Fans of the HBO and Sky show Chernobyl have hailed the show’s attention to detail and the realism of its portrayal of the disaster in 1986.
It portrays the buildup, the tragic event itself and the aftermath of the worst nuclear disaster in history.
However, it has been revealed there was a scene in the show that was edited to suit the Tv audience.
Speaking on This Morning, nuclear waste disposal expert Dr Claire Corkhill revealed the helicopter crash in episode one was not factually-accurate.
Some things a bit out of place
Dr Claire Corkhill
She revealed it actually happened weeks after the tragic event and was added to ramp top the drama in the TV series.
Speaking to Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, she revealed: “It’s so accurate that when I first started watching the show I thought it was filmed on site.
“The story has been really highly accurate and they’ve gone through a lot of detail and effort to research things from the costume of the time down to the exact thing that went wrong in the accident. It’s all really accurate.”
Looking to find any issues with the show, Holly asked: “Did they miss anything out?”
To which Dr Claire replied: “There were some things that were slightly innocuous, some things a bit out of place.
“There was a helicopter crash that happened in the first episode. It looked like it happened because it flew into a cloud of radiation, but in actual fact that
