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Day 135 - Tuesday 28th July 2020

Location: London, UK 

COVID-19 / Coronavirus Outbreak

Lockdown

Today we finished watching Chernobyl, the mini-series produced by Sky/HBO.

It has rightly been nominated for over a hundred accolades and won 64 so far.

I thought this was an incredible series, very well written and paced with excellent performances throughout. Not a binge watch though - you need 24hrs at least between episodes in my opinion!

The whole tragic, avoidable incident of the explosion at Chernobyl is quite extraordinary and I still find it hard to believe how recent it was.

If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it.  Not only do these stories and truth need to be better known, but it proves beyond doubt that cover-ups and lies lead ultimately to tragedy.

There is also an excellent podcast which accompanies the series called "The Chernobyl Podcast" which provided some further insight into the filming of the series, but also countless other stories and facts that they didn't have time to fit into the series.

Chernobyl: 5 more TV shows and films about Chernobyl you should watch | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV | Express.co.uk
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