The Chernobyl Disaster Firestorm (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary

The Chernobyl Disaster

Firestorm (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 45 min | Documentary

With the reactor on fire and radiation spewing out into the atmosphere, firefighters battle to bring the blaze under control.

Director

Stuart Strickson

Producers

Maria Drovnenkova | Kathryn Parker

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Release date

Jul 13, 2022 (United Kingdom)

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Ben Fogle Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Ai Means Love (2011)
Claire L. Corkhill Self, Professor of Mineralogy and Radioactive Waste Management Self, Professor of Mineralogy and Radioactive Waste Management See fewer	The Chernobyl Disaster (2022)
Steve Jones Self, Chief Technology Officer, Nuclear AMRC Self, Chief Technology Officer, Nuclear AMRC See fewer	The Chernobyl Disaster (2022)
Fred Pearce Self, author of 'Fallout: Disasters, Lies, and the Legacy of the Nuclear Age' Self, author of 'Fallout: Disasters, Lies, and the Legacy of the Nuclear Age' See fewer	The Chernobyl Disaster (2022)
Ian Fitzgerald Self, author of 'Chernobyl: The Devastation, Destruction and Consequences of the World's Worst Radiation Accident' Self, author of 'Chernobyl: The Devastation, Destruction and Consequences of the World's Worst Radiation Accident' See fewer	The Chernobyl Disaster (2022)
Mykola Steinberg Self, Chief Engineer of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant Self, Chief Engineer of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant See fewer	The Chernobyl Disaster (2022)
Viktor Bryukhanov Self, director of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (archive footage) Self, director of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (archive footage) See fewer	Radiophobia (2006)
Serhii Plokhy Self Self See fewer	Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Jim Smith Self, Professor of Environmental Science Self, Professor of Environmental Science See fewer	The Chernobyl Disaster (2022)
Natalya Chernyshova Self, Senior Lecturer in Modern European History Self, Senior Lecturer in Modern European History See fewer	The Chernobyl Disaster (2022)
Vladimir Kagan Self, electrical engineer Self, electrical engineer See fewer	The Chernobyl Disaster (2022)
Geraldine Thomas Self, Professor of Molecular Pathology (as Gerry Thomas) Self, Professor of Molecular Pathology (as Gerry Thomas) See fewer	The Chernobyl Disaster (2022)
Mikhail Gorbachev Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Meeting Gorbachev (2018)
Margaret Thatcher Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	SDI Star Wars (1991)
Aleksandr Maruhin Self, helicopter pilot Self, helicopter pilot See fewer	The Chernobyl Disaster (2022)
Robert Peter Gale Self, leukemia researcher (as Robert Gale) Self, leukemia researcher (as Robert Gale) See fewer	Chernobyl: The Final Warning (1991)