Imagine Golden Girls meets Murder, She Wrote, and you'll have a sense of the immaculate energy that exudes from The Thursday Murder Club. Now, I realize those comparisons might sound dated. But I challenge you to find a modern,

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).

Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, and Ben Kingsley star in Netflix's delightfully charming adaptation of The Thursday Murder Club.

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Of course, Netflix being Netflix, there are ways they nibble around this genre with stuff like "Glass Onion" or "Man on the Inside," but there are entire streaming networks like Acorn and Britbox offering hours upon hours of cozy British hamlets where crimes can be solved by your local vicar or gardener.

The Thursday Murder Club is ready to watch in cinemas with Netflix fans getting treated to the Richard Osman book adaptation next week.

Netflix's The Thursday Murder Club is adapting Richard Osman's crime comedy thriller for the screen, and the cast is stacked.