Lockerbie: A Search for Truth
2025 · Miniseries · TV-MA · ★ 7.1 · 73% critics
After Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over a small town, Dr Jim Swire sets out to uncover the truth behind his daughter’s death. His search takes him across continents and political divides, straining his stability and family as his trust in the justice system is shaken.
Also known as Lockerbie
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Details
- Years
- 2025
- Release date
- 2025-01-02
- Network
- Sky Atlantic, Sky Showcase
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (78 votes)
About
If you want a fact-driven, emotionally intense search for truth with high stakes, Lockerbie: A Search for Truth may fit; Not for you if you prefer lighter viewing or upbeat mysteries like Masters of the Air or Firefly Lane.
Pros: relentless truth-seeking; emotional gravity; global perspective | Cons: deeply heavy subject; trust themes are bleak
Themes
- bomb
- based on novel or book
- disaster
- miniseries
- terrorism
- 1980s
- plane crash
- lockerbie
Cast & crew
Colin Firth
as Jim Swire
Catherine McCormack
as Jane Swire
- SD
Simon Delaney
as Bert Ammerman
- MS
Michael S. Siegel
as Dan Cohen
- BM
Brian McCardie
as Lord Sutherland
- JW
John Wark
as Robert Black
- RC
Robert Cavanah
as Alistair Campbell
- EB
Edward Bennett
as Richard Keen
- BB
Bryan Bounds
as Pierre Salinger
- SC
Scott Campbell
as Lockerbie Town Hall Official
Directed by Jim Loach, Otto Bathurst
Created by David Harrower
Episodes1 season · 5 episodes
Season 15 episodes
- S1E1Episode 162mAmazon Prime VideoPeacock
- S1E2Episode 255mAmazon Prime VideoPeacock
- S1E3Episode 357mAmazon Prime VideoPeacock
- S1E4Episode 448mAmazon Prime VideoPeacock
- S1E5Episode 549mAmazon Prime VideoPeacock