The repercussions remain keenly felt decades later.

The 60-minute film will be in the BBC One, BBC Scotland and iPlayer at some point this year.

The BBC has previously announced a factual drama about the investigation into the bombing of Pan Am flight 103.

Wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103 after it crashed onto the town of Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988.

Wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103Getty

World Productions is making the six-parter, which is for the BBC in the UK and Netflix globally.

Hannah Fry