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The Jackal is an elusive assassin who makes his living carrying out assassinations for the highest pay. He soon meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who tracks him down in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe.. Check out our list of renewals and cancellations to see if your favorite show made the cut.. Forsyth was working as a freelance journalist covering the Biafran War. He eventually returned to Britain, unemployed and unsure of what to do next. He said: “I came back at Christmas, completely broke. I have no chance of getting a job, I have no flat, I have no car and I have no savings. Then I had this crazy, crazy idea to write a novel. 'Everyone says you’re joking or angry because the chances of it getting published are hundreds to one, even thousands.' Within weeks of publication, the film rights were snapped up. Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars fought to play the Jackal in the 1973 film, but the role went to the then-unknown Edward Fox because director Fred Zinnemann thought he could slip through the crowd unnoticed. (Airmail). Quoted in The Graham Norton Show: Denzel Washington/Paul Mescal/Saoirse Ronan/Eddie Redmayne/Blossoms (2024). I certainly didn’t have Eddie Redmayne as the Jackal in my streaming series bingo card for this year, but here it is. It’s great to see a classic novel get such a lavish production, and for my money, it all works really well. The locations are stunning, the action sequences so far have been gripping, and the performances are compelling. Like other reviewers, I don’t buy Lashana Lynch as an MI:6 agent and feel she was miscast in the role. On the other hand, it’s always nice to see Charles Dance flex his acting muscles. Úrsula Corberó is lovely to watch on screen, although I fear she was a bit underused. Otherwise, a nice piece of old-fashioned entertainment.