Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie 38 minutes after takeoff on Dec. 21, 1988, killing 259 on board and 11 on ground. Dr. Jim Swire loses daughter Flora and seeks justice with wife Jane.
EPISODE 1
101
As the families of those on board flight Pan Am 103 learn that the passenger plane has crashed over Lockerbie, killing 270, a terrorism investigation tries to find out what happened while a rural Scottish community is left reeling.
EPISODE 2
102
While forensic evidence suggests the prime suspects for the bombing of Pan Am 103 are a Palestinian terror group funded by Iran, Scottish and FBI investigators are eventually led elsewhere.
EPISODE 3
103
The CIA hands over a Libyan double agent who provides crucial evidence needed to bring the two bombing suspects to court, but the key witness changes his story as the trial gets underway.
EPISODE 4
104
The court makes a shock verdict that leaves the victims' families unsatisfied and casts doubt on the decision, but 34 years would pass since the bombing before the US apprehends a new suspect.
EPISODE 5
105
Jim is left at a loss when Megrahi gives up his appeal in return for release on compassionate grounds; questioning everything he has come to believe, Jim wonders if he will ever know the truth.
Colin Firth
Catherine McCormack
Sam Troughton
Jemma Carlton
Harry Redding
Claire Brown
Otto Bathurst
Colin Wratten
Gareth Neame
Nigel Marchant
Sam Hoyle