The Oscar winner stars in a new drama about the tragedy, Lockerbie: A Search for Truth.
Hollywood star Colin Firth said being brought back to the moment he heard about the Lockerbie air disaster had “real impact”.
The five-part series is based on a book written by Dr Jim Swire with Peter Biddulph. Dr Swire’s daughter Flora was one of the passengers on board Pan Am 103 when it blew up over Lockerbie on December 21, 1988.He said: “I think anyone of my age, certainly based in either the United Kingdom or the United States, will remember this in a way that’s really quite impactful.
“Then in another way, it feels like so much has happened since, particularly as 9/11 happened in the intervening years.“It was trying to trace back to what one thought and felt at the time, and what one has felt subsequently; how much that’s remained in one’s mind, given all that’s happened since.
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