Toxic Town tells the story of a group of mothers who take on their local council over toxic waste mismanagement that led to their children's disabilities

Netflix's Toxic Town has become the streaming service's biggest TV show in the UK and tells the story of a groundbreaking scandal in Corby, Northamptonshire

Netflix tells the story of the Corby mothers who fought for justice after their children were born with severe deformities due to the council's failure to remove toxic waste properly

A Netflix drama based on a town's toxic waste scandal is now available to stream. 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".

Do Netflix viewers the world over want to watch a drama featuring the inner workings of Corby Borough Council? The ratings for their new drama Toxic Town will tell. And you can be certain that the BBC will have a wary eye on those viewing figures because the corporation has been justifying its existence of late by saying that it tells the kind of British stories that US streamers wouldn’t touch,

The latest in an increasingly long list of power-to-the-people British dramas platforming inspiring true stories and underrepresented parts of the U.K., Toxic Town joins Mr. Bates vs the Post Office and two Bank of Dave movies as another very good drama with an earnest sense of righteousness propping it up.

In the early 2000s, news of the Corby poisonings sent shockwaves across the nation – but the story began much earlier than that. If you’re unfamiliar with the true events, we’re about to see them play out all over again in Netflix’s new limited series,