Chernobyl (2019)

What is the cost of lies?

TV Series · Drama · 1 season · Rated 8.7/10 on TMDB · First aired May 6, 2019 · Ended

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.

Created by Craig Mazin

Cast

• Jared Harris as Valery Legasov
• Stellan Skarsgård as Boris Shcherbina
• Emily Watson as Ulana Khomyuk
• Paul Ritter as Anatoly Dyatlov
• Jessie Buckley as Lyudmilla Ignatenko
• Adam Nagaitis as Vasily Ignatenko
• Sam Troughton as Alexandr Akimov
• Robert Emms as Leonid Toptunov
• Con O'Neill as Viktor Bryukhanov
• Adrian Rawlins as Nikolai Fomin
• Alan Williams as KGB Chairman Charkov
• David Dencik as Mikhail Gorbachev

Seasons

• Miniseries · 5 episodes · 2019

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