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In 1970, the Soviet Union begins construction of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the nuclear city of Pripyat.

Tha an sreath de cheithir phàirtean a’ dèanamh coimeas eadar sealladh an aonaidh Shobhietich de utopia theicneòlach ann an Pripyat agus an lèirsgrios niùclasach Chernobyl ann an 1986. Tro theisteanasan dhaoine, tasglann, agus sgrùdadh eòlaichean, tha e a’ rannsachadh a’ bhuaidh a th’ aige air a’ chinne-daonna, am mealladh, agus a’ bhuaidh mhaireannach a th’ aig an tubaist niùclasach as miosa san t-saoghal. Air innse thairis air ceithir caibidealan – Pàrras, Tubaist, Breugan agus Dìleab – tha an sreath a’ foillseachadh mar a tha mearachdan dhaoine agus diùltadh poilitigeach air àrd-amas a thionndadh na lèirsgrios.

Series that contrasts the Soviet vision of a technological utopia in Pripyat with the catastrophic 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Through eyewitness testimony, archival footage, and expert analysis, it explores the human cost, systemic deception, and long-term consequences of the world’s worst nuclear accident.

Told chronologically across four chapters - Paradise, Accident, Lies, and Legacy - the series reveals how human error and political denial turned ambition into catastrophe.

Dubbed in Gaelic with English subtitles

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45 minutes

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Tue 21 Apr 202621:00

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