In April 1986 an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the USSR becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.

In April 1986 an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the USSR becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.

Before his untimely death, composer Jóhann Jóhannsson was set to score this miniseries.

Reunites Emily Watson and Stellan Skarsgård who played a couple in Breaking the Waves (1996).