An intricately well crafted account of the events leading upto and post the potential world ending catastrophe of Chernobyl. This is one of those significant events that just gets a passing mention in the books, maybe a line or two under the "dangers of nuclear energy" section but we don't realize that the entire landscape of Asia and Europe if not the world would look vastly different had it not been handled properly.

The series looks at this event from multiple perspectives - the fairly accurate yet simple scientific descriptions, the engineering challenges faced by the cleanup committee, the medical aspect denoting the effects of radiation on the body (some of the most haunting scenes I've ever seen) and how it affects the families of the victims and the people who were forced to relocate, the political side showing that even in the face of potential extinction level catastrophe people individually as well as the governments as a whole are "obsessed with not being humiliated" and how this makes it even harder to correct the situation. A most honest and human tale that tries to get even the most minute details correct.

Brilliantly acted as well, Skarsgard and Harris make a good onscreen team. The rest of the cast is good as well, all bring their A game to the table. The result is a phenomenal five hours of damn good television. A must watch in a nutshell.

Not sure if they are going to make a sequel, but I would like to see their take on the Fukushima disaster as well.