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

7.1 / 10
2025
1 season
5 episodes
Drama

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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.

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Cast

Colin Firth

Colin Firth

Catherine McCormack

Catherine McCormack

Ardalan Esmaili

Ardalan Esmaili

Sam Troughton

Sam Troughton

Jemma Carlton

Jemma Carlton

Harry Redding

Harry Redding

Simon Delaney

Simon Delaney

Darren Strange

Darren Strange

Maxine Evans

Maxine Evans

P

Pauline Goldsmith

S

Selwa Jghalef

Claire Brown

Claire Brown

Seasons

  • Episode 1

    1.Episode 1

    8.1
    02-01-202562m

    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 hap...

  • Episode 2

    2.Episode 2

    7.8
    09-01-202555m

    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 Intellige...

  • Episode 3

    3.Episode 3

    8.0
    16-01-202557m

    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, Ji...

  • Episode 4

    4.Episode 4

    7.7
    23-01-202548m

    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...

  • Episode 5

    5.Episode 5

    8.0
    30-01-202549m

    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 gr...