Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown

Name: Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 8.7
Cast: Adam Higginbotham, Galia Ackerman, Wyatt Andrews, Olena Mokhnyk, Karena Kalmbach

Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown (2026)

Seasons: 1, episodes: 4

Episode runtime: 44 min

Average rating: 8.7/10 3

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Premiere

2026-04-19

Last episode

2026-04-20

Status

Ended

Country

United States, United Kingdom

Network

National Geographic

Production

Windfall Films, CNN Original Series, National Geographic Channels International

Genre

Documentary

Website

https://www.natgeotv.com/uk/special/chernobyl-inside-the-meltdown

Actors

Adam Higginbotham, Galia Ackerman, Wyatt Andrews, Olena Mokhnyk, Karena Kalmbach, Nikolai Steinberg, Petr G. Khmel, Igor Kirschenbaum, Ray Richardson, Hans Blix
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Scenario

Adam Higginbotham

Producer

Tom Cook, Alyona Synegina, Lyle Gamm, Carolyn Payne, Carlo Massarella, David Dugan, Katie Hinman, Amy Entelis

Operator

Composer

Alex Gruz

Editing

Benedict Jackson, Ian Strang
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Short description

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.