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Starring Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård and Emily Watson, the five-part miniseries dramatizes the story of the 1986 nuclear accident — one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history — and the sacrifices made to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
Original Release
05/06/2019 on hbo
US Release
05/06/2019
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Jessie Buckley | Lyudmilla Ignatenko |
Jared Harris | Valery Legasov |
Stellan Skarsgard | Boris Shcherbina |
Adam Nagaitis | Vasily Ignatenko |
Emily Watson | Ulana Khomyuk |
Paul Ritter | Anatoly Dyatlov |
Robert Emms | Leonid Toptunov |
Sam Troughton | Alexandr Akimov |
Karl Davies | Viktor Proskuryakov |
Michael Socha | Mikhail |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | 1:23:45 | Monday, 06 May 2019 |
2 | Please Remain Calm | Monday, 13 May 2019 |
3 | Open Wide, O Earth | Monday, 20 May 2019 |
4 | The Happiness of All Mankind | Monday, 27 May 2019 |
5 | Vichnaya Pamyat | Monday, 03 June 2019 |
Directors
Writers
Creators
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jessie Buckley | Lyudmilla Ignatenko |
Jared Harris | Valery Legasov |
Stellan Skarsgard | Boris Shcherbina |
Adam Nagaitis | Vasily Ignatenko |
Emily Watson | Ulana Khomyuk |
Paul Ritter | Anatoly Dyatlov |
Robert Emms | Leonid Toptunov |
Sam Troughton | Alexandr Akimov |
Karl Davies | Viktor Proskuryakov |
Michael Socha | Mikhail |
Laura Elphinstone | Oksana |
Jan Ricica | Oksana's Kid |
Adrian Rawlins | Nikolai Fomin |
Alan Williams | KGB Chairman Charkov |
Con O'Neill | Viktor Bryukhanov |
Douggie McMeekin | Yuvchenko |
Nadia Clifford | Dr. Svetlana Zinchenko |
David Dencik | Mikhail Gorbachev |
Gerard Kearns | Pravik |
Jamie Sives | Sitnikov |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Subramanian S. Iyer | Executive Producer |
Chris Fry | Executive Producer |
Gabriel Silver | Executive Producer |
Anne Mensah | Executive Producer |
Carolyn Strauss | Executive Producer |
Johan Renck | Executive Producer |
Craig Mazin | Executive Producer |
Witarina Mitchell | Producer |
Jane Yatsuta | Producer |
Tanya Sokolova | Producer |
Jacqueline Lesko | Producer |
Darko Skulsky | Producer |
Robert How | Producer |
Gary Tuck | Producer |
Sanne Wohlenberg | Producer |
Olga Kashirina | Producer |
Michael Kitaev | Producer |
Editors
Trailers
Behind the Scenes
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2020 | Golden Globe | Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | Won |
2020 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
2020 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | Won |
2020 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Limited Series | Won |
2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Nominated |
2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie | Nominated |
2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Nominated |
2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Won |
2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Won |
2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie | Won |
2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series, Movie or Special | Nominated |
2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) | Won |
2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie or Special | Nominated |
2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special (Original Dramatic Score) | Won |
2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Period Costumes | Nominated |
2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie | Won |
2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie | Nominated |
2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie | Won |
2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie or Special | Won |