TV SERIES · 2019
Chernobyl
DramaThriller66 min per episode
In 1986, a reactor explodes at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, and the disaster widens by the hour as workers, firefighters, and nearby residents are sent into danger without understanding what they are facing. As radiation spreads and officials try to contain panic, scientists and government figures scramble to grasp what happened and prevent an even greater catastrophe. The cleanup becomes a brutal, improvised operation, with ordinary people ordered into impossible tasks and the truth repeatedly running up against secrecy and denial. Through figures played by Jared Harris and Emily Watson, the series follows the human cost of a catastrophe that keeps unfolding long after the blast itself.
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