Name: Heavy Water
Released: 2009-04-28

True Stories

S2009 · E18 — Heavy Water

S2009:E18 · Heavy Water

Episodes

18 episodes in this season

The Great Chinese Art Revolution

60 min

A President to Remember

60 min

Black Gold

60 min

Red Oil

60 min

Kenya Murder Mystery

60 min

Act of God

60 min

Close Encounters in Siberia

60 min

Tears, Tiaras and Transsexuals

60 min

Another Perfect World

60 min

E10

Pray the Devil Back to Hell

60 min

E11

Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo

60 min

E12

Taking Liberties

60 min

E13

Life After the Fall

60 min

E14

Painting the Mind

60 min

E15

Dancing with the Devil

60 min

E16

Here's Johnny

60 min

E17

The Shock Doctrine

60 min

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Season 2009 · Episode 18 · Apr 28, 2009

On 26 April 1986, reactor four at Chernobyl nuclear power station exploded, sending an enormous radioactive cloud over northern Ukraine and neighbouring Belarus. The danger was kept a secret from the rest of the world and the nearby population went about their business as usual. May Day celebrations began, children played and the residents of Pripyat marvelled at the spectacular fire raging at the reactor. But after three days, an area the size of England was contaminated with radioactive dust, creating a 'zone' of poisoned land. Based on Mario Petrucci's award-winning poem, this is the story of the people who dealt with the disaster at ground-level: the fire-fighters, soldiers, 'liquidators', and their families. The poetry is read by David Bickerstaff, Francine Brody, Juliet Stevenson, David Threlfall and Samuel West.

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Heavy Water

Season 2009 · Episode 18 · Apr 28, 2009

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