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Chernobyl

2019
4.8
110 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (6)

1 1:23:45
5/6/19
Plant workers and firefighters put their lives on the line to control a catastrophic 1986 explosion at a Soviet nuclear power plant.
2 Please Remain Calm
5/13/19
With untold millions at risk after the Chernobyl explosion, nuclear physicist Ulana Khomyuk makes a desperate attempt to reach Legasov and warn him about the threat of second explosion that could devastate the continent.
3 Open Wide, O Earth
5/20/19
Lyudmilla ignores warnings about her firefighter husband's contamination; Legasov lays out a decontamination plan, complete with human risks.
4 The Happiness of All Mankind
5/27/19
Legasov and Shcherbina consider using lunar rovers to remove radioactive debris, while Khomyuk faces government hurdles in determining the truth about the cause of the explosion.
5 Vichnaya Pamyat
6/3/19
After being congratulated by the KGB for publicly affirming that the Chernobyl explosion was caused by "operator error," Legasov weighs the price of telling the truth at the upcoming criminal trial of Dyatlov, Bryukhanov and Fomin.
101 Trailer
6/5/19
Chernobyl' stars Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgard and Emily Watson in this story of the 1986 nuclear accident.

About this show

This five-part miniseries dramatizes the story of the 1986 nuclear accident, one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history. Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgard and Emily Watson star.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
110 reviews
Mary-Ellen Wayne
March 4, 2020
Great premium television programming! Thank you so much, HBO, Google Play, and others! Interesting subject matter area. Please consider doing further creative work in this direction and/or along these lines.
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Amy Henkel
June 29, 2019
Superb acting, storytelling, and cinematography. Explains what happened in layman's terms but with enough complexity that you can watch the whole series twice and catch all the subtle clues missed the first time around. Captures the time period perfectly and puts a human face on the often vilified soviet stereotype. Ends on a strong moral note that should make people think twice about their response to the current climate crisis.
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Omid H. Ardakani
February 23, 2020
This is the danger of totalitarian regimes that do not have any hesitation to sacrifice human life, truth, science. and ... for their grab to power.
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