
About
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.
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8.69/10

Moatasem mohamed
**very good series**
almost 2 years ago
rsanek
I was really excited for this series as I have read a good amount about the USSR and have a personal relationship to it, having been born in a former satellite country. But I came away disappointed. T... read more
about 3 years ago

Stephen Campbell
**_Terrifying and sobering – as exceptional a piece of television narrative as you're ever likely to see_** > _The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a to... read more
about 4 years ago

Peter McGinn
This is one of the best dramatic series I have watched in years. It can be difficult to maintain tension and drama describing true events that the viewer might be already aware of to some extent, but ... read more
about 5 years ago
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Cast

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

Alex Ferns
Glukhov

Fares Fares
Bacho

Michael McElhatton
Prosecutor Andrei Stepashin
Director
Lukas Kudapcenka
Third Assistant Director
Tautvydas Savukaitis
Second Second Assistant Director

Måns Månsson
Second Unit Director
Francesc Prat Duten
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Chris Roufs
Script Supervisor

David Meanti
First Assistant Director
Brett Thomas
Second Assistant Director
Evelina Verčinskaja
Second Second Assistant Director
Creator

Craig Mazin
Screenplay