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#5 · Chernobyl

Drama / History · 2019 · 1 season · 5 episodes
IMDb: 9.3 1,047,271 votes  TVmaze: 8.9   My rating: –
Show summary
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.

Season 1 2019 · 5 episodes · IMDb avg 9.52 My rating: –

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Chernobyl dramatizes the story of the 1986 nuclear accident, one of the worst man-made catastrophes - and of the sacrifices made to save Europe from disaster.
#EpisodeAired IMDbTVmazeMy Rating
1 1:23:45 2019-05-06 9.4
65,290		 8.3 –
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.
2 Please Remain Calm 2019-05-13 9.6
60,303		 8.4 –
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.
3 Open Wide, O Earth 2019-05-20 9.5
55,781		 8.5 –
Lyudmilla Ignatenko, a Pripyat resident, ignores warning about her firefighter husband's contamination; Valery Legasov lays out a decontamination plan, complete with human risks.
4 The Happiness of All Mankind 2019-05-27 9.3
52,797		 8.4 –
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.
5 Vichnaya Pamyat 2019-06-03 9.8
72,740		 8.8 –
Valery Legasov, Boris Shcherbina and Ulana Khomyuk risk their lives and reputations to expose the truth about Chernobyl.

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