Colin Firth To Star In Sky & Peacock Limited Series ‘Lockerbie’ As Campaigner & Grieving Father Jim Swire
deadline.comColin Firth will star as a grieving father in Sky and Peacock‘s true-life drama series Lockerbie. The The King’s Speech and A Single Man actor has signed on to play Dr Jim Swire, a man who tragically lost his daughter when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over a small town on December 21, 1988.
Swire and his wife, Pam, have doggedly pursued justice ever since. Sky and Peacock’s limited series, a five-part Comcast co-production between Carnival Films, which is part of Universal International Studios, and Sky Studios, has also brought on Scottish playwright David Harrower (Blackbird, Knives in Hens) as lead writer.
Maryam Hamidi (Vigil) is guest writer on an episode, while Otto Bathurst (Peaky Blinders, The Winter King) is lead director.
Jim Loach (Save Me) will also direct an episode. The Lockerbie air disaster killed 259 passengers and crew, and a further 11 residents lost their life as the plane came down over the quiet Scottish town.
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