Toxic Town | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Jack Thorne |
Directed by | Minkie Spiro |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 |
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Executive producers |
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Producer | Delyth Scudamore |
Running time | 60 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | Netflix |
Toxic Town is an upcoming British drama miniseries, written by Jack Thorne. It follows the story of three mothers involved in the Corby toxic waste case.
The four-part series will premiere on Netflix on February 27, 2025. [1]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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1 | TBA | Minkie Spiro | Jack Thorne | TBA |
2 | TBA | Minkie Spiro | Jack Thorne | TBA |
3 | TBA | Minkie Spiro | Jack Thorne and Amy Trigg | TBA |
4 | TBA | Minkie Spiro | Jack Thorne | TBA |
In August 2023, it was announced that Netflix had commissioned a four-part series written by Jack Thorne and based on the 2009 Corby poisonings and the subsequent environmental court case, dubbed in some quarters as "the British Erin Brockovich". [2] Thorne said that Toxic Town would focus on "these funny, brave, incredible women and the way they scrapped for their children". [3] The series is produced by Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones' production company Broke & Bones with Minkie Spiro as director and Amy Trigg as co-writer of the third episode. [4]
In August 2023, Jodie Whittaker, Aimee Lou Wood, Robert Carlyle, Rory Kinnear, Toby Eden and Brendan Coyle were confirmed in the cast. [5] Claudia Jessie, Joe Dempsie, and Michael Socha joined the cast in September. [6] In December 2023, Lauren Lyle joined the cast. [7]
The production began under an Equity union contract so fell outside the 2023 actors' strike. [8] Principal photography on the project started in September 2023. [9] Filming took place in Breightmet, in Bolton that month. [10] Filming also took place in Stockport, Holmfirth, [11] Liverpool, [12] and Sale. [13]
The series is expected to be broadcast on Netflix on 27 February 2025. [14] [15]