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• 2025
• Season 1
• 6 episodes

• Drama
• Documentary

Summary

In 1988, the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, shocked the world. This is the remarkable untold story of the international effort to bring the perpetrators to justice.

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Summary

Dramatised documentary telling the story of the 1988 terrorist attack, in which a transatlantic flight was destroyed by a bomb while flying over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing everyone on board as well as several residents of the town. With Patrick J Adams, Connor Swindells, Tony Curran, Eddie Marsan and Peter Mullan

Review

Frances Taylor

This six-part factual drama, a co-production between the BBC and Netflix, takes a more multi-faceted approach than Sky’s Lockerbie: a Search for Truth, which was also released in 2025. In the immediate aftermath there are anxious relatives waiting for news, but at the forefront is the investigation unfolding either side of the Atlantic.

When calls come in about fire and debris raining down on a small town, Scottish police including DCS John Orr (Peter Mullan) and DS Ed McCusker (Connor Swindells) are first on the scene. But not far behind are the Met and the FBI, including US explosives expert Tom Thurman (Eddie Marsan, with an accent as thick as his ’tache). Soon, all sides are jostling to lead a case where the world is watching.

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2025-05-18

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rolenameDS Ed McCuskerConnor SwindellsDick MarquisePatrick J. AdamsHarry BellTony CurranTom ThurmanEddie MarsanJohn OrrPeter MullanMoira ShearerPhyllis LoganJune McCuskerLauren LyleSandy GayJames HarknessKhaled JaafarArmin KarimaJaswant BasutaAvin ShahFrank CuillaAlex MagliaroRose GrantRosie YatesTim BurmanCameron MullaneLynne McCuskerLyra JacksonFiona McCuskerEtta JacksonThomas FlanniganGareth MorrisonSteven FlanniganArchie McCormickPC GibsonRyan J MackayMargaret ConnellBeth MarshallDavid JardinePhilip CairnsLinda BurmanAmanda DrewRoy BurmanAdrian LukisNeil GallagherAdam RothenbergMick CharlesFinlay RobertsonElla RamsdenEstrid BartonSeymourJohn HollingworthElma PringleCora BissettDavid FlanniganAndrew MarleyRev Alan NealAndrew ByattMrs HarleyMarianne McIvorPan Am gate agentIsabelle DerosaGirl with polar bearIsla Banks ThomasHeathrow mumBelinda OwusuGerman travellerAndrea ZappChristmas party officialBailey NewsomePolice van driverMartin DonaghyJFK airport motherMercedes BahledaFBI brieferCurtis CaravaggioScottish reporterDan Jackson

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rolenameWriterJonathan LeeExecutive producerJonathan LeeExecutive producerSimon HeathExecutive producerRoderick SeligmanExecutive producerSteve StarkExecutive producerStacey LevinExecutive producerAdam Morane-GriffithsExecutive producerSara CurranExecutive producerHerbert L. KloiberExecutive producerGaynor HolmesExecutive producerMichael KeillorDirectorMichael KeillorProducerJulia Stannard

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  Summary

  Dramatised documentary telling the story of the 1988 terrorist attack, in which a transatlantic flight was destroyed by a bomb while flying over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing everyone on board as well as several residents of the town. With Patrick J Adams, Connor Swindells, Tony Curran, Eddie Marsan and Peter Mullan

  Review

  Frances Taylor

  This six-part factual drama, a co-production between the BBC and Netflix, takes a more multi-faceted approach than Sky’s Lockerbie: a Search for Truth, which was also released in 2025. In the immediate aftermath there are anxious relatives waiting for news, but at the forefront is the investigation unfolding either side of the Atlantic.

  When calls come in about fire and debris raining down on a small town, Scottish police including DCS John Orr (Peter Mullan) and DS Ed McCusker (Connor Swindells) are first on the scene. But not far behind are the Met and the FBI, including US explosives expert Tom Thurman (Eddie Marsan, with an accent as thick as his ’tache). Soon, all sides are jostling to lead a case where the world is watching.

  How to watch

  Next showing

  There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming providers below.

  Streaming

  • BBC iPlayer
  • Netflix

  Details

  Released on

  2025-05-18

  Languages

  Formats

  Colour

  Credits

  Cast

  rolenameDS Ed McCuskerConnor SwindellsDick MarquisePatrick J. AdamsHarry BellTony CurranTom ThurmanEddie MarsanJohn OrrPeter MullanMoira ShearerPhyllis LoganJune McCuskerLauren LyleSandy GayJames HarknessKhaled JaafarArmin KarimaJaswant BasutaAvin ShahFrank CuillaAlex MagliaroRose GrantRosie YatesTim BurmanCameron MullaneLynne McCuskerLyra JacksonFiona McCuskerEtta JacksonThomas FlanniganGareth MorrisonSteven FlanniganArchie McCormickPC GibsonRyan J MackayMargaret ConnellBeth MarshallDavid JardinePhilip CairnsLinda BurmanAmanda DrewRoy BurmanAdrian LukisNeil GallagherAdam RothenbergMick CharlesFinlay RobertsonElla RamsdenEstrid BartonSeymourJohn HollingworthElma PringleCora BissettDavid FlanniganAndrew MarleyRev Alan NealAndrew ByattMrs HarleyMarianne McIvorPan Am gate agentIsabelle DerosaGirl with polar bearIsla Banks ThomasHeathrow mumBelinda OwusuGerman travellerAndrea ZappChristmas party officialBailey NewsomePolice van driverMartin DonaghyJFK airport motherMercedes BahledaFBI brieferCurtis CaravaggioScottish reporterDan Jackson

  Show more

  Crew

  rolenameWriterJonathan LeeExecutive producerJonathan LeeExecutive producerSimon HeathExecutive producerRoderick SeligmanExecutive producerSteve StarkExecutive producerStacey LevinExecutive producerAdam Morane-GriffithsExecutive producerSara CurranExecutive producerHerbert L. KloiberExecutive producerGaynor HolmesExecutive producerMichael KeillorDirectorMichael KeillorProducerJulia Stannard

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