Day Of The Jackal is a 2024 British spy thriller television series based on the re-imagining of the Frederick Forsyth novel (1971) of the same name and its 1973 film adaptation. 2024 Peacock premiere, UK: Sky Atlantic (United Kingdom) Available to watch internationally on Premiere.Watch The series follows the Jackal (Eddie Redmayne), Global elite assassin who kills the most important targets throughout Europe. Following a high-profile kill he is gunned down by Bianca Pullman (Lashana Lynch), a relentless British ballistics expert of MI6. The following cat-and-mouse globetrotting, desperate pursuit between their two makes up most of it.