Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown

Name: Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-04-19
Rating: 8.8
Cast: Adam Higginbotham, Galia Ackerman, Wyatt Andrews, Olena Mokhnyk, Karena Kalmbach

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Documentary

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.

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Details

StatusEnded

First AiredApril 19, 2026

Last AiredApril 20, 2026

Episode Runtime44dk

Seasons1

Episodes4

TypeMiniseries

Origin CountryUnited Kingdom

Original LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

Keywords

technology radiation cold war investigation crisis miniseries educational environment contamination pripyat catastrophe power plant chernobyl disaster (1986)ukraine hazard

Production Companies

CNN Original Series

Networks

Last Episode

S1 E4 • 4/20/2026

Truth

14 months after the disaster, plant operators face a Soviet show trial. At the reactor, scientists hunt for the deadly remains of the radioactive fuel. As the USSR crumbles, an independent investigation reveals the true cause of the accident, and the full scale of the cover up. 40 years later, the nuclear exclusion zone turns into a war zone.

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