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First look at new BBC and Netflix Lockerbie drama

BBC/Netflix Peter Mullan in a scene from The Bombing of Pan Am 103 - his character seems to be in either a church or at a vigil, and is singing a hymn while other characters hold candlesBBC/Netflix
The Bombing of Pan Am 103 is scheduled to air later this year on BBC One

The BBC and Netflix have unveiled the first images for a new drama examining the Lockerbie disaster.

The Bombing of Pan Am 103 is scheduled to air later this year, and will focus on the Scottish and American investigators assigned to the 1988 tragedy, which claimed 270 lives.

SAS Rogue Heroes star Connor Swindells, Severance actress Merritt Wever and award-winning Scots actor Peter Mullan will star in the six-part series.

It is the second drama to air this year based on Lockerbie, after a Sky production starring Colin Firth was met with a mixed reaction from families of the victims.

In a statement the BBC and Netflix said the new programme would be centred around the search for evidence on the ground in Scotland, before taking in the trial at Camp Zeist in 2000 and the ongoing build-up to a new trial in the USA.

It will also "highlight the human impact on the investigators, the families and the Lockerbie community".

Other stars in the new show include Eddie Marsan, Phyliss Logan and Tony Curran.

BBC/Netflix Connor Swindells in character in the show - he is sitting a desk, mostly in darkness, while holding a telephone receiver in his hands. He is wearing a suit, has a serious expression on his face and has short dark hair. BBC/Netflix
Connor Swindells will play a leading role in the new show

Pan Am Flight 103 was brought down on 21 December 1988, killing 259 passengers and crew and another 11 residents in Lockerbie.

The disaster remains the worst act of mass murder in British legal history.

In 2001, a Scottish court sitting in the neutral Netherlands ruled the bombing was an act of state-sponsored terrorism carried out by Libyan intelligence.

Three judges decided Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was part of the plot and convicted him of playing a central role in the bombing.

Megrahi was to serve a life sentence in Scotland but was sent back to Libya in 2009 on compassionate grounds after being diagnosed with cancer. He died in 2012.

Some relatives of British victims, led by the English GP Dr Jim Swire, maintained that Megrahi was innocent, and the real culprits were Iran and a Syrian-backed group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command.

Dr Swire's book Lockerbie: A Search for Truth inspired the Sky production, which was broadcast in January.

BBC/Netflix Merritt Wever in character in The Bombing of Pan Am 103 - she is smiling while in a cafe. She has a light yellow suit on, and short blonde hair.BBC/Netflix
Merritt Wever has appeared in a host of shows, including Nurse Jackie and Severance
BBC/Netflix Eddie Marsan and Tony Curran in character from the show - they are standing in an air field. with a truck out of focus behind them. Marsan has a moustache and short dark hair, while wearing a duffel coat - he has a clipboard in his hands. Curran is looking back over his shoulder with his hands on hips. He has a light grey jacket and a blue shirt on. BBC/Netflix
Eddie Marsan and Tony Curran will both appear in the new series

The investigation gained momentum after the 2011 fall of the Gaddafi regime in Libya.

This later led to Abu Agila Masud being charged with making the bomb that detonated on the flight.

He was due to go on trial in May after pleading not guilty, but the case has been postponed after both the prosecution and defence sought a delay.

The new series has been written by novelist Jonathan Lee and Scottish screenwriter Gillian Roger Park, and directed by Michael Keillor.

It will air on BBC One in the UK and Ireland, and via Netflix globally.