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The Jackal is an elusive assassin who makes his money by carrying out murders for top fees. He soon comes across a dogged 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 favourite show made the cut. Forsyth worked as a freelance journalist covering the Biafra War. When it ended, he returned to the UK unemployed and unsure of what to do next. He said: ‘I came back at Christmas ’69 completely broke. No prospect of a job, no flat, no car and no savings. Then I had this crazy, crazy idea to write a novel. ‘Everyone said it was a joke or I was mad because the chances of it even getting published are a hundred to one, a thousand even.’ Within weeks of release, the film rights were snapped up. Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars vied to play the Jackal in the 1973 film, but the role went to then-unknown Edward Fox because director Fred Zinnemann thought he could pass invisible in a crowd. (Air Mail) Quoted on The Graham Norton Show: Denzel Washington/Paul Mescal/Saoirse Ronan/Eddie Redmayne/Blossoms (2024). Lynch is completely miscast. Her acting is poor. Why she was cast in this role when there are enough actresses who could do it better is beyond me. Her character is not interesting, just another role of an obsessed agent. Eddie Redmayne can do it all, his range as an actor is impressive, from stage dramas to musicals to films, he never disappoints. In this role, he is solid in everything he plays. The plot is interesting and engaging… funny how we cheer for the Jackal… not the MÍ 6 agent. The locations of the series are impressive and the plot is extremely exciting. It cannot be compared to the original; it is a worthy adaptation to our present day.