"What is the cost of lies?"

2019- 2019

1 Seasons

5 Episodes

8.7(8115 votes)

Ended

Drama

Overview

The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Jared Harris

Valery Legasov

Stellan Skarsgård

Boris Shcherbina

Emily Watson

Ulana Khomyuk

Paul Ritter

Anatoly Dyatlov

Jessie Buckley

Lyudmilla Ignatenko

Adam Nagaitis

Vasily Ignatenko

Sam Troughton

Alexandr Akimov

Robert Emms

Leonid Toptunov

Con O'Neill

Viktor Bryukhanov

Adrian Rawlins

Nikolai Fomin

Creative team

Created by: Craig Mazin
Showrunner: Jane Featherstone
Carolyn Strauss
Written by: Svetlana Alexievich
Produced by: Sanne Wohlenberg

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