
Chernobyl
“What is the cost of lies?”
Producer: Sanne Wohlenberg
Overview
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.
Where to watch?
Data source: JustWatch
Episodes

S1.E1 · May 6, 2019
1:23:45
8.9April 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.
Go to episode page →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
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