PLOT: An unrivaled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But ...

In writer and executive producer Ronan Bennett's series adaptation for Peacock and Sky, unrivaled and highly elusive lone assassin the Jackal makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee.

The Day of the Jackal is a thriller that constantly stops trying to thrill, and more than any other failing, that lack of urgency, tension, or excitement is its fatal downfall. An incredibly loose ...

He goes by many names, but you can call him the Jackal. If you need a high-profile target taken out — say, a populist German politician, or the president of France — he’s the man to call.

WHAT IT'S ABOUT A lone assassin who goes by the code name "Jackal" (Eddie Redmayne, in his first lead role on a TV series) achieves what many think impossible — a hit on a right-wing German ...