IMDB tends not count a lot of 10's and 1's but this was by far the best TV movie/mini-series I have watched since HBO's the Wire which was 15+ years ago.

Great direction by Johan Renck. He took his time with the camera when it was required. He guided the cast to give great performances that were compelling, riveting and just all out awesome.

The series as a whole is now my favorite Mini-series produced and I have probably watched it 5 times, if not more. It never gets boring.

I grew up in the USA but I remember this event vividly, how our entire freshman class was glued to TV coverage when it was found out what the Soviets were hiding from the world and the sheer horror of what was occuring is definitely displayed in the story and performances.

I actually lived in Syracuse NY when this event occurred but 7 years prior I lived in PA during the 3 mile island nuclear accident and while I lived about 120 miles from that event at the time to have another disaster hit within such a short span of time really started to raise my awareness on Nuclear power and the dangers involved when secrets are kept not just from personnel but from the public..

Still I cannot recommend this program enough YOU HAVE TO SEE IT!

You will endure some very unsettling moments in each episode, some of which I had to straight pause the playback and take a deep breath and mind you I am 48 years old so it definitely struck a major chord with me.

Now I am eagerly waiting the Blu-Ray release.