Chernobyl

Episodes

Season 1 · 5 episodes

• E1 1:23:45
  May 6, 2019 59 min

  Plant workers and firefighters put their lives on the line to control a catastrophic 1986 explosion at a Soviet nuclear power plant.

• E2 Please Remain Calm
  May 13, 2019 65 min

  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.

• E3 Open Wide, O Earth
  May 20, 2019 62 min

  Lyudmilla Ignatenko, a Pripyat resident, ignores warning about her firefighter husband's contamination; Valery Legasov lays out a decontamination plan, complete with human risks.

• E4 The Happiness of All Mankind
  May 27, 2019 65 min

  Valery Legasov and Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Boris Shcherbina consider using lunar rovers to remove radioactive debris. Ulana Khomyuk faces government hurdles in determining the truth about the cause of the explosion.

• E5 Vichnaya Pamyat
  Jun 3, 2019 72 min

  Valery Legasov, Boris Shcherbina and Ulana Khomyuk risk their lives and reputations to expose the truth about Chernobyl.