The Corby Steelworks closed down in 1980 and was later demolished. However, problems began to arise when the local council mismanaged how it disposed of the toxic waste, leading locals to inhale ...

Is Toxic Town based on a true story? The Corby toxic waste case explained 18 March 2025, 16:09 Toxic Town has gained rave reviews. Picture: Netflix/Alamy ...

Netflix's drama, Toxic Town, starring the likes of Jodie Whittaker, Aimee Lou Wood and Robert Carlyle, is inspired by the true story of a group of British mothers who fought for the truth ...

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 ...

Toxic Town, written and created by Jack Thorne, tells the story of the Corby poisonings and the 2009 lawsuit against Corby Borough Council, including the heartbreaking story of Tracey Taylor and ...

Toxic Town on Netflix tells a horrifying true story, shining a light on a handful of mothers in the small English town of Corby whose exposure to poisonous dust was later linked to birth defects ...

It's a wide-spanning story that didn't get this level of national coverage at the time, and is for most viewers of Toxic Town the first exposure they're having to the Corby toxic waste scandal.

And with its 100% critics’ score and the kind of word-of-mouth buzz that makes a show unmissable, Toxic Town is shaping up to be one of Netflix’s most important releases of the year.

Toxic Town’s Real Life Case The Netflix series charts the decade the Corby mothers searched for answers — including the negligence that lead them into a legal battle with the Corby council.

Netflix’s new drama Toxic Town tells the true story of a group of women from Corby in Northamptonshire, UK, who gave birth to children with limb differences in the 1980s and 90s.

Toxic Town, starring Jodie Whittaker and Aimee Lou Wood, is the latest hit show out of Netflix, receiving an impressive 100 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. But how much of it is based on a true ...