Drama

Chernobyl

What is the cost of lies?

8.7(7,987)

First Aired:May 6, 2019

Seasons:1 season

Episodes:5

Status:Ended

The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

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Cast

Jared Harris

Valery Legasov

Stellan Skarsgård

Boris Shcherbina

Emily Watson

Ulana Khomyuk

Paul Ritter

Anatoly Dyatlov

Jessie Buckley

Lyudmilla Ignatenko

Adam Nagaitis

Vasily Ignatenko

Sam Troughton

Alexandr Akimov

Robert Emms

Leonid Toptunov

Con O'Neill

Viktor Bryukhanov

Adrian Rawlins

Nikolai Fomin

Alan Williams

KGB Chairman Charkov

David Dencik

Mikhail Gorbachev

Mark Lewis Jones

General Pikalov

Ralph Ineson

General Tarakanov

Barry Keoghan

Pavel

Seasons & Episodes

E11:23:45

61m8.9

May 6, 2019

April 26, 1986, Ukrainian SSR. Plant workers and firefighters put their lives on the line to control a catastrophic 1986 explosion at a Soviet nuclear power plant.

E2Please Remain Calm

66m9.2

May 13, 2019

With untold millions at risk after the Chernobyl explosion, nuclear physicist Ulana Khomyuk makes a desperate attempt to reach Valery Legasov, a leading Soviet nuclear physicist, and warn him about the threat of second explosion that could devastate the continent.

E3Open Wide, O Earth

64m9.0

May 20, 2019

Lyudmilla Ignatenko, a Pripyat resident, ignores warning about her firefighter husband's contamination. Valery Legasov lays out a decontamination plan, complete with human risks.

E4The Happiness of All Mankind

67m8.8

May 27, 2019

Valery Legasov and Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Boris Shcherbina consider using lunar rovers to remove radioactive debris, while Ulana Khomyuk faces government hurdles in determining the truth about the cause of the explosion.