Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown vs Wildest Places

Wildest Places has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.7/10 for Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown). Wildest Places is the older of the two (2019 against 2026). Both are documentary shows, so they suit a similar mood.

Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown posterChernobyl: Inside the Meltdown2026 VS Wildest Places posterWildest Places2019
Chernobyl: Inside the MeltdownWildest Places
Audience score★ 8.7/10★ 10.0/10
Year20262019
Seasons13
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country––
Creator / director––
Main castAdam Higginbotham, Galia Ackerman, Wyatt Andrews, Olena Mokhnyk, Karena KalmbachKevin Spink

Synopsis

Chernobyl: Inside the Meltdown

Featuring revealing interviews with survivors speaking publicly for the first time, alongside rare insight into the CIA and Soviet responses, this series exposes a web of secrecy, miscalculation, and human cost. Astonishing new footage from inside the nuclear exclusion zone reveals how this scarred landscape is once again under siege as war encroaches on one of the most dangerous places on Earth.

Wildest Places

Wildest Places is a 12-part television documentary series exploring some of the most incredible natural habitats on the planet and an extraordinarily diverse range of wildlife. With series titled Wildest Pacific, Wildest Antarctica and Wildest Australia, it includes amazing never-before-seen footage filmed over more than 10 years. Wildest Places is a visual feast that showcases astonishing aspects of animal life in an untamed world and features…

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