Is it all rooted in truth? Here’s what we know about the inspiration behind Netflix’s Toxic Town.

"For them, the mothers and these children, to have their story told... it's amazing. It's something that's been buried for a long time in terms of people's perception." In the drama, the Downton Abbey ...

Toxic Town depicts the real-life battle of families in Corby whose children were born with defects in what Netflix described as "one of the UK's biggest environmental scandals". Here is everything you ...

In this powerful four-part drama inspired by a shocking true story, acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Jack Thorne tackles ...

Brendan Coyle portrays Roy Thomas, a local council leader who is fixtated on modernising Corby. Unlike other characters, Roy Thomas is not actually a real person, but is based on a combination of ...

Ben Blackall/Netflix Rory Kinnear as Des, Jodie Whittaker as Susan ... and work to actually empower not just themselves and their children, living or dead, but a whole community." ...

and Rory Kinnear. It follows the three women and the lawyer who spearheaded a class action suit against a local steel factory that they believe caused deformities in dozens of children born in ...

Early reviews of the drama starring Jodie Whittaker, Aimee Lou Wood and Rory Kinnear praised the cast performances and ... particularly from Whittaker and Wood as two mothers whose children were ...

A solicitor who represented families affected by a town's toxic waste scandal has called for a public inquiry and a "full apology". Years after Corby's steelworks were closed in 1980, mothers living ...

The true story of the Corby toxic waste scandal is the subject of Netflix series Toxic Town. Written by Jack Thorne (His Dark Materials), the series follows a group of mothers who are fighting for ...

Other cast members in the series include Robert Carlyle, Rory Kinnear, Michael Socha, Joe Dempsie, Brendan Coyle, Claudia Jessie, and Lauren Lyle. The series features a wealth of popular songs ...

Their fight for justice began after they realised too many children in their home town ... played in the drama by Rory Kinnear. Ahead of the series launching last week, Aimee Lou told the Mirror ...