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href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/jodie-whittaker\/\">Jodie Whittaker<\/a> and <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/sex-education-netflix\/\">Sex Education<\/a>’s Aimee Lou Wood, Toxic Town dramatizes a horrific scandal from the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>It tells one of the country’s biggest environmental scandals and the stories of the people involved in the Corby poisonings.<\/p>\n<p>The four-part programme follows a group of four mothers who fought for justice over more than 10 years after their children developed birth defects affecting their hands and feet in one of the UK’s most historically significant cases.<\/p>\n<p>In a landmark High Court ruling in 2009, Corby Borough Council was found negligent in its management of toxic waste at a former steelworks site in the town during the 1980s and 90s.<\/p>\n<p>The steelworks in Corby were closed in 1980, and the council then began demolishing the site to repurpose it, but waste was transported through nearby towns in the process.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SEI_238696146-930c.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22625310\" alt=\"Undated handout photo issued by Netflix of (left to right) Jodie Whittaker as Susan, and Aimee Lou Wood as Tracy, in Toxic Town, which is based on the Corby toxic waste scandal, which was blamed for causing birth defects in the area. Issue date: Wednesday February 5, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story SHOWBIZ ToxicTown. Photo credit should read: Ben Blackall\/Netflix\/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>A new drama based on a devastating true story is coming to Netflix (Picture: Ben Blackall\/Netflix\/PA Wire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Toxic dust was released in the air and would transfer between people in public spaces.<\/p>\n<p>18 mothers claimed there was a correlation between their babies being born with defects and the removal of toxic waste, launching an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The council denied it was negligent and that there was any link between the removal of waste to a quarry north of the site and deformities affecting hands and feet, but the court found there was a ‘statistically significant’ cluster of birth defects between 1989 and 1999, and the council later agreed to pay compensation to the children affected.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SEI_240314285-27cc.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22625309\" alt=\"Undated TV still from Toxic Town. Pictured: Toby Eden, Jodie Whittaker and Matthew James Hinchliffe. See PA Feature SHOWBIZ Download Reviews. WARNING: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature SHOWBIZ Download Reviews. PA Photo. Picture credit should read: Netflix, Inc.\/Ben Blackall. All Rights Reserved. NOTE TO EDITORS: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature SHOWBIZ Download Reviews.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Jodie Whittaker stars as one of the mum’s fighting for justice (Picture: Netflix, Inc.\/Ben Blackall. All Rights Reserved)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While the scandal was horrific, it’s become unknown to many people including Toxic Town writer Jack Thorne, who told Netflix Tudum: ‘I didn\u2019t know the story, I\u2019d never heard of the people involved, and I\u2019d never heard of the case until it was brought to me.’<\/p>\n<p>He added: ‘It had within it a lot of drama, whether it\u2019s the story of the trial itself, or whether it\u2019s the way that these women got together and battled together.’<\/p>\n<p>Thorne went on: ‘The more you look into it, the more complicated it all becomes, I\u2019ve done legal dramas before, but this one\u2026 being taken through the actual truth of it and seeing the journey that they had to go on in order to prove this, I found very surprising and shocking.’<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"409\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/SEI_239332304-4ba9.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22625311\" alt=\"Toxic Town Season 1. Key Art Jodie Whittaker as Susan - Toxic Town. Netflix ? 2024\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The series drops on Netflix in two days (Picture: Netflix)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As well as Jodie playing Susan McIntyre and Aimee as Tracey Taylor, the cast includes Bridgerton’s Claudia Jessie as Maggie Mahon, and features Robert Carlyle, Brendan Coyle and Rory Kinnear.<\/p>\n<p>In the trailer, Jodie’s character Susan, who is a real person whose son was born without fingers on one hand, says her son ‘has been in pain his entire life and it wasn’t his fault’.<\/p>\n<p>As she fights for justice, Aimee’s character Tracey adds: ‘I\u2019m here for them (the children) and the damage my council did them.’<\/p>\n<p>Early reviews have branded Jodie ‘flawless’ in the series, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2025\/feb\/22\/toxic-town-jodie-whittaker-is-absolutely-flawless-as-she-battles-real-life-injustice\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2025\/feb\/22\/toxic-town-jodie-whittaker-is-absolutely-flawless-as-she-battles-real-life-injustice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>’s Rachel Aroesti writing: ‘Toxic Town transforms a painfully sad tale of infuriating injustice into something that\u2019s just about bearable to watch.’<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Toxic Town drops on Netflix on Thursday, February 26.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page – we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{“@context”:”https:\/\/schema.org”,”@type”:”VideoObject”,”name”:”Metro.co.uk”,”duration”:”T2M6S”,”thumbnailUrl”:”https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/02\/05\/15\/94891355-0-image-a-4_1738768462383.jpg”,”uploadDate”:”2025-02-05T15:14:07+0000″,”description”:”Based on a true story, a group of mothers fight for justice in the wake of one of the worst toxic waste scandals in UK history.”,”contentUrl”:”https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2025\/02\/05\/2741911472688022316\/480x270_MP4_2741911472688022316.mp4″,”height”:270,”width”:480} To view this video<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/25\/netflix-is-about-to-add-flawless-drama-based-on-horrifically-underreported-true-story\/\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<svg class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\"> <use href=\"#icon-arrow-right\" xlink:href=\"#icon-arrow-right\"><\/use> <\/svg><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Netflix is about to add \u2018flawless\u2019 drama based on horrifically underreported true story<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1167"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1173,"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167\/revisions\/1173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}