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The Day of the Jackal
2024
· TV Show
· 1 season
B
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #282
- IMDb #200
- Rotten Tomatoes #185
- Metacritic #260
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #206
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #201
+3 more
- Metacritic Critics #161
- Metacritic Audience #329
- Criticker #102
Every rating
64–85
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic users on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 85.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →The Jackal is an elusive assassin who makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. He soon meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who tracks him down in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe.
Details
- Created by
- Ronan Bennett
- Based on
- a work by Frederick Forsyth
- Studio
- Carnival Films, Sky Studios
- Released
- 7 November 2024
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English, Spanish, German
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 10 across 1 season
- Awards
- 0 wins, 11 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (42) →
Awards & nominations
See all 11 →0 wins from 11 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Critics Choice Awards 2025 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Eddie Redmayne | Nominee |
| Critics Choice Awards 2025 | Best Drama Series | The Day of the Jackal | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2025 | Best Actor in an Action Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie | Eddie Redmayne | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2025 | Best Action Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie | The Day of the Jackal | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2025 | Best Actress in an Action Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie | Lashana Lynch | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2025 | Best Television Series – Drama | The Day of the Jackal | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2025 | Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama | Eddie Redmayne | Nominee |
| Primetime Emmy Awards 2025 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour) | Christopher Ross (for "Episode 1") | Nominee |
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Critics' Choice Super Awards
3 nominations
| Best Action Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie | The Day of the Jackal | Nominee |
| Best Actor in an Action Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie | Eddie Redmayne | Nominee |
| Best Actress in an Action Series, Limited Series or Made-for-TV Movie | Lashana Lynch | Nominee |
Critics Choice Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor in a Drama Series | Eddie Redmayne | Nominee |
| Best Drama Series | The Day of the Jackal | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama | Eddie Redmayne | Nominee |
| Best Television Series – Drama | The Day of the Jackal | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
2 nominations
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series | Eddie Redmayne | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Khalid Abdalla, Jon Arias, Nick Blood, Úrsula Corberó, Charles Dance, Ben Hall, Chukwudi Iwuji, Patrick Kennedy, Puchi Lagarde, Lashana Lynch, Eleanor Matsuura, Jonjo O'Neill, Eddie Redmayne, Sule Rimi, and Lia Williams | Nominee |
Primetime Emmy Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Series (One Hour) | Christopher Ross (for "Episode 1") | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor in a Drama or Genre Series | Eddie Redmayne | Nominee |