Inevitably, this is heavy stuff, and thankfully (or tediously, depending on your perspective), the BBC’s dramatisation of the tragedy, interspersed with archival news snippets, is faithful to the facts. As the first episode opens, text on screen explains that – while some scenes and characters have been added for dramatic purposes – the show has been produced following extensive research and interviews.
Connor Swindells as DS Ed McCusker (Photo: Jamie Simpson/BBC/World Productions)
Despite instances of over-zealous trivia impinging on the story’s flow, The Bombing of Pan Am 103 does an admirable job of portraying the individual impact of such an international incident. Local DS Ed McCusker (Connor Swindells), for instance, is simultaneously shell-shocked, flummoxed and incensed by the flaming wreckage raining down on his hometown.
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Meanwhile, the jolt of a news crew arriving at the ill-fated New York airport gate, where families are still awaiting their loved ones, illustrates the emotional contradiction that makes such incidents so harrowing.
Eddie Marsan as Tom Thurman (Photo: Shane Mahood/BBC/World Productions)
“Until I’m told otherwise, I’m in charge,” snaps the leading Lockerbie officer, DCS Orr (Peter Mullan) at a patronising officer from Heathrow. Fair enough, but not necessarily the most level-headed way to run a case – it remains to be seen whether Orr’s territorial approach will pay off or backfire.
Just as well, because The Bombing of Pan Am 103 has plenty to teach us — about grief, the roles individuals can play at historic moments — besides its rote facts. It is sometimes wooden, but never insubstantial.
‘The Bombing of Pan Am 103’ is on tomorrow at 9pm on BBC One
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