tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405840685412848847.post2174297920567004756..comments2023-12-17T20:07:35.752+00:00Comments on OPEN HEART, OPEN MIND: No.1 Ladies' Det Agency - coming soon!MOSONGA RAPHAELhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11344559339311484137noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1405840685412848847.post-88635812277686236892009-03-03T12:49:00.000+00:002009-03-03T12:49:00.000+00:00.........................From BBC website: Last Up............................<BR/>From BBC website: Last Updated: Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 15:34 GMT <BR/>..........................<BR/> <BR/><BR/>Detective Agency to be serialised <BR/> <BR/>Jill Scott will star as Precious Ramotswe <BR/>The best-selling book The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is to be made into a television series. <BR/>Alexander McCall Smith's novel, which follows the adventures of detective Precious Ramotswe, is to be made into 13 episodes. <BR/><BR/>Singer and actress Jill Scott will star in the lead role. <BR/><BR/>A 90-minute pilot directed by Anthony Minghella and co-written with Richard Curtis is to be screened on BBC One this Easter. <BR/><BR/>Minghella is famed for winning an Oscar in 1996 for directing The English Patient, and he was also Oscar-nominated for writing the screenplay for 1999's The Talented Mr Ripley. <BR/><BR/>Curtis has written screenplays for Bridget Jones's Diary and the sequel The Edge of Reason, Love Actually, Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral. He has also been behind TV series including Blackadder and The Vicar of Dibley. <BR/><BR/>US television network HBO is partnering the BBC, which is part-funding it, to make the series. Filming will begin this summer. <BR/><BR/>'Highly entertaining' <BR/><BR/>"Alexander McCall Smith's wonderful books have been a sensation around the world for years, and we're thrilled to be teaming up with the BBC to adapt these highly entertaining stories for HBO," said HBO's co-president, Richard Plepler. <BR/><BR/>"And needless to say, the opportunity to work with the exceptionally gifted Anthony Minghella and Richard Curtis makes this project all the more exciting." <BR/><BR/>Joining Jill Scott on the series will be Dreamgirls star Anika Noni Rose as Precious' highly-efficient, yet rather peculiar, secretary Mma Makutsi. <BR/><BR/>It is not yet confirmed whether British actors Colin Salmon, David Oyelowo and Idris Elba who starred in the pilot, will return for the series. <BR/><BR/>The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency chronicles the adventures of Precious Ramotswe, the proprietor of the only female-owned detective agency in Botswana. <BR/><BR/>Aided by Mma Makutsi, Mma Ramotswe investigates cases, helps people solve problems in their lives, and begins a special friendship with the owner of a local garage. <BR/><BR/>McCall Smith has had global success with the nine novels he has written about Mma Ramotswe. <BR/><BR/><BR/> <BR/>(source: bbc.co.uk)MOSONGA RAPHAELhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344559339311484137noreply@blogger.com