9.373 minSeason 1 • Episode 5
LatestValery Legasov, Boris Shcherbina and Ulana Khomyuk risk their lives and reputations to expose the truth about Chernobyl.
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.
Production
The irradiated dog scene will haunt your actual dreams.
Acting
Jared Harris delivers a career-defining nervous breakdown in real time.
Sound
That Geiger counter clicking? Pure psychological warfare.
Creator
Craig Mazin
Jared Harris
Valery Legasov
Stellan Skarsgård
Boris Shcherbina
Emily Watson
Ulana Khomyuk
Paul Ritter
Anatoly Dyatlov
Jessie Buckley
Lyudmilla Ignatenko
Adam Nagaitis
Vasily Ignatenko
Sam Troughton
Alexandr Akimov
Robert Emms
Leonid Toptunov
Con O'Neill
Viktor Bryukhanov
Adrian Rawlins
Nikolai Fomin
Alan Williams
KGB Chairman Charkov
David Dencik
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mark Lewis Jones
General Pikalov
Ralph Ineson
General Tarakanov
Barry Keoghan
Pavel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The cast learned proper Soviet-era drinking etiquette because apparently that's method acting now.
Mazin created this after a Reddit thread debunked false Chernobyl video game lore—yes, really. The finale's courtroom scene was filmed in an actual Soviet-era courthouse in Lithuania.
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