This was a breathtaking dramatisation of the horrors and chaos following a nuclear power plant disaster. It was 6 hours spanned over 5 weeks and compulsive viewing. Every programme in this series rattled my conscience in a way that few have in the past. Like so many people, I thought I had a fairly good idea of what happened following this nuclear power plant tragedy in 1986. But, on reflection, after watching this series, I realize I didn't.

The set depicting the Soviet Union at that time, the cast of actors playing the main characters, and very realistically portrayed.