‘The Day of the Jackal’ series review: Eddie Redmayne sears the screen in this Frederick Forsyth update

How is it that Eddie Redmayne’s name has never come up for James Bond? The Day of the Jackal is an update of the eponymous 1971 Frederick Forsyth novel detailing a fictitious plot to kill the French president, Charles de Gaulle. The Day of the Jackal Creator: Ronan Bennett Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch, Úrsula Corberó, Chukwudi Iwuji, Khalid Abdalla, Lia Williams, Eleanor Matsuura, Sule Rimi, Ben Hall, Jonjo O’Neill, Charles Dance, Nick Blood Episode: 10 Run-time: 45-75 minutes Storyline: A ruthless assassin faces off with a determined secret agent One of the strengths of the show is its seamless updates. It moves along smoothly anchored by Redmayne’s extraordinary turn and to a lesser extent by Lashana Lynch as Bianca, the MI-6 agent doggedly on the Jackal’s tail. Ulle Dag Charles, the tech billionaire and the Jackal’s latest target, is often called UDC quite like De Gaulle was referred to as CDG.