New Day Of The Jackal

[bednobs]

anyone else watching it?  it's great so far!

[albaqwerty]

About 20mins in, so far, pretty good!

[Bazile]

Where ?

[Old_Geezer]

France IIRC.

[bednobs]

actally london, estonia, spain, france czech rpublic and northern ireland so far!

[maggiebee]

Is this film based on the Frederick Forsyth book?

[bednobs]

It's a series.

[maggiebee]

Yes bednobs, just googled it and confirmed it is based on the Frederick Forsyth novel which I have read.  

[Ken4155]

Yes, it's based on the book rather than the film.

[Ken4155]

Should have added that it has a more contemporary political setting than the film which was set in 1963 and a fictitious assassination attempt on Charles de Gaule.

[brainiac]

I never understood the popularity of the original book and film - absolutely zero tension as everyone knows de Gaulle wasn't assassinated.

This latest TV 'version' has nothing to do with the book or film beyond its title.