Cast and Characters
Grammy Award-winning singer/actress Jill Scott stars as the titular detective Mma Ramotswe. Tony Award-winning actress Anika Noni Rose plays assistant detective Mma Grace Makutsi. London theatre actor Lucian Msamati plays car mechanic Mr. JLB Matekoni. Actor and comedian Desmond Dube plays BK, owner of the Last Chance Salon and friend to Mma Ramotswe.
British actors Colin Salmon, Idris Elba, and David Oyelowo also feature in the pilot. Elba plays Charlie Gotso, an adversary to Mma Ramotswe. Salmon plays Mma Ramotswe's abusive ex-husband and trumpet player Note Mokoti. Oyelowo plays cheating husband Kremlin Busang. Tony award winner John Kani also appears as 'dubious' Daddy Bapetsi. Nikki Amuka-Bird plays jealous wife Alice Busang. Oyelowo, Kani and Amuka Bird all receive star billing in the feature length pilot but will not continue as series regulars.
British actor Paterson Joseph will join the cast in a recurring role as Cephas Buthulezi, a rival detective. Tau Maseremule and Thabo Malema play Rra Matekoni's young apprentices, Fanwell and Charlie. Vusi Kunene has a recurring role as Dr. Gulubane.
The Right Rev. Musonda Trevor Selwyn Mwamba the Bishop of Botswana makes a cameo appearance as himself in the series' third episode.
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