"Toxic Town" is about mothers and children affected by toxic waste in Corby, UK. Much of the show revolves around Susan McIntyre, played by "Doctor Who" actor Jodie Whitaker.

Claudia Jessie stars as Maggie Mahon in Toxic Town, who is based on a real-life person. Her husband worked driving one of the lorries and, as shown in Toxic Town, she would have to beat all of the dust off of his clothes.

Here is the true story of Netflix's Toxic Town which tells an emotional account of the Corby toxic waste scandal.

A new Netflix series puts a dramatic lens on one of the biggest environmental scandals in U.K. history — one that left dozens of children with birth defects

It's a fitting time to remember that the Netflix series wouldn't have had the same impact without the women at the heart of it.

Includes spoilers for the show 'Toxic Town' Netflix's latest mini-series that's captured UK audiences is Toxic Town, a dramatisation of the true story of a group of Corby mothers who battled for justice when their children suffered as a result of one of the UK’s biggest environmental scandals.

Stars of Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey and more tell a real-life story in Jack Thorne's new Netflix drama Toxic Town.

Netflix's new drama Toxic Town revisits one of the UK's biggest environmental scandals: the Corby toxic waste case. The series tells the story of families fighting for justice after children in the Northamptonshire town were born with birth defects,

The drama has already shown a disregard for basic health and safety requirements in the work and clearly demonstrated how the local people were being exposed to toxic dust and ele