The Bombing of Pan Am 103 is one of the finest drama mini-series of its kind since 2019’s Chernobyl, says streaming columnist NICK OVERALL.

Crafting quality dramatised television that does justice to a tragic true story is no easy feat.

The right balance between quality story telling while remaining accurate and sensitive to the real-life impacts can be rare to see.

Netflix’s new drama series, The Bombing of Pan Am 103, thankfully strikes that balance. 

Based on the event, which came to be the UK’s deadliest terror attack, this new mini-series has drawn in millions of viewers and for good reason.

The infamous disaster unfolded on December 21, 1988, when a passenger aircraft exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie.

Around 38 minutes after takeoff a device hidden inside a suitcase detonated in the forward cargo hold.

The Boeing 747 broke apart with debris falling across the town.

Two-hundred-and-seventy people were tragically killed in the attack, including 11 residents of Lockerbie.

Almost 40 years since the day 103 went down, a new drama series looks to tell the story of how it happened and the devastating flow-on effects.

This six-part series produced by the BBC not only recounts the crash and how it impacted the tiny Scottish community, but also the elusive hunt that followed for those responsible.

It’s well-produced, well-acted television that thrills while also remaining sensitive to the true story at hand and is one of the finest drama mini-series of its kind since 2019’s Chernobyl.

AMAZON Prime Video is on a hot streak with young adult drama, just launching another hit on their platform called Sterling Point. 

This one follows 17-year-old Annie Jacobson (Ella Rubin), a New York teen trying to figure out her life while living with her twin brother and adoptive father.

Life gets turned unexpectedly on its head though when their estranged grandfather suddenly dies and leaves them one hell of an inheritance: an entire island in Canada.

There Annie not only finds a whole new group of friends but a whole new lease on life.

Sounds like a pretty sweet deal, right?

There’s always a catch. 

Annie soon finds her father is strangely hesitant about the twins moving and is afraid to let on why, setting the stage for a wealth of secrets that soon begin to unravel.

Fans who loved The Summer I Turned Pretty (also a hit on Prime Video) will find similar vibes here.

It’s a show that ticks all the teen drama boxes.

In doing so there’s not much left for those who don’t fit firmly in the age bracket though.

MEANWHILE Paramount Plus is trying to win over viewers with quite the opposite. 

Their new series Dalliance also features an ensemble of friends trying to navigate shifting relationships.

The difference? 

This group are all in their sixties.

It’s a demographic audiences see way less of in their streaming diet but a few recent hits are turning that around.

Earlier this year Netflix launched The Boroughs, a sci-fi series about a group of retirees trying to solve a cosmic mystery. Essentially Stranger Things, but with seniors.

Only Murders In The Building (on Disney Plus) also features a cast of characters in their sixties trying to crack open crime cases.

Dalliance, which features six episodes and starts streaming this week, takes that inspiration and plugs it into a new comedy-drama script set in and around Sydney.

It stars Hugo Weaving as Billy, a retired and weary cameraman who believes his life is well past its peak.

That is until one fateful harbour ferry trip in which he meets Dani (Heather Mitchell) a charismatic restaurateur that once again sets his soul alight.

The problem? Billy has been happily married for 40 years.

The sparks that emerge between the two go on to ignite a drama that puts relationships, friendships and families to the test.

A very early twist in the story will help hook viewers who may otherwise be undecided. 

Much like the aspirations of its main characters, here’s hoping the story doesn’t get old quickly.

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