Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown
Featuring revealing interviews with survivors speaking publicly for the first time, alongside rare insight into the CIA and Soviet responses, this series exposes a web of secrecy, miscalculation, and human cost. Astonishing new footage from inside the nuclear exclusion zone reveals how this scarred landscape is once again under siege as war encroaches on one of the most dangerous places on Earth.
Videos
Top cast
Adam Higginbotham
Self
Galia Ackerman
Self
Wyatt Andrews
Self
Olena Mokhnyk
Self
Karena Kalmbach
Self
Nikolai Steinberg
Self
Petr G. Khmel
Self
Igor Kirschenbaum
Self
Ray Richardson
Self
Hans Blix
Self
Ihor Hodosov
Self
Witali Schkljarow
Self
Sergej Beljakow
Self
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Margaret Thatcher
Self (archive footage)
Seasons
Details
- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- April 19, 2026
- Last air date
- April 20, 2026
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 4
- Episode runtime
- 44m
- Network
- National Geographic
- Original language
- EN
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