The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I assumed it was the start of the new season?

New Season?

I haven't even seen the first season?

It's the film. On BB4. In a minute.

 

[Melinda]

Ive had a look and last year's pilot is playing on BBC4 now, and the new six-part 60-minute season starts tomorrow.

Its on BBC HD 21:00 15 Mar (tomorrow)- it might be on BBC 1 at the same time? Best check.

 

[LindaR]

It's the film tonight, the new series starts tomorrow. And I'm looking forward to it, I loved the film.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

It's the film tonight, the new series starts tomorrow. And I'm looking forward to it, I loved the film.

On now

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Yeah, the pilot was ace.

Forget the 'it's a white colonialist writing patronising guff about black people' tosh, the guy is clearly in love with the place and is highly informed about it too. And isn't it nice to see something about africa which steers away from only focussing on poverty and war?

 

[Melinda]

Too true, especially in light of the poverty porn festival this weekend on the BBC.

 

[PacificOcean]

Really enjoyed this last year. Botswana looked stunning in HD.

Hope the series keeps up the quality of the pilot.

 

[moonsi til]

I love love love this series of books. I'm reading the 9th one ATM 'The miracle at speedy motors' and yesterday lent number 3 & 4 to a friend. I'm at work till 9pm so i will have to watch on Iplayer. I have not yet seem the film but did see a trailer with Mma Makutsi and giggled at her glasses.

 

[Strumpet]

MIssed this last night. About to watch the film now.

 

[Strumpet]

I enjoyed that
It wasn't amazingly exciting but it was gentle and warm. Gonna try the new series on tonight.

 

[PacificOcean]

Quite

Yawn!

So everything about Africa has to be about AIDS and corruption?

 

[wiskey]

I enjoyed that, perhaps not as much as the one last night but its easy viewing

 

[Vintage Paw]

Forgot the series was starting.

I read books 1-5 when they first came out then got bored. They're lovely and gentle and sweet, but I read them all back to back and burnt myself out I think.

Loved the pilot last year, so I hope the series will be nice too.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I enjoyed that, perhaps not as much as the one last night but its easy viewing

I enjoyed it for purely that reason - easy viewing

We don't need politics, corruption etc. stuffed in our face in a serious manner all the time. It's good light-hearted viewing and something to make you smile (mainly it's the secretary, still, that does it for me)

 

[danny la rouge]

It was nice, but got a bit aimless towards the end. Perhaps it should be 40 mins instead of an hour.

But then again, I had just watched Larkrise, so maybe I'd ODed on Sunday evening gentleness.

 

[PacificOcean]

I enjoyed it for purely that reason - easy viewing

We don't need politics, corruption etc. stuffed in our face in a serious manner all the time. It's good light-hearted viewing and something to make you smile (mainly it's the secretary, still, that does it for me)

It's nice to have some easy Sunday night viewing that isn't about the middle/upper classes with heaving boosooms and tight corsets.

And it's nice to watch something positive about Africa on primetime BBC1 too.

 

[danny la rouge]

It's nice to have some easy Sunday night viewing that isn't about the middle/upper classes with heaving boosooms and tight corsets.

Larkrise isn't. It's about a stonemason's daughter who works in a post office.

 

[PacificOcean]

Larkrise isn't. It's about a stonemason's daughter who works in a post office.

But that was middle class in those days.

 

[Melinda]

Julia Sawalha's breathy 'posh' voice in Larkrise drives me to ironing. Thats how hateful she is in that show.
Same with the hairdresser from Cutting It. Shit shit shit.

 

[Melinda]

Im really feeling this show, its lovely.

It appears fluffy, on the surface but it runs deep

CCh Pounder and Andi Oliver in the episode just gone. Love Andi, but her accent was bobbins

 

[RubyToogood]

Was that it? Did they only do 6 episodes? I was really enjoying that.