Chernobyl
The Happiness of All Mankind
Season 1, Episode 4 · Aired 2019-05-27
Synopsis
Valery Legasov and Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Boris Shcherbina consider using lunar rovers to remove radioactive debris, while Ulana Khomyuk faces government hurdles in determining the truth about the cause of the explosion.
In the series
This episode is part of Chernobyl (2019) on HBO/Sky.
Five episodes of institutional failure and radioactive truth — limited series as moral document.
Key cast
- Jared Harris as Valery Legasov
- Stellan Skarsgård as Boris Shcherbina
- Emily Watson as Ulana Khomyuk
- Paul Ritter as Anatoly Dyatlov
- Jessie Buckley as Lyudmilla Ignatenko