Colin Firth Praises Lockerbie Bombing Victim's Father in New Sky Drama

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Colin Firth Praises Lockerbie Bombing Victim's Father in New Sky Drama
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Colin Firth, who stars in the new Sky drama 'Lockerbie: A Search for Truth', has praised Dr Jim Swire, the father of Flora Swire who was killed in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. The series, based on Swire's book, follows his lifelong search for justice and his belief that Iran, not Libya, was responsible for the attack.

Colin Firth has praised the father of Flora Swire, who was tragically killed in the horror Lockerbie bomb disaster in 1988.

Aerial photos taken yesterday show the mangled remains of Pan Am flight 103 in a corner of the Lincolnshire site.The aircraft was transferred to Windleys Salvage in Tattershall by eight lorries from an army base at Longtown near Carlisle after being carefully examined. In five-part series Lockerbie: A Search for Truth, Firth portrays Dr Jim Swire, who lost daughter Flora in the atrocity, and has pursued justice with his wife Jane ever since.

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