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The Bombing of Pan Am 103(2025)

Also known as The Bombing of Pan Am 103 (2025) • Lockerbie (2025) • Взрыв на борту Пан Ам 103

Archived · BBC One

7.36 eps
S01
DramaCrimeHistoryAction
ON AIR: JUL 30Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

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This miniseries follows the investigation into the 1988 Lockerbie bombing across two countries, moving between British and American threads as investigators piece together a case that is sprawling, politically tangled, and slow by necessity. The pacing is methodical rather than propulsive, built around documents, dead ends, and institutional persistence.

Lockerbie, Scotland absorbs much of the human weight here. The small town is not just a backdrop; the community's grief runs alongside the procedural work, and the series gives both room across its episodes. That dual focus, forensic inquiry on one side and ordinary people living inside a catastrophe on the other, is what makes the structure feel distinct from a standard crime procedural.

Best for

dual-track investigation, true crime casework and Drama

Story lane

Drama and Crime

Commitment

Season 1 · 6 episodes

Where

BBC One

Official Premise

Based on the events surrounding the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. Lockerbie will focus on the investigation into the crash on both sides of the Atlantic and the devastating effect it had on the small town and the families who lost loved...

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