I loved this. I had only learned through a BBC radio program about the Chernobyl disaster about a year before I watched this. But watching this series helped me understand the extent of the disaster better. I obviously can't speak to its authenticity or its adherence to the facts because I simply have no basis for that, but for simple viewing pleasure this is very very good. It's gritty, intense and even educative - If not for nuclear science, at least for human frailty.