S01E01 Episode 1
When Dr Jim Swire discovers his daughter, Flora, has been killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, he begins to search for answers. Desperate to know why this was allowed to happen, and...
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth
S01E05: Episode 5
It’s now 2009, over 21 years since the bombing, and Jim is left at a loss when Megrahi gives up on his appeal attempt. In return, the sickly Megrahi is released on compassionate grounds. Questioning everything he has come to believe, Jim wonders if he’ll ever know the truth about what happened.
Overview
Dr. Jim Swire tragically loses his daughter when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over a small town on December 21, 1988. Travelling across continents and political divides, Swire embarks on a relentless journey that not only jeopardizes his stability, family and life, but completely overturns his trust in the justice system. As the truth shifts under Jim’s feet, his view of the world is left forever sullied.
Episodes
S01E02 Episode 2
As Jim continues his campaign for truth and justice, two suspects – Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah – are indicted for the bombing, believed to be Libyan Intelligence Agents. Now his focus has to...
S01E03 Episode 3
Jumping forward to 2000 and the Lockerbie trial finally begins after 12 long years. But as the trial begins at Camp Zeist, a former US military base in Utrecht, The Netherlands, Jim begins to question...
S01E04 Episode 4
After coming to believe the authorities have got the wrong man behind the bombing, Jim grows closer to the convicted Abdelbaset al-Megrahi. Soon, he embeds himself within Megrahi’s appeal case, as well as the conspiracy...
S01E05 Episode 5
It’s now 2009, over 21 years since the bombing, and Jim is left at a loss when Megrahi gives up on his appeal attempt. In return, the sickly Megrahi is released on compassionate grounds. Questioning...
Cast
Colin Firth
Dr Jim Swire
Catherine McCormack
Jane Swire
Sam Troughton
Murray Guthrie
Mark Bonnar
Roderick McGill
Andy Nyman
Edwin Bollier
Ardalan Esmaili
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
Selwa Jghalef
Aisha
Simon Delaney
Bert Ammerman
Jemma Carlton
Cathy Swire
Harry Redding
William Swire
Darren Strange
Reverend John Mosey
Maxine Evans
Lisa Mosey
