Netflix arrives at Toxic Town

TRAILER: Jodie Whittaker, Aimee Lou Wood, Rory Kinnear and Robert Carlyle lead the cast of Toxic Town, a four-part limited series based on a real-life UK environmental scandal that is coming to Netflix on February 27.

Toxic Town is the story of the people at the heart of the Corby poisonings. Focusing on the mothers, who took on a David and Goliath battle for justice, the series traces through the years of their fight as a terrible truth comes to the surface.

Whittaker plays Susan McIntyre, with Wood as Tracey Taylor, Kinnear as Des Collins and  Robert Carlyle as Sam Hagen. The cast also includes Brendan Coyle (Roy Thomas), Claudia Jessie (Maggie Mahon), Joe Dempsie (Derek Mahon), Ben Batt (Pat Miller), Stephen McMillan (Ted Jenkins), Lauren Lyle (Dani Holliday), Michael Socha (Peter), Karla Crome (Pattie Walker), Matthew Durkan (Marc Taylor), Kobi Sadler (younger Connor) and Toby Eden (teenage Connor).

Produced by Broke & Bones, it is written by Jack Thorne, with episode three written by Thorne and Amy Trigg. It is directed by Minkie Spiro.

Executive producers are Annabel Jones, Spiro, Charlie Brooker, Thorne and Euros Lyn. The producers are Delyth Scudamore and Patricia Tookey-Dickson.

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