Lockerbie campaigners Dr Jim Swire and Jane Swire now as new Sky drama airs
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A brand new drama covers the Lockerbie disaster which killed 270 people and how Dr Jim Swire desperately hunted for answers. Spanning five episodes, Lockerbie: A Search For Truth follows Dr Jim Swire forced to fight for answers about the fatal crash which killed his daughter Flora on December 21, 1988.
The GP's daughter Flora travelled on Pan Am Flight 103 to see her American boyfriend when a terrorist bomb on board detonated. The bomb killed 270 people including 11 people on the ground in the Scottish town of Lockerbie. Colin Firth plays Dr Jim Swire in the new drama, which will be released on Sky and Now on January 2. The Oscar winner met Jim at his home before he started filming.
He recalled about their meeting: "His alertness and intellectual agility were astounding. The script had a real emotional impact on me. I was overwhelmed by the relentless sadness of his journey.". As the new Sky drama airs, this is where the real life Dr Jim Swire is now with his wife Jane and their children.
Now aged 88, Dr Jim Swire lives with his wife and former teacher Jane in the Cotswolds. Their two other children William and Catherine are grown up and have their own children. Catherine Swire wrote about her own experiences around the Lockerbie disaster and reflected on her sister's death in the book Flame, Ash, Feather: A dozen eggs from Lockerbie.
Dr Swire still actively campaigns for answers about the Lockerbie disaster. The GP has long believed that the man held responsible for the bombing, Libyan former intelligence officer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, was innocent. He died on May 20, 2012 after being released from prison on compassionate grounds due to his terminal cancer.
