Home > Chernobyl > Miniseries « TV Series Page Chernobyl: Miniseries (2019) Episode List All Critics | Top Critics TOMATOMETER 95% Average Rating: 8.83/10 Season Reviews: 44 Fresh: 42 Rotten: 2 Critics Consensus: Chernobyl rivets with a creeping dread that never dissipates, dramatizing a national tragedy with sterling craft and an intelligent dissection of institutional rot. 90% Average Rating: 8.72/10 Season Reviews: 20 Fresh: 18 Rotten: 2 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Critic Consensus: Chernobyl rivets with a creeping dread that never dissipates, dramatizing a national tragedy with sterling craft and an intelligent dissection of institutional rot. AUDIENCE SCORE 98% Average Rating: 4.8/5 User Ratings: 688 + WANT TO SEE Share on Facebook Post Want to See Add Rating My Rating × Want to See Post Share on Facebook Episodes 1 1:23:45 Air date: May 6, 2019 April 26, 1986, Ukrainian SSR. Plant workers and firefighters put their lives on the line to control a catastrophic 1986 explosion at a Soviet nuclear power plant. More 2 Please Remain Calm Air date: May 13, 2019 With untold millions at risk after the Chernobyl explosion, nuclear physicist Ulana Khomyuk (Emily Watson) makes a desperate attempt to reach Valery Legasov (Jared Harris), a leading Soviet nuclear physicist, and warn him about the threat of second explosion that could devastate the continent. More 3 Open Wide, O Earth Air date: May 20, 2019 Lyudmilla Ignatenko (Jessie Buckley), a Pripyat resident, ignores warning about her firefighter husband's (Adam Nagaitis) contamination; Valery Legasov (Jared Harris) lays out a decontamination plan, complete with human risks. More 4 The Happiness of All Mankind Air date: May 27, 2019 Valery Legasov (Jared Harris) and Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Boris Shcherbina (Stellan Skarsgård) consider using lunar rovers to remove radioactive debris, while Ulana Khomyuk (Emily Watson) faces government hurdles in determining the truth about the cause of the explosion. More 5 Vichnaya Pamyat Air date: Jun 3, 2019 Valery Legasov (Jared Harris), Boris Shcherbina (Stellan Skarsgård) and Ulana Khomyuk (Emily Watson) risk their lives and reputations to expose the truth about Chernobyl. More Chernobyl: Miniseries Videos 0:44 Chernobyl: Mini-Series Date Announcement Teaser 1:15 Chernobyl: Mini-Series Trailer - In The Weeks Ahead 2:28 Chernobyl: Mini-Series Trailer 0:44 Chernobyl: Mini-Series Episode 3 Trailer View All Videos (4) Chernobyl: Miniseries Photos View All Photos (2) Tv Season Info CHERNOBYL dramatizes the 1986 nuclear accident, one of the worst human-made catastrophes in history, and tells the story of the brave men and women who made incredible sacrifices to save Europe from unimaginable disaster, all the while battling a culture of disinformation. Genre: Drama Network: HBO Premiere Date: May 6, 2019 Creator: Craig Mazin Exec. Producers: Carolyn Strauss, Jane Featherstone, Craig Mazin Cast Jared Harris as Valery Legasov Paul Ritter as Anatoly Dyatlov Jessie Buckley as Lyudmilla Ignatenko Adrian Rawlins as Nikolai Fomin Emily Watson as Ulana Khomyuk Stellan Skarsgard as Boris Shcherbina Con O'Neill as Viktor Bryukhanov Sam Troughton Ralph Ineson Adam Nagaitis Mark Lewis Jones Fares Fares David Dencik Ross Armstrong Philip Barantini Barry Keoghan Show More Cast News & Interviews for Chernobyl: Miniseries 2019 TV Premiere Dates Calendar Prestige TV MVP Jared Harris Gets Darker Than Ever in Gripping Chernobyl View All Chernobyl: Miniseries News Episodes 1 1:23:45 Air date: May 6, 2019 April 26, 1986, Ukrainian SSR. Plant workers and firefighters put their lives on the line to control a catastrophic 1986 explosion at a Soviet nuclear power plant. More 2 Please Remain Calm Air date: May 13, 2019 With untold millions at risk after the Chernobyl explosion, nuclear physicist Ulana Khomyuk (Emily Watson) makes a desperate attempt to reach Valery Legasov (Jared Harris), a leading Soviet nuclear physicist, and warn him about the threat of second explosion that could devastate the continent. More 3 Open Wide, O Earth Air date: May 20, 2019 Lyudmilla Ignatenko (Jessie Buckley), a Pripyat resident, ignores warning about her firefighter husband's (Adam Nagaitis) contamination; Valery Legasov (Jared Harris) lays out a decontamination plan, complete with human risks. More 4 The Happiness of All Mankind Air date: May 27, 2019 Valery Legasov (Jared Harris) and Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Boris Shcherbina (Stellan Skarsgård) consider using lunar rovers to remove radioactive debris, while Ulana Khomyuk (Emily Watson) faces government hurdles in determining the truth about the cause of the explosion. More 5 Vichnaya Pamyat Air date: Jun 3, 2019 Valery Legasov (Jared Harris), Boris Shcherbina (Stellan Skarsgård) and Ulana Khomyuk (Emily Watson) risk their lives and reputations to expose the truth about Chernobyl. More Critic Reviews for Chernobyl Miniseries All Critics (44) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (42) | Rotten (2) they've done a really great job depicting the emergency... [And] It's this amped-up version of the debate that we have now about issues like global warming and our inability to agree on facts apart from political spin. May 7, 2019 | Full Review… Eric Deggans NPR Top Critic Chernobyl returns HBO to the forefront of networks daring to tell difficult stories of import without any seeming concerns about whether or not they'll be "hits." May 6, 2019 | Rating: A | Full Review… Ed Bark Uncle Barky Top Critic Chernobyl is a thorough historical analysis, a gruesome disaster epic replete with oozing blisters and the ominous rattle of Geiger counters, and a mostly riveting drama. May 6, 2019 | Full Review… Sophie Gilbert The Atlantic Top Critic Director Johan Renck distils dread from every shot of drifting smoke, sifting particles and insidiously seeping waters. May 3, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Suzi Feay Financial Times Top Critic Chernobyl is relentlessly bleak, but it has a remarkable cumulative power. May 3, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review… Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com Top Critic This isn't just a gripping five-part disaster film but an examination of Soviet news-speak in its late-stage death throes. It's intelligent, at times intricate, explanatory journalism, especially about nuclear power technology. May 2, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review… Verne Gay Newsday Top Critic The gripping five-part miniseries, Chernobyl, manages to viscerally recreate it - the horror, heroism and sheer folly of it all. May 16, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Alison de Souza The Straits Times (Singapore) It is likely that the future will see that Chernobyl left a much deeper and longer impression on culture than Bill Nye's burning of the iconic schoolroom earth. May 16, 2019 | Full Review… Charles Mudede The Stranger (Seattle, WA) There is much beauty, much ugliness. May 13, 2019 | Full Review… Euan Ferguson Observer (UK) No piece of dramatised non-fiction has ever felt this authentic. May 8, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… Pat Stacey The Herald (Ireland) View All Critic Reviews (44) Audience Reviews for Chernobyl: Miniseries There are no featured audience reviews yet. Click the link below to see what others say about Chernobyl: Miniseries! 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