Chernobyl Open Wide, O Earth
Lyudmilla Ignatenko ignores warnings about limiting contact with her husband Vasily. Valery Legasov lays out a decontamination plan that will require drafting hundreds of thousands of men.
On 26th April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics became one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.
Primary Title
- Chernobyl
Episode Title
- Open Wide, O Earth
Date Broadcast
- Tuesday 10 December 2019
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 21 : 45
Duration
- 75:00
Episode
- 3
Channel
- Prime
Broadcaster
- Sky Network Television
Programme Description
- On 26th April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics became one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.
Episode Description
- Lyudmilla Ignatenko ignores warnings about limiting contact with her husband Vasily. Valery Legasov lays out a decontamination plan that will require drafting hundreds of thousands of men.
Classification
- AO
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Television mini-series--United States
- Television mini-series--United Kingdom
- Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986
- Disasters--Nuclear power plants
- Disasters--Soviet Union
Genres
- Drama
- History
- Thriller
Contributors
- Johan Renck (Director)
- Sanne Wohlenberg (Producer)
- Craig Mazin (Writer)
- Home Box Office (HBO) (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Television mini-series--United States
- Television mini-series--United Kingdom
- Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986
- Disasters--Nuclear power plants
- Disasters--Soviet Union