THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB BECOMES MOST-WATCHED SHOW OF THE WEEK ACROSS ALL CHANNELS

The film adaptation of Richard Osman's debut novel, The Thursday Murder Club, has become the most-watched programme of the week across all broadcasters and streamers, BARB figures have revealed.

BARB figures show 6,583,000 watched the film within its first seven days of release, over 2.3 million more than watched anything on another channel or streamer that week, with ITV drama I Fought The Law with Sheridan Smith in second place with just under 4.3m.

The story follows a group of friends in a retirement home who gather to solve murders for fun, but find themselves caught in a real case. The four members of the club are played by Helen Mirren (ex-spy Elizabeth), Sir Ben Kingsley (ex-psychiatrist Ibrahim) Pierce Brosnan (former union activist Ron) and Celia Imrie (ex-nurse Joyce).

Also starring are Richard E Grant, David Tennant, Jonathan Pryce, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Tom Ellis, Geoff Bell, Paul Freeman, Sarah Niles and Ingrid Oliver.

The Thursday Murder Club is available now on Netflix.