was solving that I wouldn't leave my chair until the case got over. I really enjoyed this book, I found it thoroughly entertaining. This time, her marriage will not be a mistake. ![]() Matekoni, proposes to her, and she says yes. Later on in the book, her good friend, Mr. Probably the funniest one is 'The Boyfriend' case. ![]() Ramotswe encounters lots of different cases in the book. It will be hard for me to continue with the storytelling because Ms. She named it The No.1 Ladies's Detective Agency. She married a trumpeter, Note Mokoti, but sadly, in the end, they were divorced when she got sick of getting beaten up by him.Īfter her father died, she used the money from their cattle farm to buy a small building and start her own little detective agency. She grew up to be a sensible, equal minded, smart and quite well educated woman. She didn't have a mother and was brought up by her father and her father's cousin. ![]() Anyway, back to the plot, enough with the blabbering! Precious (silly name, don't you think, for a grown up woman! I suppose it's a good nickname.) Ramotswe has had ups and downs in her life. ![]()
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