7.366 minSeason 1 • Episode 4
Latest2009. The mothers and council face each other in court. As both sides give their evidence, a key witness could change the course of the entire trial.
When dozens of babies in Corby are born with disabilities, their mothers embark on a battle to hold those responsible to account.
Acting
Whittaker's controlled fury versus Wood's raw devastation—chef's kiss.
Writing
Thorne makes toxic waste bureaucracy genuinely gripping. The monster.
Production
Corby's bleak industrial hellscape as character, not backdrop.
Creator
Jack Thorne
Jodie Whittaker
Susan McIntyre
Aimee Lou Wood
Tracey Taylor
Claudia Jessie
Maggie Mahon
Karla Crome
Pattie Walker
Robert Carlyle
Sam Hagen
Brendan Coyle
Roy Thomas
Rory Kinnear
Des Collins
Joe Dempsie
Derek Mahon
Michael Socha
Peter
Lauren Lyle
Dani Holliday
Stephen McMillan
Ted Jenkins
Ben Batt
Pat Miller
Matthew Durkan
Mark Taylor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Corby case took 18 years and was one of Britain's longest civil trials. The show condenses this to four episodes of pure emotional exhaustion.
Released amid ongoing UK water pollution scandals, making it accidentally more infuriating. The 'poisoned town' genre is having a British moment—see also Sherwood and The Sixth Commandment.
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