Another Lockerbie drama is being filmed, this time from World Productions, for BBC and Netflix.
It follows news that Colin Firth and Catherine McCormack would be playing the leads in the Sky and Peacock’s version.
While that is set in the aftermath of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and campaign for justice, this 6-part series focuses on the investigation.
Lockerbie’s cast includes Connor Swindells (SAS Rogue Heroes, Sex Education), Patrick J. Adams (Suits, A League of Their Own), Merritt Wever (Unbelievable, Godless), Peter Mullan (Ozark, Payback), Tony Curran (Mary & George, Mayflies) and Eddie Marsan (Ridley Road, The Pact),
The factual drama made by World Productions (United, the story of the Munich air disaster, and Anne, the drama about Hillsborough mother and justice campaigner Anne Williams) will examine the real events surrounding the 1988 Lockerbie bombing and the joint Scots-US investigation which sought to bring the perpetrators to justice.
On 21 December 1988, flight Pan Am 103 was en route from Heathrow to JFK when a bomb exploded in its hold over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing 270 people, including 43 British citizens and 190 Americans. It was the worst ever terror attack on British soil and the first major one on US citizens.
It will look at the crash on both sides of the Atlantic and the devastating effect it had on the small town and the families who lost loved ones.
The lead writer is acclaimed novelist and screenwriter Jonathan Lee, with two episodes written by Scottish screenwriter Gillian Roger Park.
It will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, followed by Netflix in the UK and globally.
The producer is Julia Stannard (United, War and Peace, Anne) and Michael Keillor (Chimerica, Roadkill, Best Interests) is the director.
The project was initiated by filmmaker Adam Morane-Griffiths whose research includes extensive interviews with Scottish police officers and representatives from United States investigative agencies, many of whom have never previously shared their stories.
Filming has now begun in Scotland and will continue in both Malta and Toronto.
It is produced by World Productions, an ITV Studios company, in association with MGM Television and Night Train Media.
