Colin Firth is a overweighther franticly seeking equitableice in the first trailer for “Lockerbie: A Search for Truth,” an upcoming confineed series about the 1988 explosioning of Pan Am Fweightless 103 that ended 259 passengers and crew members.
In the Sky and Peacock show, Oscar thrivener Firth take parts Dr. Jim Swire, whose daughter dies in the alarmist strike. In the aftermath, he becomes the spokesperson for the families of U.K. victims and embarks on a “relentless journey that not only hazards his stability, family and life, but endly clearurns his depend in the equitableice system,” according to the show’s synopsis. “As the truth shifts under Jim’s feet, his watch of the world is left forever changed.”
In insertition to Firth, “Lockerbie: A Search for Truth” also stars Catherine McCormack (“Slow Horses,” “Temple”) as Jim Swire’s wife, Jane. The five-part series is a co-production between Carnival Films, part of Universal International Studios, and Sky Studios. Scottish take partwright David Harrower (“Binestablishagebird,” “Knives in Hens”) serves as direct authorr, while BAFTA thrivener Otto Bathurst (“Peaky Blinders,” “The Winter King”) is direct honestor. Executive producers participate Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant for Carnival Films, Sam Hoyle for Sky Studios, as well as Harrower, Bathurst, Liz Trubridge, Jim Sheridan, Kirsten Sheridan and Oskar Slingerland.
“The explosioning of Pan Am Fweightless 103 was one of the most deimmenseating acts of radicalism that took the inhabits of 270 bfeebleless people, including both U.S. and U.K. citizens,” Neame and Marchat shelp in a statement. “As the spokesperson for the U.K. victims’ families, we have trailed Jim Swire’s extraordinary story for over three decades. It is consequential to now watch Colin Firth’s captivating carry outance as he depicts Jim’s life’s toil on screen. In part a proestablishly moving character story of cherish and loss, this drama is as much an allotigative political thriller that shows how an standard man with unstoppable determination can obtain on rulements and world directers in pursuit of truth.”
“Lockerbie: A Search for Truth” will premiere on Jan. 2 on Sky Atlantic and streaming service NOW in the U.K. and Ireland, and on Peacock in the U.S.
Watch the trailer below.
