Carnival Films bosses Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant explain their take on Edward Fox’s pro assassin character heading into a second season of the Peacock and Sky streaming drama.

It had to happen eventually. Bianca lays eyes on The Jackal, and they find themselves in a situation where they must either run, fight, or die, and running doesn’t seem a viable option.

When audiences first met Eddie Redmayne's Charlie in The Day of the Jackal, he was fully disguised as an older maintenance custodian carrying out a job as contract killer. The Jackal is cold, calculated,