Chernobyl viewers stunned as final episode delivers ‘beautiful and terrifying’ conclusion to Sky Original’s historical drama

CHERNOBYL viewers revealed their astonishment as the final episode of the mini series delivered its heartbreaking and gripping conclusion.

Written and produced by Craig Mazin for Sky Atlantic and HBO, the show has won rave reviews from fans calling it an “absolute masterpiece of television”.

The Sky Original drama concluded tonight as it showed the fateful events of the disaster that happened on 26 April, 1986.

Armed with Legasov’s testimony at the trial of those deemed responsible, it showed a minute-by-minute account of the moments and doomed decisions leading up to the explosion.

A devastating epilogue revealed more about the lasting effects of Chernobyl, and the ultimate fates of the show’s characters.

Viewers of the show took to Twitter to express their admiration for the programme, with many citing it as one of the “best things” they watched in “years”.

One fan wrote: “Perfection. Beautiful and terrible, gripping and repulsive. The best production of any kind that has ever been made. Bravo. #Chernobyl #Chernobylfinale #ChernobylHBO”

Another added: “Wow #Chernobyl ending! Incredible series and what an awful disaster than ending!”

While one tweeted: “This mini-series is such a beautiful and terrifying depiction of #Chernobyl. Excellent cast and crew too!”

The praise continued for show as the reviews came.

One viewer commented: “Chernobyl is an absolute masterpiece of television. One of the best things I've watched in years.”

And one mused: “Just finished watching #Chernobyl on HBO and it left me completely dumbfounded. The sadness of the incident and all the things that lead to it are just unfathomable. I love science but it can also be very dangerous in the wrong hands”

The explosion and fire at the Chernobyl power plant on 26 April, 1986 — the world’s worst nuclear accident — was caused by human error.

According to the official Soviet recording, it puts the death toll figure at 31, however, the real amount is thought to be in the thousands, if not millions.

In the aftermath, 28 firemen died who tackled the blaze at the power plant in Pripyat as a result of Acute Radiation Syndrome.

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