| Title |
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency / The Weinstein Company ; Home Box Office ; BBC ; Mirage Enterprises ; Cinechicks ; Film Afrika Worldwide ; series producer, Tim Bricknell. |
| OCLC |
402678022 |
| ISBN |
1419883380 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
883929076666 |
| Music number |
1000100553 Home Box Office |
| Publisher |
[New York, NY] : Home Box Office ; [Burbank, CA] : [Warner Home Video, distributor], [2009] |
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©2009 |
| Description |
3 videodiscs (480 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Imaginary organization) -- Drama.
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Women detectives -- Botswana -- Drama.
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Women-owned business enterprises -- Botswana -- Drama.
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Secretaries -- Botswana -- Drama.
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Mechanics (Persons) -- Botswana -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Botswana -- Drama.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Detective and mystery television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Television series.
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| System details note |
DVD, widescreen (letterbox); Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. |
| Cast |
Jill Scott, Anika Noni Rose. |
| Chronology/place |
Originally broadcast on BBC1 in 2009. |
| Target audience |
TV-MA. |
| Summary |
Follows Mma Ramotste, a recently bereaved woman, as she sets up the only woman-run Private Detective Agency in Botswana and her attempts to get it off the ground. She gets help from Mma Makutsi, her new secretary, and Mr. JLB Matekoni, the owner and super mechanic of the wonderful Speedy Motors. Mma Ramotste takes on cases, meets many new people who need her help - from a woman who thinks the man who has turned up at her door is not her father, to another lady who has a boyfriend who may or may not be faithful to her. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Pilot ; The big bonanza -- disc 2. Poison ; The boy with an African heart ; Problems in moral philosophy -- disc 3. Beauty and integrity ; A real Botswana diamond. |
| Creation/Production credits |
Directors, Anthony Minghella, Charles Sturridge, Tim Fywell ; series producer, Tim Bricknell. |
| NOTE |
No public performance rights included. |
| Language note |
English dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| General note |
Title from container. |
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Based on the novels by Alexander McCall Smith. |
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Contains the pilot and all 6 episodes from the first season. |
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