One of the figures whose life is dramatised in the series is Ed McCusker, a police officer who played a key role in the investigation as a detective sergeant with Strathclyde police.
Read on for everything you need to know about the real-life Ed McCusker, as portrayed by Swindells in The Bombing of Pan Am 103.
Who is Ed McCusker, as seen in The Bombing of Pan Am 103?
Many elements of his character's role in the drama are based on his real memories of events, but producer Julia Stannard has explained that his storyline also includes the actions of other police officers.
"Most notably our Ed McCusker as shown in the drama reflects the experiences of a number of the Scottish cops who were involved in the initial investigation, as well as the real Ed McCusker.
"Alex also knew the Flannigan family, and of course Steven. Steven and his brother lost their parents and sister in the destruction of their family home on Sherwood Crescent. Although we tell elements of Alex’s story, we don’t depict him as a character in the programme, and instead, our character of Ed incorporates his actions.
"Furthermore, in his later role of witness protection, he was instrumental in making Tony Gauci feel that he would be safe if he gave evidence."
Who happened to Ed McCusker?
Most recently, McCusker was a key influence for the team working on The Bombing of Pan Am 103, and executive producer Adam Morane-Griffiths has revealed that he was actually the person who got him thinking about telling the story in the first place.
"We bonded because once he had left the police, he’d spent some time investigating the Troubles for the Irish Government. I asked him if he'd heard of my grandfather, who was assassinated in the Troubles, and he had. We got chatting and he asked if I’d heard about Operation Autumn Leaves. I hadn’t, but I went back to my hotel room and started to look into it.
Along with McCusker, Morane-Griffiths went on to form relationships with other key figures portrayed in the drama including Dick Marquise, Tom Thurman and Kathryn Turman.
"Meeting Ed was great, he’s an incredibly warm, friendly man who was so generous with his me," Swindells said. "He had me around to lunch at his house.
McCusker also spoke with Lauren Lyle, who plays his wife June in the drama, who passed away some years ago.
He also told Lyle that he was doing the series for June, because the last thing she said to him was that "you have to tell your Lockerbie story".
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