‘No. 1 Ladies’ on HBO End of Month
The HBO series, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, based on Alexander McCall Smith’s books begins Sunday, March 29th, 8 pm.
Anthony Minghella (The English Patient, Cold Mountain), who died last year, directed the two-hour pilot. Tim Fywell and Charles Sturridge direct the other episodes in the series.
Grammy-award winning singer Jill Scott plays Precious Ramotswe. Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls) plays her secretary, Mma Makutsi. The series was shot in Botswana.
A tie-in edition is available:
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
Alexander McCall Smith
- Paperback: $13.95; 256 pages
- Publisher: Anchor, (March 10, 2009)
- ISBN-10: 0307456633
- ISBN-13: 978-0307456632