Colin Firth stars as real-life activist Dr Jim Swire in a new Sky & Peacock Original series, based on the UK’s deadliest ever terrorist attack, Lockerbie: a search for the truth.

The first images and a trailer were released Monday, showing the Oscar winner as Swire, a man who lost his young daughter Flora in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. The event cost the lives of 270 people after the plane crash. in Lockerbie, Scotland, including American and British citizens. Catherine McCormack (Slow horses, Temple) stars alongside Firth as Jane Swire.

The five-part limited series, set over three decades, shows how Dr. Swire, driven by love and loss, risks everything following Lockerbie to uncover the truth. Set in the midst of intensifying international conflict and conspiracy, Firth’s character questions his long-held beliefs and allegiances as he mounts a controversial, decades-long campaign for justice that takes him into the wilderness from Libya where he met Colonel Muammar Gaddafi (Nabil Alraee) and to the Netherlands for the trial of convicted Libyan national, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi (Ardalan Esmaili).

The series traces the devastating impact of Lockerbie on Jim and Jane Swire, their family, as well as victims’ families around the world.

“As spokespersons for the families of the British victims, we have followed the remarkable story of Jim Swire for more than three decades,” said Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant, executive producers of Carnival Films.

“It’s important to now watch Colin Firth’s captivating performance as he portrays Jim’s life’s work on screen. Part a deeply moving story of love and loss, this drama is as much an investigative political thriller that shows how an ordinary man with unstoppable determination can take on governments and world leaders in pursuit of the truth .

The series is a co-production between Carnival Films, part of Universal International Studios, and Sky Studios. Scottish playwright David Harrower (Blackbird, knives among the chickens) is the main editor.

Lockerbie: a search for the truth will be released on January 2 on Sky Atlantic and the NOW streaming service in the UK and Ireland, and on Peacock in the US. The series will also be broadcast on Sky in Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria in 2025.