The HBO series brought back plenty of memories for Aleksei Breus, 60, who was one of the engineers at the Chernobyl power plant. When the explosion happened at 1:23 a.m., Breus was asleep in his ...

But HBO's "Chernobyl" is still a drama, so parts are fictionalized. One character who was invented for the show, Ulana Khomyuk (played by Emily Watson), is portrayed as a whistleblower.

HBO's Chernobyl had been getting widespread acclaim for its depiction of the historical events that took place during the Chernobyl disaster. But how accurate was that depiction?

By now you've probably heard of HBO's haunting mini-series Chernobyl. It's the show everyone seems to be talking about and a few weeks ago it even took top spot on IMDb's TV show list, bumping the ...

Since the start of HBO’s mini-series about the 1986 nuclear disaster, “Chernobyl,” journalists have praised the series for getting the facts of the event right, even if its creators took ...

Masha Gessen writes about the truths and fictions of the HBO series “Chernobyl,” starring Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Jessie Buckley, and Emily Watson.

Chernobyl and Angels in America are among the greatest HBO miniseries of all time that can easily be considered masterpieces.

The mini-series, HBO’s “Chernobyl,” fictionalizes the events in the aftermath of the explosion and fire at the plant’s Unit 4 nuclear reactor. It has been one of the highest-rated shows on ...

The success of a television miniseries examining the world's worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl has driven up the number of tourists wanting to see the plant and the ghostly abandoned town that ...

Chernobyl on HBO and NOW TV dramatises the real story of the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster in Ukraine, 1986. The five-part series concluded at the beginning of June on HBO and Sky Atlantic.

The HBO series is still having a large post-finale place in the TV conversation, ... “Chernobyl” is a show about the dangers of hubris, the perils of ignoring expertise.

As HBO's Chernobyl wrapped up its five-episode run last week, reports have surfaced that the show has provided a tourism boost to the area which was decimated by nuclear disaster in 1986.