No 1 Lady Detectives

Given his talent, fame and recent untimely death, Oscar-winner Anthony Minghella deserves top billing for his last completed work: The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, to be given its première this evening on BBC1 at 9pm. Does he get even a mention in the BBC trailers? No. The novels by Alexander McCall Smith have me completely addicted, and I can hardly wait to see what Anthony Minghella and Richard Curtis have done with this modern classic, filmed entirely on location in Botswana. Coming up....