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Colin Firth portrays a father whose daughter died in the Lockerbie plane bombing in a new five-part mini-series Lockerbie: A Search For Truth.

He plays Dr Jim Swire, who campaigned for justice after his daughter died when the Pan Am flight 103 was blown out of the sky above Scotland in 1988.

IN FOCUS: Dr Jim Swire, whose daughter Flora died on Pan Am flight 103, has dedicated his life to finding the truth behind what happened to his child. It’s a quest that has inspired a five-part series, starring Colin Firth. Ellie Harrison hears from the actor, his co-star and the…

Colin Firth stars in the new series

THE release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi – who was convicted of the Lockerbie bombing – was not discussed by the Scottish cabinet ahead of a final…

The man convicted over the Lockerbie bombing was released in 2009 on compassionate grounds.

The terrorist outrage that shook the world and became one man's personal quest for justice. Watch 'Lockerbie: A Search for Truth' online from anywhere.

The court "grant[s] victims access to non-evidentiary pretrial proceedings from their homes and offices by Zoom and telephone, as well as access to livestreamed video and audio feeds of evidentiary and trial proceedings in courthouses across the United States and other secure, monitored locations around the world."

3/5 Colin Firth plays the father of one of the victims with careworn decency in this five-part drama about the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 and its aftermath