Chernobyl's Dark Anniversary: Ben Fogle's Solo Exploration

0:00On April 26, 40 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster rocked the world on April 26, 1986, a new channel 5, documentary called Inside Chernobyl with Ben Fogel is dropping next week. It promises rare access to control room 4, where the whole nightmare kicked off, and Ben spends a full week solo in the exclusion zone. The real buzz, though, is his wild trigger warning on the Freeview app, flagging the chauffeur, quote, easily imitable, dangerous behavior. Folks are calling it straight up absurd, especially with tourism banned there now because of the war in Ukraine. Back in 86, a botched safety test on reactor number 4 caused a massive explosion, killing 30 plant workers and firefighters right away. It forced the evacuation of 50,000 people from Pripyat and spread radiation across Europe, hitting over 3.5 million folks and sparking thousands of thyroid cancer cases and kids. Channel 5 hasn't commented yet, but this isn't the first odd warning.

1:01A recent stage show based on a Cold War spy novel got flagged for gunshots. And harsh language too, makes you wonder where these cautions are headed. As we mark this grim anniversary, shows like Fogel's keep the story alive, reminding us how one unstable reactor changed everything forever.