Episode 2— Please Remain Calm
Aired May 13, 2019 · 70 min
Synopsis
With millions of lives at risk in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster, nuclear physicist Ulana Khomyuk urgently tries to reach Valery Legasov, a prominent Soviet nuclear scientist, to warn him about the possibility of a second explosion that could have catastrophic consequences for the continent.
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Emily Watson
as Ulana Khomyuk
Matthew Needham
as Dmitri
Nadia Clifford
as Dr. Svetlana Zinchenko
Rosie Sheehy
as Nurse Pripyat
Sam Troughton
as Alexandr Akimov
Robert Emms
as Leonid Toptunov
Karl Davies
as Viktor Proskuryakov
Ron Cook
as Old Maternity Doctor
Adam Nagaitis
as Vasily Ignatenko
Jessie Buckley
as Lyudmilla Ignatenko
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