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Alexander McCall Smith

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Alexander McCall Smith was born in Zimbabwe (called Southern Rhodesia at the time) and was educated there and in Scotland. He became a law professor in Scotland, and it was in this role that he first returned to Africa to work in Botswana, where he helped to set up a new law school at the University of Botswana... See full bio »

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in Bulawayo, Rhodesia
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2008-2009 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV series)
– A Real Botswana Diamond (2009) (novels)
– Beauty and Integrity (2009) (novels)
– Problems in Moral Philosophy (2009) (novels)
– The Boy with an African Heart (2009) (novels)
– Poison (2009) (novels)
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2008 The Meerkats (documentary) (narration)
 
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2012 Revealing Mr. Maugham (documentary)
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2005-2011 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Author
– Episode dated 3 March 2011 (2011) … Himself - Author
– Episode dated 19 March 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 October 2006 (2006) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 October 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2010 Efter Tio (TV series)
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– Episode dated 14 October 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 The Book Show (TV series)
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– Episode #3.7 (2010) … Himself
 
2007 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
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– W.H. Auden (2007) … Himself
 
2006 HARDtalk Extra (TV series)
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– Alexander McCall Smith (2006) … Himself
 
2006 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
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– Episode #3.17 (2006) … Himself
 
2005 This Week (TV series)
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– Episode dated 20 October 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 Alexander McCall Smith: Profile (TV documentary)
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2003 Bestseller (TV series)
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– Episode #10.1 (2003) … Himself - Author
 

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Novel: "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" See more »

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I am very fond of art. It is a form of communication, principally about the communication of beauty. I don't have a great deal of time for [conceptual art]. I'm more interested in the ability of art to say something about beauty. See more »

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A professor of Medical Law in Edinburgh, Scotland, born and spent childhood in Zimbabwe. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo