The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. The complete 1st season [videorecording (DVD)] / The Weinstein Company ; Home Box Office ; BBC ; Mirage Enterprises ; Cinechicks ; Film Afrika Worldwide ; series producer, Tim Bricknell.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781419883385 :
- Physical Description: 3 videodiscs (ca. 480 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
- Publisher: New York : Home Box Office ; : c2009.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Based on the novels by Alexander McCall Smith. Bonus features: Botswana: the gem of Africa, Anthony Minghella's No. 1 film, The beat of Botswana, The making of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency: author's diary. Contains the pilot and all 6 episodes from the first season. Title from container. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Jill Scott, Anika Noni Rose, Lucian Msamati. |
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Originally broadcast on BBC1 in 2009. |
Target Audience Note: | Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A. |
System Details Note: | DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 2.0 stereo. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | For private home use only. |
Language Note: | Audio tracks in English or Spanish and English French or Spanish subtitles. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |