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Cast

Jared Harris profile

Jared Harris

Valery Legasov

Episode count (5)

Stellan Skarsgård profile

Stellan Skarsgård

Boris Shcherbina

Episode count (5)

Emily Watson profile

Emily Watson

Ulana Khomyuk

Episode count (5)

Paul Ritter profile

Paul Ritter

Anatoly Dyatlov

Episode count (5)

Jessie Buckley profile

Jessie Buckley

Lyudmilla Ignatenko

Episode count (5)

Adam Nagaitis profile

Adam Nagaitis

Vasily Ignatenko

Episode count (5)

Sam Troughton profile

Sam Troughton

Alexandr Akimov

Episode count (5)

Robert Emms profile

Robert Emms

Leonid Toptunov

Episode count (5)

Con O'Neill profile

Con O'Neill

Viktor Bryukhanov

Episode count (5)

Adrian Rawlins profile

Adrian Rawlins

Nikolai Fomin

Episode count (5)

Alan Williams profile

Alan Williams

KGB Chairman Charkov

Episode count (5)

David Dencik profile

David Dencik

Mikhail Gorbachev

Episode count (5)

Mark Lewis Jones profile

Mark Lewis Jones

General Pikalov

Episode count (5)

Ralph Ineson profile

Ralph Ineson

General Tarakanov

Episode count (5)

Barry Keoghan profile

Barry Keoghan

Pavel

Episode count (5)

Alex Ferns profile

Alex Ferns

Glukhov

Episode count (5)

Fares Fares profile

Fares Fares

Bacho

Episode count (5)

Michael McElhatton profile

Michael McElhatton

Prosecutor Andrei Stepashin

Episode count (5)

Laura Elphinstone profile

Laura Elphinstone

Oksana

Episode count (3)

Michael Socha profile

Michael Socha

Mikhail

Episode count (3)

Karl Davies profile

Karl Davies

Viktor Proskuryakov

Episode count (3)

Jan Ričica profile

Jan Ričica

Oksana's Kid

Episode count (3)

Nadia Clifford profile

Nadia Clifford

Dr. Svetlana Zinchenko

Episode count (2)

Ron Cook profile

Ron Cook

Old Maternity Doctor

Episode count (2)

Donald Sumpter profile

Donald Sumpter

Zharkov

Episode count (2)

Philip Barantini profile

Philip Barantini

Bezpalov

Episode count (2)

Oscar Dyekjær Giese profile

Oscar Dyekjær Giese

Baranov

Episode count (2)

Baltasar Breki Samper profile

Baltasar Breki Samper

Ananenko

Episode count (2)

Gerard Kearns profile

Gerard Kearns

Pravik

Episode count (2)

Povilas Jatkevičius profile

Povilas Jatkevičius

Kibenok

Episode count (2)

Details

Status

Ended

Original language

en

Countries

GB, US

Number of seasons

1

Number of episodes

5

Reviews

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A review by Peter McGinn 10

April 4, 2020

This is one of the best dramatic series I have watched in years. It can be difficult to maintain tension and drama describing true events that the viewer might be already aware of to some extent, but this program manages it nicely. It is a little predictable in how it tells the story, by which I mean it uses several angles from different characters' points of view: the scientists and administrators representing the Russian government, the employees of the power plant and other disposable ...

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A review by Stephen Campbell 9

May 8, 2021

Terrifying and sobering – as exceptional a piece of television narrative as you're ever likely to see

The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. The name of the star was Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many died from the water, because it was made bitter.

  • Revelation 8:10-11
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A review by rsanek 4

May 9, 2022

I was really excited for this series as I have read a good amount about the USSR and have a personal relationship to it, having been born in a former satellite country. But I came away disappointed. The series really drew out some scenes for no reason, to the point where I felt the need to fast-forward (for example, essentially the ~entire 5 minutes of going under the core to open a valve). I was also frustrated that the series started right at the point of disaster; I think I would have appr...

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A review by Moatasem mohamed 10

September 29, 2023

very good series

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