HBO's Chernobyl

**Shaka_Khan** · 06-03-2019, 03:05

https://www.hbo.com/chernobyl

Chernobyl, a five-part miniseries co-production from HBO and Sky, dramatizes the story of the 1986 nuclear accident, one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history — and of the sacrifices made to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

Premiering May 6, and followed by subsequent episodes each Monday, Chernobyl stars Emmy-nominee Jared Harris (The Crown, Mad Men), Stellan Skarsgård (Melancholia, Good Will Hunting) and Oscar-nominee Emily Watson (Hilary and Jackie, Breaking the Waves).

Chernobyl is written and executive produced by Craig Mazin (The Huntsman: Winter’s War) and directed by Johan Renck (Breaking Bad). Produced by Sister Pictures and The Mighty Mint as an HBO/Sky co-production, Emmy-winner Carolyn Strauss (Game of Thrones) and Jane Featherstone (Broadchurch) serve as executive producers while Johan Renck and Chris Fry (Humans) co-executive produce. Sanne Wohlenberg (Black Mirror) also produces.

On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, Soviet Union suffered a massive explosion that released radioactive material across Belarus, Russia and Ukraine and as far as Scandinavia and western Europe.....

Has anyone watched this? I heard that it's one of the most scariest mini-series ever made.

**drone** · 06-03-2019, 13:26

I've been watching it. It's very well done, good acting and great atmosphere. If you do watch it, they also have a podcast, one per episode, with the producer Mazin, where they discuss the history of the episode's events and how the show tried to portray them. Also recommended, as in the former Soviet Union, fact was stranger than fiction...

**Gilrandir** · 06-03-2019, 17:33

Ukrianian people related to the powerplant and the procedure of liquidating the consequences have spotted some inaccuracies and slantings.

Meanwhile some British blame it for the lack of black characters.
https://www.rt.com/news/460958-chern...ersity-actors/
There were no blacks in or around the power plant, so introducing some would aggravate the extant shortcomings of the show.

**ReluctantSamurai** · 06-03-2019, 17:41

Ukrianian people related to the powerplant and the procedure of liquidating the consequences have spotted some inaccuracies and slantings

I find the mini-series very well done and highly entertaining. I am not familiar enough with all of the particulars to know what the inaccuracies/slantings are

And you just knew that PC would rear it's ugly head, at some point

**Gilrandir** · 06-03-2019, 17:51

Originally Posted by ReluctantSamurai

I find the mini-series very well done and highly entertaining. I am not familiar enough with all of the particulars to know what the inaccuracies/slantings are

I didn't watch the show, so I would repeat what I heard from people who did and who know the inside stuff (of the power plant, not of the show). They said it was ridiculous to show a leadboarded truck at the time of the accident - and even later military APCs were used to travel in the zone. Radiation meters were not fixed outside the vehicles - each of them was equipped with one inside. The helicopter fell into the ruins of the power plant half a year after the catastrophe - in October 1986. These are only the first 3 inadequacies mentioned in the article which I didn't read further.