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Lockerbie: A Search for Truth

Lockerbie: A Search for Truth

S1 · E1

IMDB:

7.1
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth

Released

1/2/2025

Duration

0h 49m

Genre

Drama

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Colin Firth, Catherine McCormack, Ardalan Esmaili

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

Episode 1EP 1Available

Episode 1

62m8.1

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 2EP 2Available

Episode 2

55m7.8

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 3EP 3Available

Episode 3

57m8.0

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 4EP 4Available

Episode 4

48m7.7

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 5EP 5Available

Episode 5

49m8.0

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.

Cast

Colin Firth

Jim Swire

Colin Firth

Catherine McCormack

Jane Swire

Catherine McCormack

Ardalan Esmaili

Abdelbaset Al Megrahi

Ardalan Esmaili

Sam Troughton

Murray Guthrie

Sam Troughton

Jemma Carlton

Cathy Swire

Jemma Carlton

Harry Redding

William Swire

Harry Redding

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