After weeks of painstaking investigation, international wrangling, and unbearable grief, the story of Pan Am Flight 103 reaches a critical juncture in the series finale of The Bombing of Pan Am 103, airing Monday at 9:00 PM on BBC One. The episode focuses on the highly charged trial of the accused, held in a specially constructed Scottish court in the Netherlands—a setting as unusual as the circumstances that led to it.
While authorities present forensic evidence and work to secure key witness testimony, the bereaved families launch their own campaign for access to the trial itself. The episode becomes a double-edged sword: on one side, the pursuit of legal accountability; on the other, the raw, human need to bear witness.
The series has laid bare the long road to justice for those lost over Lockerbie—and the complexities of holding anyone responsible for such a devastating act of terror. This final hour puts viewers in the courtroom, inviting them to consider what—if anything—a trial can truly offer in the face of such profound loss.
The Bombing of Pan Am 103 concludes Monday, 2 June at 9:00 PM on BBC One.
