Chernobyl (2019) — series, 1 season, 5 episodes

Name: Chernobyl
Director: Craig Mazin
Genre: Drama
Released: 2019-05-06
Cast: Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson, Paul Ritter, Jessie Buckley

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About the series

After the explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the nearby city of Pripyat becomes the center of a disaster whose true scale authorities initially try to conceal. Radiation spreads beyond the plant, while residents remain unaware of the deadly danger surrounding them. Physicist Valery Legasov, Soviet official Boris Shcherbina, and hundreds of firefighters, plant workers, and liquidators are forced to confront the consequences of the accident. Working with limited information and at enormous personal risk, they struggle to contain the catastrophe and prevent an even greater disaster. At the same time, an investigation begins to uncover what caused the reactor to explode and how a chain of mistakes, negligence, and secrecy turned the accident into one of the worst nuclear disasters in history.

Seasons & episodes

1 season · 5 episodes

Season 1

2019 · 5 episodes

E01
1:23:45

06 May 2019 61 min

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.
E02
Please Remain Calm

13 May 2019 66 min

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.
E03
Open Wide, O Earth

20 May 2019 64 min

Lyudmilla Ignatenko, a Pripyat resident, ignores warning about her firefighter husband's contamination. Valery Legasov lays out a decontamination plan, complete with human risks.
E04
The Happiness of All Mankind

27 May 2019 67 min

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.
E05
Vichnaya Pamyat

03 Jun 2019 73 min

Valery Legasov, Boris Shcherbina and Ulana Khomyuk risk their lives and reputations to expose the truth about Chernobyl.