Chernobyl
2019 · HBO · 70 min · 1 season
S01E05 · Vichnaya Pamyat
Tue, 4 June, 11:00 am
Valery Legasov, Boris Shcherbina and Ulana Khomyuk risk their lives and reputations to expose the truth about Chernobyl.
About
Chernobyl dramatizes the true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history and tells of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster. The miniseries focuses on the heartbreaking scope of the nuclear plant disaster that occurred in Ukraine in April 1986, revealing how and why it happened and telling the shocking, remarkable stories of the heroes who fought and fell.
Episodes
- E01
1:23:45
Tue, 7 May· 65 minApril 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.
- E02
Please Remain Calm
Tue, 14 May· 70 minWith 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.
- E03
Open Wide, O Earth
Tue, 21 May· 66 minLyudmilla Ignatenko, a Pripyat resident, ignores warning about her firefighter husband's contamination; Valery Legasov lays out a decontamination plan, complete with human risks.
- E04
The Happiness of All Mankind
Tue, 28 May· 71 minValery 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.
- E05
Vichnaya Pamyat
Tue, 4 June· 78 minValery Legasov, Boris Shcherbina and Ulana Khomyuk risk their lives and reputations to expose the truth about Chernobyl.
Cast
Jared Harris
Valery Legasov
Stellan Skarsgård
Boris Shcherbina
Jessie Buckley
Lyudmilla Ignatenko
Emily Watson
Ulana Khomyuk
Paul Ritter
Anatoly Dyatlov
Sam Troughton
Alexandr Akimov
Adam Nagaitis
Vasily Ignatenko
