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Lockerbie: A Search for Truth 2025

TV series · 60 min · English · January 2, 2025

Created by Otto Bathurst, Jim LoachWritten by David Harrower

Starring Colin Firth, Catherine McCormack, Sam Troughton, Mark Bonnar, Ardalan Esmaili

Lockerbie: A Search for Truth represents a five-part British TV drama film directed by Otto Bathurst and Jim Loach, adapted from the 2021 publication The Lockerbie Bombing: A Father's Search for Justice by Jim Swire and Peter Biddulph. Colin Firth portrays Swire, who pursues retribution following his daughter Flora's demise aboard Pan Am Flight 103. The series debuted on 2 January 2025 in Sky Atlantic across the United Kingdom and Ireland, plus Peacock within the United States. Individual episodes extend approximately 60 minutes in duration.

Cast

• Colin FirthJim Swire
• Catherine McCormackJane Swire
• Sam TroughtonMurray Guthrie
• Mark BonnarRoderick McGill
• Ardalan EsmailiAbdelbaset al-Megrahi
• Mudar AbbaraAl Amin Khalifa Fhimah
• Guy HenryPaul Channon
• Nabil Al RaeeColonel Gaddafi
• Jemma CarltonCathy Swire
• Harry ReddingWilliam Swire
• Rosanna AdamsFlora Swire

Crew

Director

Otto Bathurst, Jim Loach

Creator

David Harrower, Oskar Slingerland

Writer

David Harrower

Producer

Colin Wratten, Brian Kaczynski

Executive producer

Nigel Marchant, Gareth Neame, David Harrower, Liz Trubridge, Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan, Oskar Slingerland

Details

Production

Carnival Films, Sky Studios, Universal International Studios

Network

Sky Atlantic

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