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Chernobyl

What is the cost of lies?

2019SeriesRating8.71 seasons5 episodesEnded
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The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

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Peter McGinn

@narrator56

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
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Stephen Campbell

@Bertaut

**_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
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rsanek

@rsanek

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 f
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