Talk:The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV series)

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[edit] Audience impact

I suggest that we watch closely for audience impact indicators. I just watched the programme this evening, having somehow missed all the advance publicity and only being aware of the stories from a chance listening to one of the Radio 4 plays a couple of year ago. The ensemble cast was superb, Jill Scott and Anika Noni Rose fit the roles beautifully, and McCall-Smith's sensitive and respectful treatment of the Southern African setting is transmitted faithfully. I cannot remember the last time I was so overwhelmed by the overall transportive effect of a television drama. I would be a little surprised if I turned out to be an outlier in this. --Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival, The 23:07, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

I thoroughly enjoyed it too. I didn't think I would, but I did. As long as they replace the actress playing the extremely-irritating Secretary by the time they shoot the main series, it should fly. I can't help feeling that this 'ticked all the right boxes' with the Guardianistas at the BBC when it came to funding. i.e. female / ethnic / victim of domestic violence etc. I haven't read the books, but I suppose if the storylines tick the few remaining boxes at the bottom of the list (i.e. AIDS / Homophobia / Global Warming) it should be a shoo-in at next year's awards. MaxieT (talk) 10:12, 25 March 2008 (UTC)