7.8/10171 votes#1 - The Big Bonanza
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/15/2009
Botswana's No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency is in desperate need of clients. To boost business, Mma Makutsi prints up flyers, which seem to do the trick. Mma Ramotswe soon finds herself hunting down an absconding apostolic, finding a disappearing dog, and checking up on a definitely disturbed dentist.
Director: Charles Sturridge
Writer: N/A
7.8/10134 votes#2 - Poison
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/22/2009
Mma Ramotswe finds herself investigating a case of ivory smuggling when she is asked to investigate the behaviour of Rra Lisindi. Mma Makutsi takes a look at some mysterious deaths at Tlokweng Hospital.
Director: Charles Sturridge
Writer: N/A
8.5/10149 votes#3 - The Boy with an African Heart
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/29/2009
Mma Ramotswe attempts to help Mrs Curtin discover what has happened to his son as he has been missing for 10 years. Mma Makutsi attempts to find out who is responsible for the Kgale hill break-ins.
Director: Charles Sturridge
Writer: N/A
7.6/10114 votes#4 - Problems in Moral Philosophy
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/5/2009
Mma Pekwane suspects her husband has bought a stolen car, so Mma Ramotswe gets on the case.
Director: Tim Fywell
Writer: N/A
8.0/10115 votes#5 - Beauty and Integrity
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/12/2009
Mma Makutsi is asked to investigate the behaviour of some of the contestants at a local beauty pageant. Mma Ramotswe tries to find out what has happened to Nandira Patel's boyfriend who has disappeared. A new local agency goes head to head with the ladies.
Director: Tim Fywell
Writer: N/A
8.0/10113 votes#6 - A Real Botswana Diamond
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/19/2009
The agency is broken into following a spate of robberies in Kgale Hill. Mma Ramotswe and JLB Matekoni's engagement isn't going as planned and she is forced to face her demons before she can move on.
Director: Tim Fywell
Writer: N/A
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The adventures of Mma Ramotswe, a Motswana woman who starts Botswana's first female-owned detective agency.
Genres:DramaCrimeComedy
Network:BBC One
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Big Bonanza" is the best rated episode of "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 171 votes. Directed by Charles Sturridge and written by N/A, it aired on 3/15/2009. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Poison".