Year: 2025
Directors: Jim Loach and Otto Bathurst
Writers: David Harrower, Maryam Hamidi, Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan
Executive Producers: Nigel Marchant, Gareth Neame, David Harrower, Liz Trubridge, Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan, Oskar Slingerland
Producer: Colin Wratten
Production Companies: Universal Content Productions, Carnival Films, SKY Studios
Main Cast: Colin Firth, Catherine McCormack, Sam Troughton, Mark Bonnar, Jemma Carlton, Harry Redding
Broadcaster: SKY One & Now TV (UK) / Peacock (US)
Screen Scotland support: The film accessed £400,000 through Screen Scotland’s Production Growth Fund.
Synopsis
In December 1988, Pan Am Flight 103, a transatlantic flight from London to New York, was destroyed by a bomb 38 minutes after take-off while flying over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members. Parts of the aircraft crashed into a residential area, killing an additional 11 people.
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth follow follows the true life story of Jim Swire and his wife Jane in their quest for justice for the victims, who included their daughter Flora.
More information
Filming locations: Filming took place in Scotland in February 2024, in the Friars Brae area of Linlithgow.
Streaming: Lockerbie will premiere on Thursday 2 January 2025.
Image credits: Stills courtesy of SKY