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Who is... Precious Ramotswe? It's the moniker of the gumshoe Jill Scott will portray in the "No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" - a TV movie based on the bestseller by Alexander McCall Smith. It's also the name of the soul singer's first-ever starring role.
"No. 1..." was written by English Patient scribe Anthony Minghella and Bridget Jones' Diary screenwriter Curtis Martin, so obviously it's a dramedy. The story, in general: Ramotswe and her assistant Mma Makutsi (Anika Noni Rose) form a detective agency and become embroiled with a cheating husband, insurance fraud, a kidnapping and witchcraft. VIBE super-crush Idris Elba (The Wire, 28 Days Later) costars, and the film is scheduled to begin shooting in Botswana, South Africa later this month.
"No. 1..." was written by English Patient scribe Anthony Minghella and Bridget Jones' Diary screenwriter Curtis Martin, so obviously it's a dramedy. The story, in general: Ramotswe and her assistant Mma Makutsi (Anika Noni Rose) form a detective agency and become embroiled with a cheating husband, insurance fraud, a kidnapping and witchcraft. VIBE super-crush Idris Elba (The Wire, 28 Days Later) costars, and the film is scheduled to begin shooting in Botswana, South Africa later this month.
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