Peacock’s The Day of the Jackal brings Frederick Forsyth’s iconic 1971 thriller into the modern era. Starring Eddie Redmayne, ...

With the first episode reaching a U.K. audience of 4.5 million after 26 days, the spy thriller — starring Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch — is the most popular new series to ever launch on Sky.

Sky scripted exec Meghan Lyvers has addressed a question some people have been asking over the recent "The Day of the Jackal" ...

2024 has been a hugely successful year for the broadcaster with Sky Original dramas achieving its best performance in Sky's ...

An earlier 1973 film adaptation by director Fred Zinnemann (“From Here to Eternity” “A Man for all Seasons”) starred the ...

Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch star in Peacock's TV adaptation of the 1970s classic 'The Day of the Jackal’ to thrilling ...

Peacock and Sky have announced that Eddie Redmayne ’s assassin thriller series The Day of the Jackal will be getting a second ...

Peacock's new 10-episode series puts a modern spin on British author Frederick Forsyth's best-selling 1971 thriller of the ...

The Peacock and Sky dramatic series “The Day of the Jackal” was renewed for a second season, the streamer and broadcaster ...

It was 1 January 1970. Frederick Forsyth was down on his luck. An out-of-work war correspondent, he had just fled the collapsing Republic of Biafra "with a price on my head". He had no money ...

But in 1971, Frederick Forsyth's debut about an expert assassin's bid to kill French president Charles de Gaulle hit the shelves, and then the film version starring Edward Fox was released in 1973.

Though it boasts an excellent performance from Lashana Lynch, other elements either feel cliched or padded in the latest take on Frederick Forsyth’s book. What actor doesn’t love the chance to ...