Fifty years later, the Watergate scandal still makes for some fascinating TV, with another layer of the story coming to viewers with HBO's new series White House Plumbers. The limited series tells the story of E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy, two of the prominent figures of the scandal that eventually caused Richard Nixon to resign from the US presidency.
But just how accurate is White House Plumbers? The series, created by Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck and starring Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux, Lena Headey and more definitely likes to play up the comedy of errors that led to this landmark historical event. So what in the series is true and what may have been added or enhanced to make for an entertaining watch?
