Peacock and Britain’s Sky TV are teaming up for a new mini-series dramatizing the events of Lockerbie, the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. The show will follow the search for justice made by Dr. Jim Swire and his wife Jane who lost their daughter, Flora, in the disaster. A five-part event, the series is being written by Academy Award-nominated talents, Jim Sheridan and Kirsten Sheridan (above). All 259 passengers and crew perished when a bomb exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, 38 minutes after taking off. Additionally, 11 residents of the town lost their lives as a result of the crash. Thirteen years later, in 2001, Libyan national Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted of the crime. But that wasn’t the end of the saga as he was later released on compassionate grounds in 2009. Dr. Jim Swire (Graham Barclay/bwp media/Newsmakers) Following the bombing, which is still considered one of the worst terrorist attacks in history,...
- 2/24/2022
- TV Insider
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