Colin Firth leads the cast in this all-star series depicting the tragedy of the Lockerbie bombing and one man’s mission to find answers.
Lockerbie: A Search For Truth tracks the 36 years since 270 people were tragically killed after Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland.
The limited series runs for five episodes.
It is based on the 2021 book The Lockerbie Bombing: A Father's Search for Justice by the real Jim Swire and Peter Biddulph.
Discover the full timeline of the Lockerbie disaster here.
Where to watch Lockerbie: A Search for Truth in the UK
Lockerbie: A Search For Truth is available to watch in full from January 2.
This is a limited series, with no plans for a second season.
Sky is the UK’s exclusive home of Lockerbie: A Search for Truth and is only available on our services.
You can watch the series on Sky Atlantic, on demand via Sky Go or by streaming on NOW.
Full Cast and Characters
Colin Firth (Bridget Jones’ Diary, A Single Man, The King’s Speech) as Jim Swire
Catherine McCormack (Braveheart, Temple, Slow Horses) as Jane Swire
Sam Troughton (Alien vs Predator, Litvinenko, Vera Drake) as Murray Guthrie
Mark Bonnar (Operation Mincemeat, Catastrophe) as Roderick McGill
Ardalan Esmaili (Grey Zone, Deliver Me) as Abdulbaset al-Megrahi
Mudar Abbara (The Swimmers, In Another Life) as Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah
Guy Henry (Holby City, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) as Paul Channon MP
Nabil Al Raee (The Teacher, 200 Meters) as Colonel Gaddafi
Jemma Carlton (Maxine, A Thousand Blows) as Cathy Swire
Harry Redding (Red Rose) as William Swire
Newcomer Rosanna Adams
Find out more about the cast and characters of the show here.
Lockerbie: Episode Recap
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth starts in Scotland with a tragedy on December 21, 1988.
After the death of his daughter, one man becomes the de facto leader of loved ones who want answers for what exactly happened – triggering a 36-year life’s purpose that is still yet to be resolved.
The series is made up of five episodes, each running for an hour each.
Here’s how the episodes break down.
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 exactly who was responsible, Jim starts to ruffle the feathers of authoritative figures in order to get them working.
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 shift to the fight to bring the men to trial.
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 the official evidence against the suspects.
Have they got the right men for the crime?
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 theories swirling around it.
But by doing so, Jim finds himself increasingly isolated from his family.
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.