Lockerbie is about the 1988 flight disaster of Pan Am Flight 103 which was the deadliest terrorist attack in the history of the United Kingdom. The six-part series is set to air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer before heading to Netflix globally. It is written by Jonathan Lee and Gillian Roger Park, while Michael Keillor directs.
In December 1988, a Pan Am transatlantic flight from London to New York was destroyed by a bomb 38 minutes after take-off. The series will follow the true life story of Jim Swire (Firth) and his wife Jane in their quest for justice.