{"id":8,"date":"2025-11-23T12:39:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T12:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/?p=8"},"modified":"2025-11-23T12:39:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T12:39:59","slug":"the-thursday-murder-club-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/?p=8","title":{"rendered":"The Thursday Murder Club (2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"619\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"61\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/50DYgzRBhFA?pp=ygUeVGhlIFRodXJzZGF5IE11cmRlciBDbHViIG1vdmll\" width=\"740\" height=\"415\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"619\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"61\">The Thursday Murder Club: Christmas at Coopers Chase (2025)<\/em> is a sharp, funny, and deeply charming holiday mystery that reunites audiences with the world\u2019s most lovable amateur sleuths \u2014 Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim \u2014 as they find themselves entangled in their most festive (and dangerous) case yet. Based on the bestselling <em data-start=\"333\" data-end=\"355\">Thursday Murder Club<\/em> novels by <em data-start=\"366\" data-end=\"381\">Richard Osman<\/em>, and directed by <em data-start=\"399\" data-end=\"415\">Chris Columbus<\/em> (<em data-start=\"417\" data-end=\"429\">Home Alone<\/em>, <em data-start=\"431\" data-end=\"447\">Mrs. Doubtfire<\/em>), this Christmas special combines cozy British humor, heartfelt friendship, and a perfectly twisty whodunit \u2014 all wrapped up in twinkling lights, mince pies, and murder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"619\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ue_QJDkoTyw?pp=ygUeVGhlIFRodXJzZGF5IE11cmRlciBDbHViIG1vdmll\" width=\"740\" height=\"415\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"621\" data-end=\"1333\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The story opens in the idyllic retirement community of <em data-start=\"676\" data-end=\"691\">Coopers Chase<\/em>, blanketed in snow and bustling with excitement as residents prepare for their first-ever <em data-start=\"782\" data-end=\"818\">Christmas Gala and Charity Auction<\/em>. Joyce (played by <em data-start=\"837\" data-end=\"856\">Dame Helen Mirren<\/em>) is chairing the decorating committee with her usual mix of warmth and chaos, Ron (<em data-start=\"940\" data-end=\"955\">Jim Broadbent<\/em>) is reluctantly playing Santa Claus, Ibrahim (<em data-start=\"1002\" data-end=\"1016\">Ben Kingsley<\/em>) is organizing a lecture on forensic psychology and holiday stress, and Elizabeth (<em data-start=\"1100\" data-end=\"1115\">Emma Thompson<\/em>) is, as always, keeping a keen eye on everyone \u2014 especially the suspiciously generous new resident, <em data-start=\"1216\" data-end=\"1236\">Lord Peter Walpole<\/em> (Bill Nighy), a disgraced aristocrat who\u2019s recently taken up residence in the penthouse suite.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"621\" data-end=\"1333\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/The-Thursday-Murder-Club.jpg?w=2000&amp;h=1126&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"The Thursday Murder Club' Review: Helen Mirren in Cozy Netflix Film\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1335\" data-end=\"1978\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When Lord Walpole is found dead in his study the night before Christmas Eve \u2014 apparently poisoned during a toast \u2014 the holiday cheer turns to intrigue. The police (and poor PC Donna De Freitas, still recovering from her last brush with the group) arrive to investigate, but as usual, <em data-start=\"1619\" data-end=\"1645\">The Thursday Murder Club<\/em> are two steps ahead. Clues point to a missing Faberg\u00e9 egg, a fake will, and a decades-old unsolved theft involving the British Museum. Soon, the pensioners are juggling Christmas dinner, carol rehearsals, and a case that stretches back to the Cold War \u2014 complete with MI5 cover-ups and an unexpected visitor from Elizabeth\u2019s past.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1335\" data-end=\"1978\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/article32247635.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/1_Thursday-Murder-Club.jpg\" alt=\"The real Coopers Chase filming location from the Thursday Murder Club and whether you can visit - Manchester Evening News\" width=\"1179\" height=\"784\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1980\" data-end=\"2571\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">At the same time, the film explores the group\u2019s tender emotional dynamics. Joyce begins to doubt whether her blog \u2014 now accidentally viral \u2014 is exposing too much of their secret investigations. Ron reconnects with his estranged son Jason (guest star <em data-start=\"2230\" data-end=\"2246\">Stephen Graham<\/em>), leading to both comedy and reconciliation, while Ibrahim faces a personal reckoning when an old patient from his psychiatrist days resurfaces \u2014 as one of the key suspects. Through it all, Elizabeth wrestles with the toll of keeping secrets \u2014 from her friends, her husband Stephen (now fading from dementia), and herself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1980\" data-end=\"2571\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ugHgsHVrR8U?pp=ygUeVGhlIFRodXJzZGF5IE11cmRlciBDbHViIG1vdmll\" width=\"740\" height=\"415\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2573\" data-end=\"3114\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Director Chris Columbus infuses the film with warmth and wit, balancing classic British mystery tropes with the cozy magic of a holiday film. The tone sits somewhere between <em data-start=\"2747\" data-end=\"2759\">Knives Out<\/em> and <em data-start=\"2764\" data-end=\"2785\">The Vicar of Dibley<\/em>, with witty banter, a touch of melancholy, and genuine heart. The cinematography makes the English countryside look timeless \u2014 soft snow, crackling fires, misty mornings \u2014 while the score, composed by <em data-start=\"2987\" data-end=\"3006\">Alexandre Desplat<\/em>, blends sleigh bells and string arrangements into a theme that feels equal parts festive and suspenseful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3116\" data-end=\"3591\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The investigation takes increasingly absurd \u2014 and delightful \u2014 turns: a missing Christmas pudding that contains a key clue, a hidden passage behind a nativity set, and an interrogation conducted during a Christmas choir performance. Yet beneath the humor lies real poignancy. The murder, they discover, ties back to an act of betrayal during the 1980s, when Elizabeth was still a spy \u2014 and the victim\u2019s death may not have been murder at all, but revenge disguised as mercy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3116\" data-end=\"3591\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEikEOJmjOiwGNlSV1EQdgurO5uMHSOzAaRz3h9SxGFdM-2EPu-XFXm8C9kLtSORoEZkG24mxhWqE3IUMBAV4tQbuTjmdVbYv8DHDoHSvNWcApfSQAAf7luPx8gZgufEZ_JbEbV5Qb_3C-Dza032qRP1cwG3mrZOpub71ihISDDanwzxydU\/s1600\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Where was The Thursday Murder Club filmed? The real Coopers Chase House\" width=\"1285\" height=\"723\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3593\" data-end=\"3995\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In the climactic Christmas Eve scene, the group gathers all the suspects in Coopers Chase\u2019s grand hall, where Elizabeth delivers a masterful reveal worthy of Agatha Christie herself. \u201cMurder,\u201d she says, \u201cis rarely about death. It\u2019s about what someone refuses to let die.\u201d The culprit \u2014 not a villain, but a tragic figure \u2014 confesses as the church bells toll midnight, and snow begins to fall outside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3997\" data-end=\"4507\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The film closes on Christmas morning. The Thursday Murder Club share breakfast in Joyce\u2019s cozy kitchen, exchanging small gifts \u2014 Ron gets novelty socks, Ibrahim receives a detective hat, and Elizabeth unwraps a framed photo of the four of them together. \u201cA reminder,\u201d Joyce says with a smile, \u201cthat the best mysteries are the ones we live through.\u201d The camera pans out as they laugh, the snow still falling over Coopers Chase, the faint sound of \u201cHave Yourself a Merry Little Christmas\u201d playing on the radio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3997\" data-end=\"4507\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theviewersperspective.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/TMC_20240725_Unit_04838-_RT.jpg\" alt=\"Thursday Murder Club Sequel \u2013 Will Netflix Continue the Cozy Mystery Hit?\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4509\" data-end=\"4968\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em data-start=\"4509\" data-end=\"4570\">The Thursday Murder Club: Christmas at Coopers Chase (2025)<\/em> is everything fans could hope for \u2014 witty, warm, and wonderfully British. With its mix of murder, laughter, and melancholy, it\u2019s a film about aging, friendship, and the enduring spark of curiosity that keeps life exciting \u2014 even at 80. Clever, heartfelt, and overflowing with festive charm, it\u2019s destined to become a modern holiday classic \u2014 a mystery with soul, and a Christmas story with brains.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Thursday Murder Club: Christmas at Coopers Chase (2025) is a sharp, funny, and deeply charming holiday mystery that reunites audiences with the world\u2019s most lovable amateur sleuths \u2014 Elizabeth,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9,"href":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stories.discovertravel24h.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}