![]() In the TV show though, the competing detective isn’t so easily dispatched and is kind of menacing. ![]() ![]() In the books, she also meets her abusive ex-husband with no real problems. In the first instance, the detective is a potential problem that is easily foiled, never becomes a threat to her agency, and leaves town after one book. In the books, a male detective establishes a competing agency, the Satisfaction Guaranteed Detective Agency and at another point, her abusive ex-husband comes to town. I also thought that in the later episodes, they did a good job giving Mma Ramotswe personal stuff to work through. Here, the storyline of him needing to leave unexpectedly is used to better dramatic effect as he’s trying to sort out his relationship with Mma Ramotswe. This was intended to illustrate how depression can often come into play in people’s lives. In the books, Matekoni comes down with depression for medical reasons that are irrational. Msamati’s facial expressions and body language can convey that a situation is killing him on the inside without saying a word. ![]() Matekone would never go up and have a big conversation with someone else about his feelings, but he still feels deeply. Msamati’s performance as JLB Matekone helps the production stay true to who he was in the book. The series explores both reasons why she’s reluctant and also his feelings. One change the pilot film made was that she does become engaged to him by the end of the film. The first book contains both of Matekoni’s proposals, the first which Mma Ramotswe refuses and the second which she encourages and accepts. They did a good job with how they developed the relationship with Mma Ramostwe and JLB Matekoni. That may occur in life, but it doesn’t make for particularly gripping drama.ĭoing a straight adaptation of the books would never work on television, so what we get are a mix of stories based on incidents in various books that were changed as well as original story ideas, and even an element or two to make the series more politically correct, as well as reflecting the reality of then-modern Day Botswana. They’d thought about it, worried a little, went on with their life, and the problem went away on its own. Potential problems and challenges would be raised for our heroine and friends, but they would be resolved sometimes with little to no action by any character in the book. There were less serious crimes or no crimes in whatever investigations were going on. After the first novel, the books became cozy. The writing on the show was mixed and some of this goes back to the original novels. The series was shot on location in Botswana with unique and beautiful cinematography and gives it the sort of authenticity that a series like this needs to work. The acting is solid and the characters mostly work. The series premiered with a feature length telefilm that tracked closely with the first book in the series in 2008 and in 2009 followed up with a six episode series. She hires young secretary Grace Makutsi (Aniki Noni Rose) and wins the affections of local JLB Matekoni (Lucian Msamati.) The series follows Mma Precious Ramotswe (Jill Scott) as a woman who starts the first female-led private detective agency in Botswana. 1 Ladies Detective Agency came to television with a pilot movie produced by the BBC in cooperation with HBO. In 2008 Alexander McCall Smith’s book series The No. THE GREAT DETECTIVES of Old Time Radio With Host Adam Graham Main menu Skip to content ![]()
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