Chernobyl is a 2019 historical drama television miniseries that revolves around the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 and the cleanup efforts that followed. The series was created and written by Craig Mazin and directed by Johan Renck. It features an ensemble cast led by Jared Harris, Stellan SkarsgÄrd, Emily Watson and Paul Ritter. The series was produced by HBO in the United States and Sky UK in the United Kingdom.
The five-part series premiered simultaneously in the United States on May 6, 2019, and in the United Kingdom on May 7. It was critically acclaimed. At the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards, it received nineteen nominations and won for Outstanding Limited Series, Outstanding Directing, and Outstanding Writing, while Harris, SkarsgÄrd, and Watson received acting nominations. At the 77th Golden Globe Awards, the series won for Best Miniseries or Television Film and SkarsgÄrd won for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film.
While the series was exhaustively researched, some liberties were taken for dramatic purposes. The release of each episode was accompanied by a podcast in which Mazin and NPR host Peter Sagal discuss these changes and the reasoning behind them. Critics, experts and witnesses have noted certain minor historical and factual discrepancies in the show, though the creators' attention to detail has been widely praised.
Cast and characters[]
- Jared Harris - Valery Legasov
- Stellan SkarsgÄrd - Boris Shcherbina
- Emily Watson - Ulana Khomyuk
- Paul Ritter - Anatoly Dyatlov
- Jessie Buckley - Lyudmilla Ignatenko
- Adam Nagaitis - Vasily Ignatenko
- Con O'Neill - Viktor Bryukhanov
- Adrian Rawlins - Nikolai Fomin
- Sam Troughton - Aleksandr Akimov
- Robert Emms - Leonid Toptunov
- David Dencik - Mikhail Gorbachev
- Mark Lewis Jones - Vladimir Pikalov
- Alan Williams - Charkov
- Alex Ferns - Andrei Glukhov
- Ralph Ineson - Nikolai Tarakanov
- Barry Keoghan - Pavel Gremov
- Fares Fares - Bacho
- Michael McElhatton - Andrei Stepashin
International broadcast[]
| Country | Network | Local title |
|---|---|---|
| United States | HBO, HBO Max | Chernobyl |
| United Kingdom | Sky Atlantic | |
| Australia | Fox Showcase | |
| Austria | ORF 1 | |
| Belgium | Telenet, Tipik | |
| Canada (English) | Crave | |
| France | OCS, M6 | |
| Germany | Sky Atlantic, ProSieben | |
| Italy | Sky Atlantic, La7 | |
| New Zealand | SoHo | |
| Netherlands | Ziggo Movies & Series | |
| Switzerland | RTS Un | |
| Canada (French) | Super Ăcran | Tchernobyl |
| Czech Republic | HBO | Äernobyl |
| Hungary | HBO | Csernobil |
| Israel | HOT, yes, Cellcom TV | ŚŠ'ŚšŚ ŚŚŚŚ |
| Japan | Star Channel | ăă§ă«ăăă€ăȘ |
| Poland | HBO | Czarnobyl |
| Russia | Amediateka | ЧДŃĐœĐŸĐ±ŃĐ»Ń |
| Serbia | HBO | ЧДŃĐœĐŸĐ±ĐžŃ |
| South Korea | Watcha Play | ìČŽë„Žë žëč |
| Ukraine | 1+1 | Đ§ĐŸŃĐœĐŸĐ±ĐžĐ»Ń |