I spoke with executive producers Nigel Marchant and Gareth Neame about the series and Jackal's interesting human side.

It’d been well over a decade since Eddie Redmayne had done work on television, but he jumped in with both feet when it came to The Day of the Jackal, Peacock’s series adaptation of the Fredrick Forsyth thriller,

Redmayne tells PEOPLE how the Jackal's "unraveling" sets things up for season 2 after "everything is left in a chaotic place" in the season 1 finale

The series is based on Frederick Forsyth’s 1971 novel of the same name, which has been turned into two films, The Day of the Jackal (1973) and The Jackal (1997). Prior to the finale of season one, viewers had already hailed it as one of the “best shows of 2024” and told people who hadn’t seen it to “ stop depriving yourself ”.

Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for the two-part season finale of The Day of the Jackal.] The Jackal lives! At the end of the two-part finale for The Day of the Jackal, which arrived on Peacock Thursday (December 12),

Edie Redmayne is already “dreaming” about the filming location of The Day of the Jackal’s upcoming season after a “chaotic” conclusion to the first one. Speaking to People magazine about the Peacock series which he also executive produces,

The Day of the Jackal wrapped up an explosive freshman season with a nail-bitingly tense finale this week — and it set the stage for Season 2, too. The finale picks up at full speed, with Charles, aka the Jackal,