Home > Chernobyl > Miniseries « TV Series Page Chernobyl: Miniseries (2019) Want to see Episode List Miniseries Chernobyl 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. 95% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 80 98% Audience Score User Ratings: 1760 NEW More Info × Close Want to see Super Reviewer Submit Super Reviewer Edit Review 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 0:39 Chernobyl: Mini-Series Episode 4 Trailer View All Videos (5) Chernobyl: Miniseries Photos View All Photos (14) 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 Best Emmys 2019 Moments: Phoebe Waller-Bridge Dominates and Startling Upsets Rotten Tomatoes’ 2019 Emmys Predictions 2019 TV Premiere Dates Calendar 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 (80) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (76) | Rotten (4) With renewed interest in the 33-year-old disaster has come a curious sense of moralizing proprietorship - which makes you wonder what, exactly, people are getting from the miniseries. Jun 14, 2019 | Full Review… Alison Willmore BuzzFeed News Top Critic 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 What makes one kind of false representation-language and accent-more acceptable than another, such as race? Aug 18, 2019 | Rating: D | Full Review… Dana Sloane Mediaversity Reviews "Chernobyl" the series has been nominated for 19 Emmy Awards, and it deserves all of them - especially for Harris and Skarsgärd but also for Emily Watson. Aug 2, 2019 | Full Review… Dan Webster Spokesman-Review (Washington) The triumph of Chernobyl as a mini-series, then, has less to do with its uncanny ability to present an accurate picture of the past, and more about its prescient ability to gaze forward. Jul 26, 2019 | Rating: A+ | Full Review… Warren Cantrell The Playlist It's hard to find a weak link in this show. Jul 19, 2019 | Rating: A | Full Review… Chris Stuckmann ChrisStuckmann.com View All Critic Reviews (80) Audience Reviews for Chernobyl: Miniseries 3d ago Incredible Tv show. Transcending the medium with a harrowing portrait of real life events. This is almost unbearable to watch. Must see. 20/09/2019 Brendan N Super Reviewer 4d ago Excellent performances and atmosphere David B 5d ago I don't think there's any film, TV series or anything else that really devastated me and shattered my heart and soul more than this. I'm all choked up. I literally have no words to say or write more than that now I value human lives and every moment in my life more than ever. (9/10) Ahmed A 6d ago The greatest thing on TV I've ever seen! Foyez A 6d ago Breath-taking, incredibly shot and well-written, Chernobyl is the best thing to come out of HBO since The Night Of . Hady M Sep 15, 2019 Socialism's finest hour. Put this on repeat. So we don't forget that socialism is the gateway to communism. Outstanding acting. The many liberties taken do NOT overshadow the overarching theme that powerful governments care nothing for the people and seek to only protect their own interests. Nothing has changed, as this happened again in 2019, but this time our own media failed to give it adequate air time. Scary. Naterial W Sep 14, 2019 Breath-taking, incredibly shot and well-written, Chernobyl is the best thing to come out of HBO since Game of Thrones´ season 4. Guille d Sep 12, 2019 An important show that everyone should see! Thomas C Sep 10, 2019 Incredible storytelling and cinematography. Summed up in the final line of the show, "That I once would fear the cost of truth, now I only ask, what is the cost of lies?" Aidan B Sep 08, 2019 awesome casting, great story Howie T See all Audience reviews News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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