Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown

Name: Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 8
Cast: Adam Higginbotham, Galia Ackerman, Wyatt Andrews, Olena Mokhnyk, Karena Kalmbach

Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown (2026)

Seasons: 1, episodes: 4

Episode runtime: 44 min

Documentary

United States, United Kingdom

National Geographic

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Production

CNN Original Series, Windfall Films, National Geographic Channels International

Premiere

19 April 2026

Last episode

20 April 2026

Status

Completed

Scenario

Adam Higginbotham

Composer

Alex Gruz

Producer

Tom Cook

All team (16)

Actors

Adam Higginbotham

themself

Galia Ackerman

themself

Wyatt Andrews

themself

Olena Mokhnyk

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Karena Kalmbach

themself

Nikolai Steinberg

themself

Petr G. Khmel

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Igor Kirschenbaum

themself

All actors and roles (10)

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.