What to Know About ‘Toxic Town,’ the True Story of Pollution-Fighting Parents

Netflix’s upcoming series, Toxic Town, will premiere later this month. It stars Jodie Whittaker, Aimee Lou Wood, Claudia Jessie, Rory Kinnear, Robert Carlyle, Brendan Coyle, and many others. This drama focuses on the secrets and truths of people living in the town of Corby, affected by poisonings, and is based on one of the worst environmental scandals in the UK. 

Toxic Town has unveiled a first look at what will happen in the series. Here, we’re breaking down everything we know about this compelling upcoming series.

What is Toxic Town About?

The press release for the series, published on Wednesday morning on Netflix’s website, states, “Based on one of the UK’s biggest environmental scandals, 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.”

Is there a trailer for Toxic Town?

Yes, check the trailer above.

Is Toxic Town based on a true story?

Yes, the series is based on the true story of an important scandal that changed the lives of people in the UK. The story focuses on a group of mothers (Whittaker, Wood, and Jessie will be portraying three of them in the series) who will be confronting face-to-face the council of Corby, who has been mishandling toxic waste, and its causing poisonings to the people that live in the town.

Jack Thorne, writer of Toxic Town, shared his thoughts in an interview with Netflix’s TUDUM by stating, “It’s a genuinely working-class story. It’s a story of people who are not part of the system that have never thought the system would work for them, working within the system and [fighting for] the result they deserved.”

Who is in the Toxic Town cast?

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

When does Toxic Town premiere?

Toxic Town will be premiering on Netflix on Thursday, February 27. This will be a limited series divided into four episodes.

See Whittaker, Wood, and Jessie as the mothers and more stars of Toxic Town in the gallery below.

Toxic Town, Series Premiere, Thursday, February 27, Netflix