Toxic Town comes out a month after Bank of Dave 2, the film inspired by the true story of a man from Burnley who helped fight unethical payday loans companies. Jack Thorne's four-part series platforms another underrepresented part of the country, Corby in the East Midlands. It’s encouraging to see Netflix tackling more important stories that aren’t based in the south, even if it is with mixed results.
We kick off in Corby in 1995 when local women including Tracey and Susan, played by Sex Education’s Aimee Lou Wood and Doctor Who’s Jodie Whittaker, bond over the discovery that their babies are disabled. It turns out that dozens of children are similarly affected, and many display the same symptoms of underdeveloped fingers and toes.
