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Daily Record
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
New BBC Scotland documentary to tell personal stories of Lockerbie Air Disaster victims
Lockerbie: Our Story will be shown in early June - the day after the final episode of the Bombing of Pan Am 103 drama is broadcast. A new documentary will tell the personal stories of six victims of the Lockerbie Air Disaster. Lockerbie: Our Story will be shown on BBC Scotland in early June. It tells the stories of six people who were on board Pan Am 103 when it exploded above Lockerbie on December 21, 1988, killing all 259 passengers and crew and 11 people on the ground. It remains the biggest terrorist attack on British soil. The plane was on a flight from London to New York and the show will highlight the story of 25-year-old hairdresser Olive Gordon, 38-year-old Greek shipping titan Minas Kulukundis, 24-year-old banker Tim Burman and promising 19-year-old musician Helga Mosey. It will also look at a couple – 26-year-old pro golfer Billy McAllister and 28-year-old marketing executive Terri Saunders, who were heading to Christas for a romantic break. Billy's friend Stewart said: 'He genuinely hated flying so it was really ironic, and horrible, that he died the way he died and the circumstances.' The BBC is currently screening a six-part drama series about the Lockerbie Air Disaster – Bombing of Pan Am 103 – with new episodes of Sundays and Mondays. Lockerbie: Our Story – which is a Two Rivers Media production – will be shown on BBC Scotland at 9pm on June 3, the day after the drama's final episode is shown. It will also be available on iPlayer. Head of commissioning at BBC Scotland, Louise Thornton, said: 'The impact of the tragic events of the Lockerbie disaster in December 1988 continue to be felt today. It was an atrocity which shocked the world and changed lives forever. 'Our documentary will honour the memory of those lost, and tell the stories of those left behind, with the greatest of care.'
Yahoo
06-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
New BBC Lockerbie documentary will ‘honour the memory of those lost'
A BBC documentary about the Lockerbie crash is set to shine a light on the family and friends who lost loved ones in the crash and their stories. The film Lockerbie: Our Story is announced as the BBC and Netflix have a six-part drama on the investigation into the bombing of Pan Am flight 103, and how the community in Lockerbie came together in the aftermath airing later this year. In the documentary, the new stories of six people who died in the terrorist attack will be covered, with loved ones explaining why 'they were on the plane that day' as well as wondering 'whether they should have been warned not to be'. Louise Thornton, head of commissioning at BBC Scotland, said: 'The impact of the tragic events of the Lockerbie disaster in December 1988 continue to be felt today. 'It was an atrocity which shocked the world and changed lives forever. Our documentary will honour the memory of those lost, and tell the stories of those left behind, with the greatest of care.' Those covered in the 60-minute film include Olive Gordon, a 25-year-old hairdresser; Greek shipping titan Minas Kulukundis, 38; Tim Burman, a 24-year-old banker; Terri Saunders and Billy MacAllister, a couple; and Helga Mosey, a 19-year-old promising musician. Clare Sillery, head of BBC commissioning, documentaries, said 'Nearly 40 years on from the bombing of Pan Am 103, this film shines a long overdue light on some of the people and personal stories behind the bombing.' On December 21 1988, the plane exploded killing 270 people, 11 of whom were locals to the area, 40 minutes into its flight from London to New York. Victims were of 21 different nationalities, and 190 were American. Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is the only man ever convicted of the atrocity, while another man is due to stand trial in the US this year in relation to the attack. A Libyan suspect of the Lockerbie bombing, Abu Agila Masud, who is alleged to have helped to make the bomb, is to go on trial in the US in May. Al-Megrahi died in 2012 in Libya after controversially being granted compassionate release in 2009 following a terminal cancer diagnosis. In December 2023, a memorial took place to mark the 35 years since the Lockerbie bombing, and last year the Princess Royal visited the site of the Garden of Remembrance, laying a wreath. Earlier this year, Sky drama Lockerbie: A Search For Truth – starring Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth as Dr Jim Swire, who has been campaigning for justice since his daughter Flora died – aired. The BBC and Netflix show has SAS Rogue Heroes actor Connor Swindells, Ozark actor Peter Mullan, Mary & George star Tony Curran, Back To Black actor Eddie Marsan, and Karen Pirie actress Lauren Lyle among the cast. The series will air on BBC iPlayer and BBC One later this year, followed by Netflix. Lockerbie: Our Story will be on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and BBC Scotland.
