HBO to Debut CHERNOBYL on May 6

The five-part miniseries CHERNOBYL debuts MONDAY, MAY 6 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), followed by other episodes subsequent Mondays at the same time, exclusively on HBO.

CHERNOBYL dramatizes the story of the 1986 nuclear accident, one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history, and of THE BRAVE men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster, all the while battling a culture of disinformation.

Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson, Paul Ritter, Jessie Buckley, Adrian Rawlins and Con O'Neill star in the miniseries.

Chernobyl was written by Craig Mazin and directed by Johan Renck. The series is executive produced by Carolyn Strauss, Jane Featherstone and Craig Mazin and co-executive produced by Chris Fry and Johan Renck. Sister Pictures and the Mighty Mint as an HBO/Sky Co-Production are producers on the miniseries, which was filmed on location in Lithuania.