The Thursday Murder Club closely follows the plot of the first book, which made us all fall in love with the titular crime-solving pensioners: Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), Joyce (Celia Imrie), Ron (Pierce Brosnan) and Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley).

The 48 year old performer and comic, known for her roles in Doctor Who, Sweet Pea and Anne Hathaway's The Hustle, portrays Joanna Meadowcroft, the "very clever" daughter of former nurse and fresh retiree Joyce Meadowcroft (Celia Imrie).

Richard Osman's hit book series has been given the Hollywood treatment by Netflix, but has it delighted the critics the same way it did with readers?

The Thursday Murder Club actor Daniel Mays has explained why he felt "uncomfortable" on the set of the film. The A Thousand Blows actor plays DCI Chris Hudson in Netflix's movie adaptation of Richard Osman's debut novel.

The Thursday Murder Club is truly a star-studded affair, welcoming an abundance of familiar faces including Helen Mirren, David Tennant, Tom Ellis and Richard E Grant.

Think the bestselling mystery books – now adapted into a new Netflix film – are exclusively for readers as old as their crime-busting OAP heroes? Think again. Helen Coffey speaks to the twentysomethin

The Thursday Murder Club has been released in cinemas this week with the film also soon-to-be dropped on Netflix.

You may be wondering, ladies and gentlemen, why I’ve brought you all here. Well, I have some bad news. You see, there’s been… an adaptation. And the victim was known to you all: The Thursday Murder Club,