If this sounds episodic in nature, it is (and possibly led to the decision to relegate this to series
television), but Minghella and (in another bit of big -
screen - ready pedigree) co-screenwriter Richard Curtis keep the flow between the concurrent threads smooth through the force of personality, not only that of Mma Ramotswe, but her comically uptight secretary
Grace Makutsi (Anika Noni Rose, a scene - stealing hoot), friendly hairdresser BK (Desmond Dube), mechanic JLB (Lucian Msamati)-- in short, her town of Gaborone and the whole of Botswana.