A new TV show about 1988 Lockerbie bombing turns a tragedy into a slog

Review: A new TV show about 1988 Lockerbie bombing turns a tragedy into a slog

On Dec. 21, 1988, a bomb exploded on Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, traveling from London to New York, breaking it apart and sending it to Earth. Flora Swire, a 23-year-old Englishwoman, was among the 270 killed (including 11 on the ground). Her father, physician Jim Swire, became a spokesperson for families pressing […]

A new TV show about 1988 Lockerbie bombing turns a tragedy into a slog

Colin Firth stars as the father of a victim in Peacock's new miniseries 'Lockerbie: A Search for Truth,' but even he can't break the tedium of its exposition-heavy tale.

Final horrifying moments before Lockerbie crash - lost contact and loud noise

As Sky's Lockerbie: A Search for Truth examines, when Pan Am Flight 103 set off from Heathrow to New York on December 21, its passengers and crew were looking forward to returning home for the festive season - but sadly, they never made it

Colin Firth Plays a Grieving Father in Somber Docudrama ‘Lockerbie: A Search for Truth’: TV Review

Toward the end of “Lockerbie: A Search for Truth,” Jim Swire (Colin Firth) meets a woman who asks about the pin on his lapel. When he explains it’s to honor the victims of the infamous bombing, her face draws a blank. More than 20 years earlier, Jim lost his daughter in the 1988 attack, which […]

‘Lockerbie: A Search for Truth’ Review: Peacock Series Is Overwhelmed by Britain’s Conspiracy-Heavy Tragedy

The story of Pan Am Flight 103 is one that continues to haunt much of Britain. In 1988, a transatlantic flight to America exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members. Parts of the aircraft fell onto the town and killed another 11 people. A bomb aboard the plane was responsible for the carnage. The search for answers continues to this day, as American authorities are set to hold a federal trial for…

The harrowing true story behind Lockerbie: A Search for Truth - and what happened

Lockerbie: A Search for Truth airs on Sky in the UK and Peacock in the US