Five television movies not to miss in May
'Catch-22', co-directed by George Clooney, and the return of 'Fleabag' with Phoebe Waller-Bridge, to the 'Chernobyl' dramatization and the smallscreen adaptation of Neil Gaiman's book 'Good Omens', here are five TV series not to miss in May. Chernobyl In April 1986, Europe faced a terrible nuclear disaster when the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded in the USSR. This five-part series dramatizes the event -- one of the worst manmade catastrophes in history - and tells the story of the brave men and women who made sacrifices to save Europe from unimaginable disaster. • Starring Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson Premieres May 6 on HBO Watch the trailer: Youtu.be/ s9APLXM9Ei8 Fleabag (season 2) Fleabag is still troubled by her best friend's suicide and has also got on the wrong side of her sister. Totally lost and increasingly selfdestructive, she crosses paths with a priest who becomes a friend and who shows her another side of life. Could this be the road to redemption? • Starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Olivia Colman Premieres May 17 on Amazon Prime Video Watch the trailer: Youtu.be/ aX2ViKQFL_k Catch-22 On a US military base on an Italian island during the Second World War, Colonel Cathcart is so obsessed with being promoted that he piles the pressure on his men and ramps up their missions. Amid the horrors of war, a soldier by the name of Yossarian tries to save his skin by pretending to be insane, but he finds himself faced with a catch -- the famous Catch 22 -“Anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy.”
• Starring Christopher Abbott, George Clooney, Kyle Chandler, Hugh Laurie Premieres May 17 on Hulu Watch the trailer: Youtu.be/ pFwvSj8cdS8 When They See Us Ava DuVernay returns with a show about the breakdown of the US criminal justice system during the “Central Park Five” case, which saw five young people falsely accused of committing a sexual assault on a female jogger in New York in the 1980s.
• Starring Vera Farmiga, Michael Kenneth Williams, Felicity Huffman