01x05 - Episode 5

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[LOW, SOMBRE MUSIC]

JANE: I think we should move.

JANE: I think we should move.

I'm not leaving this house! I
want to be around life, not death.

Not death, every single
minute of the day.

Guilty. He can't be...

Guilty. He can't be...

The case against you is
a travesty of justice.

The entire prosecution
case rested on this.

The tracks on the
fragment are of copper,

The tracks on the
fragment are of copper,

covered by a layer of pure tin.

What is this? No, this
is not the same fragment.

JIM: And I will do everything
in my power to help you.

JIM: And I will do everything
in my power to help you.

I've just heard Megrahi is
being granted a second appeal.

But there's nothing in here that
helps us discover what did happen.

CRAWFORD: Was Megrahi framed?

Whatever it is, they
want to keep it buried.

Whatever it is, they
want to keep it buried.

I'm so sorry, but
it's prostate cancer.

MEGRAHI: I don't want
to die here, Jim.

I don't want that either.

RODERICK: There's a good
possibility that you're released

RODERICK: There's a good
possibility that you're released

on compassionate grounds and
you can keep your appeal.

MEGRAHI: I will never
give up my appeal.

My name will be cleared,

and you will go on and find
out who really did this.

LIBYAN OFFICIAL:
[SPEAKING ARABIC]

[LOW, TENSE MUSIC]

[SCREAMING]

[SOMBRE, PIANO MUSIC]

[SOMBRE, PIANO MUSIC]

[GATE CREAKS OPEN]

Oh.

[DOOR UNLOCKING]

You're going to miss us.

Mmm... [CHUCKLES]

Yes, of course.

It's for you.

It's for you.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

[ENGINE STARTS]

[MOTORCYCLE ENGINES REVVING]

[GENTLE MUSIC]

NEWS: Britain's biggest mass
m*rder*r is now a free man,

shown mercy by Scotland's
Justice Secretary.

Shown mercy by Scotland's
Justice Secretary.

NEWS: Mister al-Megrahi now faces a
sentence imposed by a higher power.

REPORTER 1: Justice
Secretary knew his decision

would be welcomed and reviled.

Would be welcomed and reviled.

REPORTER 2: The FBI
director sent a letter

to Scotland's justice officials
blasting their decision

to release Abdelbaset...

REPORTER 3: The decision
gives comfort to t*rrorists

around the world...

around the world...

This man was convicted
of murdering 270 people.

He showed no compassion to them.

Served only eight years, and
that works out at about two weeks

Served only eight years, and
that works out at about two weeks

for every one of
the lives he took.

REPORTER 3: Liberty
comes at a price.

Expected to die within months,
he will do so a guilty man.

REPORTER 4: Downing Street
released a letter written by

REPORTER 4: Downing Street
released a letter written by

Prime Minister Gordon Brown,
asking the Libyan leader

to handle Megrahi's
arrival with sensitivity.

REPORTER 5: requested that
the Libyan authorities

REPORTER 5: requested that
the Libyan authorities

keep Megrahi's return
low-key. It was anything but.

Alongside Megrahi was
Colonel Gaddafi's son,

Saif al-Islam.
[PAUSE BUTTON CLICKS]

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

Hello, Jim Swire.

Jim, Lance Ferguson
from the Mirror.

You've got the TV on, right?

You've got the TV on, right?

Yes. How are you
feeling right now?

You campaigned for
Megrahi to go home,

and this is how he thanks you.

Have you been played, Jim?

Have you been played, Jim?

Has Megrahi k*lled your
search for justice stone dead?

[PHONE BEEPS OFF]

[LOW, SOMBRE MUSIC]

[LOW, SOMBRE MUSIC]

[SIGHS]

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

[ELEVATOR DINGS]

Jim, how long have
you been waiting?

A couple of hours. I couldn't
reach you on your phone.

We've been in meetings
all day, and...

Roddy's tied up in another case.

[DOOR CLOSES]
[TELEPHONE RINGING]

[DOOR CLOSES]
[TELEPHONE RINGING]

Come through.

I don't know why he
abandoned his appeal.

We fought so hard for him.

Why did he do it?

The Libyans requested
Megrahi's release

The Libyans requested
Megrahi's release

under a prisoner transfer
agreement between Libya and the UK,

but, of course, he was
convicted in a Scottish court,

but, of course, he was
convicted in a Scottish court,

and under Scottish law, a prisoner
transfer cannot be granted

if there's an ongoing appeal,
which obviously there was.

That still left
compassionate release,

which Megrahi met
the criteria for.

Which Megrahi met
the criteria for.

Terminally ill, no more
than three months to live.

And, crucially, he didn't
need to drop his appeal.

The case would have still
gone to the appeal court,

The case would have still
gone to the appeal court,

even if he was in Libya. Even
if he were to die in Libya.

Well, that's what he
promised me would happen.

His appeal would go on
no matter where he was.

Then, at the eleventh hour, he
seems to have changed his mind.

Then, at the eleventh hour, he
seems to have changed his mind.

When he told us,
Roddy was devastated.

And it all happened so quickly.

And it all happened so quickly.

He was smuggled out of the country
before anyone could notice.

Did he leave anything for me?

A message, letter?

Nothing.

I only have, um, his address
and telephone number in Tripoli.

I only have, um, his address
and telephone number in Tripoli.

[CLEARS THROAT] May I have it?

I mean, surely... his hand
must have been forced.

We may never find out.

And maybe that's for the best.

[PAPER TEARING]

Thank you, John.
[CLEARS THROAT]

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[LOW, SOMBRE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[LINE RINGING]

REPORTER: Reportedly
living in the family villa

REPORTER: Reportedly
living in the family villa

in an upmarket area of Tripoli,

Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the
convicted Lockerbie bomber,

is still alive
after nine months.

Is still alive
after nine months.

ROBERT MENENDEZ: Very much
alive, and very much free,

living in the lap of luxury,
by all accounts.[LINE RINGING]

REPORTER 2: He only had
three months to live,

REPORTER 2: He only had
three months to live,

may actually live
another ten years.

REPORTER 2: The medical
evidence seems to be,

when you look at it
closely, highly suspect.

When you look at it
closely, highly suspect.

LEILA RICHARDS: Nearly one year
on, Mr al-Megrahi is still alive.

[LINE RINGING] Correct.

Have you been in
contact with him?

I've tried, but I've
been unable to reach him.

I've tried, but I've
been unable to reach him.

Dr Swire, has al-Megrahi
got away with it?

A cancer prognosis,
as any doctor knows,

A cancer prognosis,
as any doctor knows,

is an inexact science. Yes.

And the inference that he is
somehow "getting away with it,"

frankly, I find that offensive.

Frankly, I find that offensive.

Why else would he
drop his appeal?

I, and many other members
of the UK Families group,

believe that the authorities pushed
Mr al-Megrahi to drop his appeal

believe that the authorities pushed
Mr al-Megrahi to drop his appeal

so that they would
never be held to account

for the false conviction
of an innocent man.

And that is why I
consider Mr al-Megrahi

And that is why I
consider Mr al-Megrahi

to be the 271st
victim of Lockerbie.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

You realise how many people
will find that offensive?

You realise how many people
will find that offensive?

The purpose is not to offend people.
The purpose is to find the truth.

[SIGHS]

Thank you.

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[MUSIC FADES, ENDS]

Where are you going? Out.

Where? God knows. I
just need some air.

I wish sometimes
you'd think about us

before you open
your mouth to them.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[DOORBELL RINGS]

[DOORBELL RINGS] Alright.
Alright, alright.

Murray.

Long time no see, Jim.

I thought you'd given up on us.

Well, this story's got a funny
way of pulling me back in.

Well...

Jane is over at
Cathy's. She, um...

[DOOR CLOSES]

She spends quite a bit of
time there with the grandkids.

She spends quite a bit of
time there with the grandkids.

Right.

Order tends to break down.

Ah, no milk. Sorry.

Ah, no milk. Sorry.

Mmm.

[CLEARS THROAT]

You look exhausted.

Have you been following
the WikiLeaks story?

Have you been following
the WikiLeaks story?

Uh... No, not really.

It's a media organisation
that's been leaking secret

and classified
information online.

And classified
information online.

It's linked to all
sorts of stuff.

Assassinations in Somalia,
government corruption in Kenya,

Guantanamo Bay,

and thousands upon thousands
of US embassy cables.

Well, we've read a few
of those. [CHUCKLES]

Everything that the powers
that be don't want us to see.

Everything that the powers
that be don't want us to see.

And I found something.

Buried amongst it all.

About Megrahi.

The Libyans made a
direct threat to the UK.

What do you mean, "threat"?

What do you mean, "threat"?

They wanted Megrahi
out. Home. ASAP.

If he died in prison here,

then all trade, political ties,
would be ceased immediately.

Then all trade, political ties,
would be ceased immediately.

Trade with Libya
means only one thing.

Oil.

You remember when Tony
Blair met Gaddafi in 2004?

You remember when Tony
Blair met Gaddafi in 2004?

The "Deal in the Desert"? Aye?

Well, they met again in 2007,
and BP signed a £90million deal.

Well, they met again in 2007,
and BP signed a £90million deal.

And in that second
meeting, Blair and Gaddafi

signed a prisoner
transfer agreement.

And I reckon that was
only ever about one man.

Megrahi.

Yeah. The British wanted into
those oil fields desperately,

Yeah. The British wanted into
those oil fields desperately,

and Gaddafi suddenly is
threatening to rip it all up.

They had no choice but to sign.

So do you think the Labour
government put pressure

on the Scottish
government to release him?

On the Scottish
government to release him?

Well, they claim they
didn't, but it's on record.

Kenny MacAskill took phone
calls from Jack Straw,

Kenny MacAskill took phone
calls from Jack Straw,

Lord Chancellor and Justice
Minister at the time.

And after that, MacAskill
met with Megrahi

and his Libyan
lawyers in private.

And his Libyan
lawyers in private.

It caused an
outrage at the time.

Now, we don't know what
was said in those meetings,

but what we do know is
we've got two sides,

but what we do know is
we've got two sides,

both wanting what the other had.

With Megrahi at the centre of it,
all reduced to a political pawn.

With Megrahi at the centre of it,
all reduced to a political pawn.

Aye.

Makes you wonder what was
behind him dropping his appeal.

REPORTER 1: The former Labour
government has been accused

of organised hypocrisy.

DAVID CAMERON: The Americans, they
wanted Megrahi to die in prison,

DAVID CAMERON: The Americans, they
wanted Megrahi to die in prison,

but saying privately to the Libyans
that they wanted him released.

REPORTER 2: I'd like to know
if there was some kind of

illicit deal here. There was a
story in many of the newspapers

illicit deal here. There was a
story in many of the newspapers

that this was done particularly
by the British government

in return for getting an oil
contract. That would be despicable.

In return for getting an oil
contract. That would be despicable.

REPORTER 3: We need to know
what this oil deal was all about

and whether there was a
compromise to the judicial system

for commercial gain.

INTERVIEWER: Some of your citizens
believe that it was the result

INTERVIEWER: Some of your citizens
believe that it was the result

of a deal, and that
deal had to do with oil.

There was no deal. I can give you an
absolute, unconditional assurance...

NEWS: The so-called Arab
Spring appears to be spreading

NEWS: The so-called Arab
Spring appears to be spreading

to Libya today, as hundreds
of anti-government protesters

have clashed with police in
Libya's second city, Benghazi.

Gaddafi, go away. We don't want
you. Neither you or your family.

Gaddafi, go away. We don't want
you. Neither you or your family.

REPORTER 4: Colonel
Gaddafi is crazy.

They're worried he will
k*ll and k*ll and k*ll

just to save his regime.

Just to save his regime.

REPORTER 5: This is not an
Egyptian-style protest movement.

This is a w*r for Libya.

HILLARY CLINTON: And the people of
Libya have made themselves clear.

It is time for Gaddafi to go.

It is time for Gaddafi to go.

REPORTER 6: The rebel-held east of
Libya had been staring at defeat,

but now they're tasting victory.

REPORTER 7: A degree of
chaos is settling in here.

There are simply too many
gunmen and no central authority.

There are simply too many
gunmen and no central authority.

REPORTER 8: Gaddafi,
from somewhere in hiding,

is vowing to fight to the death.

[SHOUTING IN ARABIC]

[SHOUTING IN ARABIC]

DAVID CAMERON: I think
today is a day to remember

all of Colonel
Gaddafi's victims.

To Yvonne Fletcher, and
obviously those who died

in connection with the Pan
Am flight over Lockerbie...

in connection with the Pan
Am flight over Lockerbie...

REPORTER 9: With the fall of
Gaddafi, the darkest secrets

of his regime are
beginning to surface.

This is confirmation,
now that Colonel Gaddafi

This is confirmation,
now that Colonel Gaddafi

personally ordered the
bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.

Libya's ex-foreign minister
reportedly telling a newspaper

that Gaddafi gave the order
to Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.

That Gaddafi gave the order
to Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.

[LINE RINGING] This
brings into question

the decision to approve
Megrahi's release.

[SPEAKING ARABIC]

[SPEAKING ARABIC]

[LINE CONTINUES RINGING]

[CALL CONNECTS] Baset?

Baset, it's Jim Swire.

[MAN SPEAKING ARABIC]

No, please speak English.
Please speak English.

No, please speak English.
Please speak English.

[MAN CONTINUES SPEAKING ARABIC]
I need to know what's going on.

Baset, I need to know.
Please tell me why-

[VOICEMAIL BEEPS]

[VOICEMAIL BEEPS]

[PHONE BEEPS OFF]
[LOW, TENSE STING]

[PHONE BEEPS OFF]
[LOW, TENSE STING]

Jim?

Jim?

[LOW, SOMBRE MUSIC]

[KEYPAD BEEPING]

[MOBILE PHONE RINGING]

[BEEPS] [RINGING STOPS]

[TENSE, DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[TENSE, DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Jim?

Jim!

[TENSE, DRAMATIC
MUSIC CONTINUES]

Oh, thank God. Thank
God. [MUSIC FADES, ENDS]

Oh, thank God. Thank
God. [MUSIC FADES, ENDS]

Jim. [BREATHING HEAVILY]

What are you doing here?

What are you doing here?

You're freezing.

I was so sure.

I thought Baset was
innocent, but...

..I don't know anymore.

..I don't know anymore.

Don't know what to believe.

And if I don't know
that, if I don't know...

..what I believe, then...

What will I do?

That's 20 years
of my life wasted.

With no one to blame but myself.

You have to go.

To Libya.

I don't even know if
he's alive or dead.

I don't want you to, but it's
the only way you'll find out.

You have to find him
and you have to ask him.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[SOFT MUSIC]

[SOFT MUSIC]

[AIRPLANE ENGINE WHOOSHING]

[LOW, TENSE MUSIC]

[LOW, TENSE MUSIC]

Taxi?

[DRIVER SPEAKING ARABIC]

Where do you want to go?

Will you take me here?

[DISTANT g*nf*re, SHOUTING]

It's too dangerous.
I have money.

It's too dangerous.
I have money.

How much do you need?

Yalla. Get in.

[DISTANT g*nshots]

[MAN YELLING IN ARABIC]

[EXCLAIMS IN ARABIC]

Who are they?

Militia. [SPEAKS ARABIC]

Many, many militia everywhere.

[TAPPING ON WINDOW] [LOW,
TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[TAPPING ON WINDOW] [LOW,
TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[CONVERSATION IN ARABIC]

[CONVERSATION CONTINUES]

[MILITIA MEN SPEAKING
ARABIC] [GATE CLATTERS]

Thank you.

Ah, add it to my tip.

[DISTANT g*nf*re AND EXPLOSIONS]
[LOW, TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[DOG BARKING]

[CAR DOOR CLOSES]

[INTERCOM BUZZING]

[INTERCOM BUZZING]

[SPEAKING ARABIC]

[SPEAKING ARABIC]

Uh, I'm Jim Swire.

Jim Swire. I'm from England.

I've come to see Baset.

[SPEAKING ARABIC] I'm
here to see Baset.

[SPEAKING ARABIC] I'm
here to see Baset.

I'm here to see Baset.
[SHOUTING IN ARABIC]

[SPEAKING ARABIC]

Bye-bye.

Baset!

Baset! [SPEAKING ARABIC]

Baset! [SPEAKING ARABIC]

Alright! [SPEAKING ARABIC]

Baset! It's Jim!
[AISHA SPEAKING ARABIC]

It's Jim. [SPEAKING ARABIC]

It's Jim. [SPEAKING ARABIC]

Thank you.

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR OPENS]

Ghada. It's just me.

I promise you, I came alone.

I needed to see him, so I came.

Then you're crazy.

Then you're crazy.

Yes, probably.

Is he here?

[SPEAKING ARABIC]

[SPEAKING ARABIC]

[SPEAKING ARABIC]

Come with us.

[DOOR OPENS]

[AISHA SPEAKING ARABIC]

[AISHA SPEAKING ARABIC]

[ALL GREETING IN ARABIC]

You shouldn't have come.

I had to.

Libya is a dangerous
country. You could be k*lled.

Libya is a dangerous
country. You could be k*lled.

I realise that.

Come.

Please.

[DOOR CLOSES]

I know why you have come.

It was not to inquire
after my health.

It was not to inquire
after my health.

I phoned. I wrote letters.

I did not reply.

I saw this as a friendship.

It is friendship.

It is.

I gave you my word.

I broke my word.

Forgive me.

I know that dropping my appeal means
you're still not released from this.

I know that dropping my appeal means
you're still not released from this.

Why did you?

I had no choice.

I was allowed only to return
home to my family to die here.

I was allowed only to return
home to my family to die here.

Under one condition.

I still remain guilty.

I am only a tiny player in a...

I am only a tiny player in a...

..far greater game.

They don't care
about my innocence.

They never have.

They never have.

I am no use to anyone
as an innocent man.

Only to you.

[LOW, SOMBRE MUSIC]

But I am tired now.

But I am tired now.

And I am dying.

I cannot take them on. I
cannot prove them wrong.

I cannot take them on. I
cannot prove them wrong.

But you...

You can keep fighting.

[MUTTERS]

[BUZZING]

[SPEAKING ARABIC]

[SPEAKING ARABIC]

[DOOR CLOSES]

We have worked on this together,
myself, Ghada, and John Ashton.

We had to keep it secret,

We had to keep it secret,

for fear of censorship.

John will publish
the findings soon.

Please, Jim. Open, open.

PT/35b.

The timer fragment.

The key piece of evidence
against my father.

The head of the FBI
investigation, Richard Marquis,

The head of the FBI
investigation, Richard Marquis,

said that without it, there would
not have been an indictment.

Without it, there is no
case against my father.

But John Ashton met the technician
who built the MEBO timer boards.

From the timers that
were supplied to Libya.

Mmm. He told him that the
circuitry on MEBO boards was coated

Mmm. He told him that the
circuitry on MEBO boards was coated

with an alloy of 70%
tin and 30% lead.

That is how he always
constructed them.

That is how he always
constructed them.

But PT/35b was
coated with pure tin,

no lead whatsoever.

No lead whatsoever.

The fragment is not
from a MEBO board.

It was not sold to Libya.

But Feraday in court,
the forensics expert,

But Feraday in court,
the forensics expert,

he swore that the timer fragment
was similar in all respects...

..to the sample boards
obtained from MEBO.

..to the sample boards
obtained from MEBO.

Feraday's notes.

The page is dated August 1991,

four months before
his forensic report.

Four months before
his forensic report.

He records that the metallic
coating on the fragment is pure tin.

But here, on this
page, he also states

But here, on this
page, he also states

that the metallic coating on
the sample board itself was...

You see? You see
what he's written?

You see? You see
what he's written?

In other notes, he even speculated
why there could be discrepancies.

He knew they weren't
an exact match.

He knew they weren't
an exact match.

The question is, who else knew?

The Scottish police,
the Crown office,

The Scottish police,
the Crown office,

the prosecution, DOJ, CIA?

[LOW, SOMBRE MUSIC]

PT/35b...

..was planted.

The timer fragment has
no connection to Libya,

The timer fragment has
no connection to Libya,

and no connection to my father.

It was used only to frame him.

The whole case against me
dissolves into thin air.

The whole case against me
dissolves into thin air.

[SIGHS] [DOOR OPENS]

[ALL SPEAKING ARABIC]

Dr Jim Swire.
[GREETS IN ARABIC]

Jim...

How did I survive so long?

How did I confound
medical expertise?

How did I confound
medical expertise?

Here... is the answer.

We have lived so
long with the dead...

We have lived so
long with the dead...

..and we must never forget them.

But how much sweeter...

But how much sweeter...

..to be with the living.

[GENTLE MUSIC]

[GENTLE MUSIC]

[SIGHS]

When I die, Jim...

..I am going to a place
where I hope to see Flora.

I will tell her...

..that her father is my friend.

Go back, Jim. Go
home to your family.

Go back, Jim. Go
home to your family.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

Dr Swire?

Our father is not
the Lockerbie bomber.

Our father is not
the Lockerbie bomber.

He's a good man.

He's lucky to have
you as a friend.

He's lucky to have
you as a friend.

Thank you.

[DOOR OPENS]

[INDISTINCT
ANNOUNCEMENTS OVER PA]

[INDISTINCT
ANNOUNCEMENTS OVER PA]

[INDISTINCT
ANNOUNCEMENTS OVER PA]

Back in one piece.

Have you got
another trip in you?

Have you got
another trip in you?

Skye, me, the kids,
the grandkids.

Will you come?

Am I wanted?

[SOFT STRING MUSIC]

[SOFT STRING MUSIC]

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

[MUSIC FADES, ENDS]

I'll leave you to it.

So where do you think
the fragment came from?

We think, Baset, Ghada,
John Ashton, myself,

we think it was planted,

somewhere along the line.

Somewhere along the line.

Planted where?

Well, it could have been planted
by the US intelligence services,

or the UK's, or both of
them conspiring together.

Or the UK's, or both of
them conspiring together.

It's happened before.

Is that what happened here?

Is that what happened here?

Have they fooled the
world for 30 years?

If you think about
everything that's happened,

is it really so wild a claim?

Let Iran off the hook, blame
the rogue state, Libya.

Let Iran off the hook, blame
the rogue state, Libya.

Maybe there's some
truth in that.

Younger Murray believed it.

Younger Murray believed it.

"Just asking the question."
I've still got questions.

[CHUCKLES]

I'll never run out of them.

Why did Gaddafi want to get
one man back to Libya so badly?

Why was it so important to him?

Popularity? Yeah.

Popularity? Yeah.

Partly, because Megrahi
is a hero, a martyr.

We saw that when he
got off that plane.

I think he was involved, Jim.

I really do.

I think Iran wanted revenge
for its Airbus being shot down.

I think Iran wanted revenge
for its Airbus being shot down.

They farmed it out
to the PFLP-GC,

but then they got busted
by the German police.

So someone else
stepped forward. Libya.

So someone else
stepped forward. Libya.

I think when they handed Megrahi
and Fhimah over to be tried,

they didn't think
they'd be convicted.

They didn't think
they'd be convicted.

There wasn't enough evidence.
But he was found guilty.

Gaddafi owed it to
Megrahi to get him home.

Gaddafi owed it to
Megrahi to get him home.

He owed it to all his
security service personnel

for keeping him in power.

But just because it
was a sham trial,

But just because it
was a sham trial,

it doesn't make
Megrahi innocent.

It was Libya.

It was also Iran.

It was also Iran.

And Syria. And the Palestinians.

You believe all of them?

I don't think we ever truly
realise how much the West is hated.

And no wonder. Look
how we act, what we do.

And no wonder. Look
how we act, what we do.

Look how we justify it.

I mean, always someone else.

Never us.

You might never find the answer
you're looking for. You know that?

You might never find the answer
you're looking for. You know that?

Well, there, Murray, I
have to disagree with you.

That's new evidence.

That's new evidence.

No one can dispute it. No
one. Changes everything.

So the fight goes on.

Well, of course
the fight goes on.

Well, of course
the fight goes on.

They're gonna write that on
your gravestone, you know that?

Well, I'm not planning
one of those just yet.

It's been a hell of
a ride, Dr Swire.

It's far from over, Murray.

It's far from over.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Can I pay for that?

What's that?

The Lockerbie disaster.

What was that?

[WEATHER REPORT ON RADIO]

But again, essentially,
a dry picture.

And as I mentioned, warming
up as the week goes on.

And that's how it's looking at
the moment. Susan, back to you.

And that's how it's looking at
the moment. Susan, back to you.

SUSAN: Thank you, Helen.
That was Helen Willets.

[BELLS CHIME]

[BELLS CHIME]

[ON RADIO] BBC News at 6:00.
This is Peter Donaldson.

[ON RADIO] BBC News at 6:00.
This is Peter Donaldson.

[CLOCK CHIMES ON RADIO]

Good evening.

The only person to be convicted
of the Lockerbie bombing

The only person to be convicted
of the Lockerbie bombing

has died of cancer
at his home in Libya.

David Cameron said the death
of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi

was a moment to remember the
victims of what he called

was a moment to remember the
victims of what he called

an "appalling t*rror1st act."

The Scottish government has said
investigations into the bombings

will continue.

An earthquake has
struck northern Italy...

An earthquake has
struck northern Italy...

[CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]
[LOW, SOMBRE MUSIC]

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

WILL: Go! Come on!
Run, run, run, run!

[LAUGHS]

[SIGHS]

CATHY: Isabel! Archie, come on!

CATHY: Isabel! Archie, come on!

He's dead.

I don't know what to say.

At some kind of
peace now, hopefully.

But not you.

But not you.

Well, he's gone, but...

..it's not the end, no.

..it's not the end, no.

There was a time I envied you.

There was a time I envied you.

Your persistence, your anger.

How it drove you on.

Well, if I'd done nothing,

if I'd just sat down and
cried, I'd never have stopped.

All these years.

On and on and on.

It's always for her.

It's always been for her.

That night, the
night it happened...

..do you remember
the awful waiting?

Not knowing if she
was alive or dead?

[SOFT STRING MUSIC]

[SOFT STRING MUSIC]

Sometimes I think we're no closer
to the truth now than we were then.

Maybe the only truth is... we'll
never really know what happened.

And that breaks my heart.

But once I started to accept
that I may never get an answer,

But once I started to accept
that I may never get an answer,

I may never know...

..it meant that I could go on.

And I will.

For them.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[CHEERING] WILL:
Come on, come on.

[CHEERING] WILL:
Come on, come on.

You can't give up. I know that.

I know.

I know.

[SOFT MUSIC CONTINUES]

[CLEARS THROAT]

[CHUCKLES]

Lucas, I wanna catch this!

Lucas, I wanna catch this!

[CHEERING]

Oh, now things are going to
change up. Granddad's playing.

Oh, now things are going to
change up. Granddad's playing.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES]

Look out over here.
Probably better get way out.

[BALL THUDS] Oh! Yeah!

We got out! We got him out!

[SOFT MUSIC CONTINUES]

[SOFT MUSIC CONTINUES]

[MUSIC FADES, ENDS]

[LOW, SOMBRE MUSIC]

JIM [MEMORY]: It's too full.

FLORA: [WHISPERING] It's fine.

Ta-da! [LAUGHTER]

WILL: Dad, Mum, come here.

WILL: Dad, Mum, come here.

JANE: Why? What is it?

A newsflash.

A plane's gone down.

It won't be her
flight. It can't be.

It won't be her
flight. It can't be.

CATHY: What's going on?

Cathy, did Flora
make her flight?

Yeah, I think so. Oh!

So all your damn computers,

and you can't say whether
my child is on that plane!

WOMAN: We have
confirmation for you.

The passenger list has
been checked and verified.

Flora MacDonald Margaret Swire was
a passenger on Pan Am Flight 103.

I'm afraid there
are no survivors.

I'm afraid there
are no survivors.

[JANE AND CATHY SOBBING]

CATHY: [SOBBING] No...

CATHY: [SOBBING] No...

No, no.

[LOW, SOMBRE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[LOW, SOMBRE MUSIC CONTINUES]

MEGRAHI: We have lived
so long with the dead,

but how much sweeter
to be with the living.

MURRAY: It's been a hell
of a ride, Dr Swire.

LORD SUTHERLAND: Guilty.

[SILENT SCENE]

[SILENT SCENE]

[SILENT SCENE]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]

Be with us.

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[CROWD CHEERING]

[MUSIC SWELLS]

[MUSIC SOFTENS]

[MUSIC SOFTENS]

Go and have the
time of your life.

FLORA: Love you, Dad.

[LOW, SOMBRE MUSIC]

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

[LOW, SOMBRE MUSIC CONTINUES]

[MUSIC FADES, ENDS]

[MUSIC FADES, ENDS]

[LOW, SOMBRE MUSIC]

[THEME MUSIC]