The Day of the Jackal

The following programme contains strong language and violent scenes.

Two British Intelligence officers

arrived last night from Budapest.

I was wondering if your people might be able to do something about them?

Are you asking me for my help?

Get down! Get down!

Someone is going out of their way to try and kill me.

You're in my house! Tell me everything I need to know.

Or you die.

George Hands. He runs a sniper WhatsApp group.

Text me the address. I'll go myself. I'm not the mole, you know.

Could you have made that shot?

There is one guy. Alexander Duggan.

From 1800 the entire building is locked down.

No one gets in or out.

River is gonna change everything.

Fuck you, you tyrant!

He's in here somewhere. Lock all the exits.

Peter?

You've got a good man face, Rasmus.

Target inside compound.

Range 1,400.

1,400.

Wind...

0.5.

Send it.

That's not him.

- Send it and let's get the fuck. - out of here. - No, his beard's white.

No one cares, Duggan. No one gives a fuck!

Just drop him so we can get out of this fucking-

That's not him, Gary.

Target out of view. It wasn't the target.

He's fucking gone.

How long are we gonna have to wait?

As long as it takes.

'Details are still murky following what appeared to be

an assassination attempt on Ulle Dag Charles...'

It's Leonora. Well, put her on speaker phone.

What in God's name happened?

'All I know is, the man who pulled that stunt wasn't our guy.'

Teddy, is it true that the gunman was one of UDC's own security staff?

UDC is safe. He wants to assure the world...

- Leonora, are you seeing. - what we're seeing? - I am.

'He'll not allow sinister forces

to prevent the launch of River on the 28th.'

'Is it true even the Dag Haus board believes River

will be a disaster for the world economy?

River will flow. Thank you.

Good night.

The board! Gutless, spineless, bunch of arselickers.

Of course they're going ahead if Saint Suleiman tells them to.

How could you let that happen? It's not fucking good enough.

'So, what are our options? Hm?'

Because if this thing launches, I may as well open a stall in a farmer's market.

Leonora, is our guy still active? Zina's trying to determine that now.

Is she? Tell her to make the determination fast, would ya?

Tallinn was our one chance and he missed!

We're on it.

He still has a week until they release River.

As soon as the Jackal breaks cover, I'll find out what's going on.

You don't know Winthrop like I do, Zina.

Failure threatens these men.

And anyone associated with that failure is expendable.

He must have hidden down there before the lockdown.

Two days. That is some patience.

Yep.

Ah, that'll be the gun Norman printed up.

The ports, airports and border crossings have all got the e-fit.

Look at all the planning the Jackal put into all this.

Yeah, then that fucking weirdo Chris ruined it for him.

He's one of those manifesto nutters.

Posted it on Facebook just before he took the shot.

God, what's it say? It's long.

Lots of random capital letters.

He wanted everyone to think that River was for their own good.

Liar, liar, liar. He wanted information...

I still don't understand

how you didn't know this guy was a conspiracy fantasist?!

He posted under different handles. Nothing in his own name.

You allowed a fanatic to come this close to killing Ulle.

They need to go. Now!

I fully understand, but the Jackal is still on the loose.

The Jackal is no longer my only concern.

I am worried about the people literally in my own house!

What do you mean, nothing?!

Well, nothing matches the e-fit yet.

We know he was there so he's gotta be one of these people!

He's not a fucking ghost, he can't just disappear!

This guy's... just like us.

He has needs.

He eats, he gets sick.

Where does he go to rest?

Who does he turn to? Who takes care of him?

Where's your report on Alexander Duggan?

Sending you the updated version now.

It's a bit thin, no?

Well, the file on Duggan and his unit is STRAP 2, so.

What? That doesn't make any sense.

STRAP 2 is two levels higher than top secret.

So Duggan and his unit must've done some things that the Army

and MoD... wanna keep covered up.

Six hours we've been here, Duggan.

Bravo Two. Vehicles in transit.

Target coming out of the compound.

Range 1,400.

1,400.

Wind.

0.4. Left to right.

0.4.

Send it.

Tackle him!

Yeah! Get in!

Can't even tackle a different swing.

You're gonna have to convert that, Duggan. Don't let us down.

Yeah.

That's very kind. I hope you're sharing that, Duggan.

Always, Gaz.

Go on, then, boss, stick it on.

No, not me. There's only one man who should do this.

Go for it, Gary.

Dugs! Dugs!

Dugs! Dugs! Dugs! Dugs! Dugs! Dugs!

So, I don't suppose any of you chaps fancy a couple of days R&R?

Quick trip to Cyprus?

Aki Arms? Come on!

Result!

Good job, man.

1400 metres!

Fucking... How do you do that, Duggan?

Fuckin' best sniper in the entire British Army.

But I love ya.

Couldn't do it without me, though.

Admit it. I'm the best spotter in the world.

I make you great.

Hey...

Woah! Excuse me. Woah, woah, woah.

Hey, hey, hey! Wait, Gary. Sorry, sorry.

Gaz. Gaz. I meant no offence, OK.

I'm sorry. Can I buy you gentlemen a drink?

Mate, the answer to that question

is always gonna be yes, buy away!

OK. Another round here, and one for me.

Keep it calm, buddy.

You guys have been in... in Helmand?

What's it like there?

Helmand? Fucking... horrible, mate.

Two of our boys last month got their legs blown off.

IED.

Wow, the Army must be paying you a fortune

to take those kinds of risks?

Mate, I'd make more money emptying bins back in Lancashire.

But you're highly trained men.

You should be making a lot more money.

You reckon?

What if I told you a friend of mine

would pay ten thousand British pounds...

maybe even fifteen...

for you to take care of a problem he has.

What kind of problem?

He wants someone killed, Gaz. Is that right?

Well. You kill people for the Army, what's the difference?

Except you'd be getting a lot more money.

You don't go to prison killing people for the Army.

My friend is a... is a very important man.

There would be no risk. There's always risk.

My friend might go up to twenty.

For each of you.

That's my card.

My glasses suit you.

Naked bar!

Do we really still have no idea who this man is?

We have his fingerprints and DNA. There's no record of him.

- Anywhere. - So, the e-fit is basically all we've got?

No. We have Alexander Duggan.

The dead sniper?

Something is not right about Duggan and his unit.

First off, Duggan's army files are STRAP 2.

That must be a mistake. No mistake.

I need to see the file on Duggan and his unit.

That'll be a very bureaucratic, which is to say, tiresome, process.

Duggan was an outstanding sniper. The best.

Yes. Was. He's the only man on record

capable of making that shot. But he's dead!

He went to Afghanistan and never came back.

But there's no body.

There could be information in that file that will help us.

Let me see what I can do.