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Colin Firth Plays a Grieving Father in Somber Docudrama ‘Lockerbie: A Search for Truth’: TV Review

The limited series from Sky and Peacock stars Colin Firth as a grieving father investigating the infamous Lockerbie bombing.

As the crash’s memory has started to fade in the public consciousness, Jim — a real-life physician, to whom the series is dedicated — has waged a long and lonely crusade to uncover the truth of how hundreds of people lost their lives. But once two suspects are identified and extradited from Libya at Jim’s personal request to strongman Muammar al-Gaddafi (Nabil Al Raee), “Lockerbie: A Search for Truth” enters the fluorescent-lit world of courtrooms, legal appeals and cataloging evidence. A conversation with his frequent collaborator, journalist Murray Guthrie (Sam Troughton), about the reasons for other countries’ anti-Western animus feels out of place, though the topic is important to acknowledge.

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