Jodie Whittaker shines a light on another hidden British scandal in Toxic Town - 4/5 It’s ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ all over again as Jodie Whittaker heads a fine cast bringing a historic injustic

Early into Toxic Town, it got me thinking about Bank of Dave, and that’s before Rory Kinnear showed up. Both are stories about ordinary people from lesser-known, working-class parts of the U.K.; both are about community spirit and standing up to authority by putting power in the hands of ordinary people.

The alarming story is based on a real incident, when people in the English town of Corby inhaled toxic dust that was later linked to birth defects in a cluster of children. The 2009 ruling against Corby represented the first time a civil court in England made the connection between birth defects and the negligent management of toxic waste in the air.