Story Line
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.
“What is the cost of lies?”
Top 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
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Rating
8.7/ 10
First Aired
2019-05-06
Seasons
1 Season · 5 Episodes
Genres
Drama
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User Reviews (4)
Peter McGinn
10/10
•4/4/2020This is one of the best dramatic series I have watched in years. It can be difficult to maintain tension and drama describing true events that the viewer might be already aware of to some extent, but this program manages it nicely. It is a little pre...
Stephen Campbell
9/10
•5/8/2021**_Terrifying and sobering – as exceptional a piece of television narrative as you're ever likely to see_**
> _The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on t...
rsanek
4/10
•5/9/2022I was really excited for this series as I have read a good amount about the USSR and have a personal relationship to it, having been born in a former satellite country. But I came away disappointed. The series really drew out some scenes for no reaso...
Moatasem mohamed
10/10
•9/29/2023**very good series**