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Chernobyl

HBO · English · 2019–2019

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Cernobîl · Çernobil · Černobiļa · Černobyl · Černobylis · Csernobil · Czarnobyl · Tšernobyl · Tsjernobyl · Tsornobõl · Τσέρνομπιλ · Чарнобыль · Чернобил · Чернобиљ · Чернобыль · Чорнобиль · צ'רנוביל · チェルノブイリ · 切尔诺贝利 · 체르노빌

Cernobîl · Çernobil

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Episodes: 5
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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.

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Season 15 episodes · 2019

Episode 1 · 7 May 2019 · 01:00 · 65 min
1:23:45
April 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.
Episode 2 · 14 May 2019 · 01:00 · 70 min
Please Remain Calm
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.
Episode 3 · 21 May 2019 · 01:00 · 66 min
Open Wide, O Earth
Lyudmilla Ignatenko, a Pripyat resident, ignores warning about her firefighter husband's contamination; Valery Legasov lays out a decontamination plan, complete with human risks.
Episode 4 · 28 May 2019 · 01:00 · 71 min
The Happiness of All Mankind
Valery 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.
Episode 5 · 4 Jun 2019 · 01:00 · 78 min
Vichnaya Pamyat
Valery Legasov, Boris Shcherbina and Ulana Khomyuk risk their lives and reputations to expose the truth about Chernobyl.