Anthony Minghella Adapted Screenplay. He also received an Adapted Screenplay nomination for "The Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999). "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency", a pilot episode television adaptation which he co-wrote and directed, was broadcast posthumously on BBC One (23 March 2008); watched by 6.3 million viewers. He vocally supported "I Know I'm Not Alone", a film of musician Michael Franti's peacemaking excursions into Iraq, Palestine and Israel. He directed a party election broadcast for the Labour Party in 2005. The short film depicted Tony Blair and Gordon Brown working together and was criticised for being insincere: "The Anthony Minghella party political
Fay Ripley had originally planned not to return to the show, but reprised the role so she could have an on-screen record of the final stages of her pregnancy with her first child. In 2000, Ripley appeared in the British dogme film "The Announcement", as well as playing lead female character Grace Bingley—opposite Paul Rhys—in the Granada television pilot "I Saw You", which used many of the same production staff as "Cold Feet". David Belcher of "The Herald" called Ripley "perfectly scatty, tousled and self-sufficient" in the role, and Joe Joseph of "The Times" complimented her comic timing. Ripley returned to "I