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Lockerbie: A Search for Truth
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Lockerbie: A Search for Truth

Thu, Jan 2, 2025
  • Drama
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Synopsis

Dr Jim Swire tragically loses his daughter when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over a small town on 21 December 1988. Travelling across continents and political divides, Swire embarks on a relentless journey that not only jeopardises his stability, family and life, but completely overturns his trust in the justice system. As the truth shifts under his feet, Swire's view of the world is left forever sullied.

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Cast

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  • Colin Firth
    Colin Firth
    as Jim Swire
  • Catherine McCormack
    Catherine McCormack
    as Jane Swire
  • Ardalan Esmaili
    Ardalan Esmaili
    as Abdelbaset Al Megrahi
  • Sam Troughton
    Sam Troughton
    as Murray Guthrie
  • Jemma Carlton
    Jemma Carlton
    as Cathy Swire
  • Harry Redding
    Harry Redding
    as William Swire
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Episodes

1 season · 5 episodes

Ended · 5 aired
Season 1
5 episodes · 5 aired
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  • E1
    Episode 1
    Aired · Thu, Jan 2, 2025 · 62m

    After losing his daughter in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, Dr Jim Swire begins a quest for truth, searching for why this was allowed to happen and exactly who was responsible for his daughter's death.

  • E2
    Episode 2
    Aired · Thu, Jan 2, 2025 · 55m

    As Jim continues his campaign for truth and justice, two suspects are indicted for the bombing and his focus has to shift to the fight to bring the men to trial.

  • E3
    Episode 3
    Aired · Thu, Jan 2, 2025 · 56m

    After twelve long years, the Lockerbie trial finally begins. But as the trial unfolds, Jim gradually begins to question the official evidence against the suspects.

  • E4
    Episode 4
    Aired · Thu, Jan 2, 2025 · 48m

    Convinced they have the wrong man, Jim grows closer to the convicted Abdelbaset al-Megrahi. As he embeds himself within Megrahi's appeal case and the conspiracy theories swirling around it, he becomes increasingly isolated from his family.

  • E5
    Episode 5
    Aired · Thu, Jan 2, 2025 · 49m

    Jim is left at a loss when Megrahi gives up his appeal in return for release on compassionate grounds. Questioning everything he has come to believe, Jim wonders if he will ever know the truth.