Complete Miniseries
🎬 5 Episodes 📅 2019 ⏱ 73 min Ended ✅
Chernobyl revisits one of the most devastating nuclear disasters of the twentieth century, moving from the reactor explosion to the attempts to contain both the radiation and the truth. The series follows scientists, firefighters, officials, and ordinary people caught inside a crisis that could not be seen, ignored, or controlled for long. Rather than turning the disaster into spectacle, Chernobyl builds a tense historical drama about duty, denial, scientific truth, and the human cost of political failure.
📊 Season Stats
5
Episodes
2019
Year
73
min / ep
6.1
Watch Hours
1/1
Season No.
⭐ 9.3
Best Episode
Ep. 5 · Vichnaya Pamyat
Ended ✅
Status
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🎬 Episodes 5 episodes
1
⭐ 8.9
1:23:45
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.
🎬 Johan Renck ✍️ Craig Mazin
2
⭐ 9.2
Please Remain Calm
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.
🎬 Johan Renck ✍️ Craig Mazin
3
⭐ 9.0
Open Wide, O Earth
Lyudmilla Ignatenko, a Pripyat resident, ignores warning about her firefighter husband's contamination. Valery Legasov lays out a decontamination plan, complete with human risks.
🎬 Johan Renck ✍️ Craig Mazin
4
⭐ 8.8
The Happiness of All Mankind
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.
🎬 Johan Renck ✍️ Craig Mazin
5
⭐ 9.3
Vichnaya Pamyat
Valery Legasov, Boris Shcherbina and Ulana Khomyuk risk their lives and reputations to expose the truth about Chernobyl.
🎬 Johan Renck ✍️ Craig Mazin