After just three episodes, HBO’s five-part series, Chernobyl, has overtaken David Attenborough’s Planet Earth as the highest rated TV show in history.
In Australia, viewers can watch the series online for free on Foxtel by signing up for a 10-day free trial if you don’t have a subscription already.
The timing is such that you have ample opportunity to see all five episodes before your trial ends, and according to all the reviews of the show, it’s more than worth it.
Watch the trailer for Chernobyl below:
The mini-series focuses on the events of the catastrophic 1986 nuclear power plant disaster in Pripyat, northern Ukraine, in which a sudden power surge destroyed the structure in seconds and released a cloud of radioactive dust that extended as far as the United States.
So far, the show has explored the accident itself, as well as the immediate aftermath which required local workers to expose themselves to harmful levels of radiation in order to prevent further tragedy.
On IMDB, Chernobyl is currently rated 9.7, with a number of online reviews from people who grew up in the Soviet Union writing, “they got it right”.
