Chernobyl is a compelling, lacerating, gripping series that should be compulsory viewing for anyone who appreciates superb story-telling but who also loves the planet. It comprises a narrative of events that nearly saw an end to many of us but one that is told with a matter-of-fact urgency through acting of under-stated brilliance accompanied by settings and properties that are as real as they are unavoidable. The series is a tour-de-force. It is also stomach-churning and all the more scary because it is true.