Chernobyl

IMDb

9.3/10

Age

12+

Written by Craig Mazin and directed by Johan Renck, this five-part HBO and Sky historical drama from 2019 retells the 1986 explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Jared Harris plays scientist Valery Legasov, Stellan Skarsgard plays party official Boris Shcherbina and Emily Watson plays physicist Ulana Khomyuk as they race to stop the catastrophe and uncover why it happened. Firefighters, miners and liquidators pay the price of Soviet secrecy in a tense, haunting thriller about truth and lies.

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