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May 19, 2025

PRESUMABLY in common with a number of viewers, I was quite surprised to find THE BOMBING OF PANAM 103 appearing in the latest BBC1 schedules. Hadn’t we recently had a Sky Atlantic drama on the very same subject, recalling the terrorist attack over Lockerbie on December 21, 1988?

- Mike Ward previews tonight's TV

Wouldn’t this new series, which continues tonight (9pm), be covering much the same ground, and in much the same manner, as Lockerbie: A Search For Truth, starring Colin Firth?

The answer became evident within the first few minutes of last night’s opening episode. That answer being: no, it very much wouldn't.

In its approach to the subject - the deadliest act of terror in UK history, claiming a total of 270 lives - The Bombing Of Pan Am 103 could hardly be more different.

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