Chernobyl: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: Chernobyl
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, History
• Premiere date: 2019-05-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-06-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: HBO
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 70 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 30770
• IMDb ID: tt7366338
• TVDB ID: 360893

Cast and credited roles

• Jared Harris — Valery Legasov
• Stellan Skarsgård — Boris Shcherbina
• Jessie Buckley — Lyudmilla Ignatenko
• Emily Watson — Ulana Khomyuk
• Paul Ritter — Anatoly Dyatlov
• Sam Troughton — Alexandr Akimov
• Adam Nagaitis — Vasily Ignatenko
• Robert Emms — Leonid Toptunov
• Adrian Rawlins — Nikolai Fomin
• Con O'Neill — Viktor Bryukhanov
• Alan Williams — KGB First Deputy Chairman Charkov
• Ralph Ineson — General Tarakanov

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-05-06; final listed air date 2019-06-03; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

Adapted from Chernobyl on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.