The True Scandal Behind Netflix's ‘Toxic Town'
A new Netflix series puts a dramatic lens on one of the biggest environmental scandals in U.K. history - one that left dozens ...
Toxic Town’s Jack Thorne: ‘We’re not looking at pain exclusively, but at resilience and survival’
February 26, 2025 at 3:23 a.m. ·9 min read If television is, as Jack Thorne described it in his 2021 MacTaggart lecture, “an ...
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The Old Vic’s A Christmas Carol to return
The Old Vic has announced that A Christmas Carol will return for its ninth consecutive year. Adapted by Jack Thorne and directed by Matthew Warchus, the production has become a fixture in the ...
Toxic Town: Writer Jack Thorne hopes Netflix show can inspire more like Mr Bates and the Post Office
Writer Jack Thorne said he wanted to bring the story of the mothers who campaigned for justice after their children developed birth defects. | ITV News Anglia ...
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Toxic Town writer Jack Thorne: ‘The industry is in panic – people aren’t telling the stories they want to’
If television is, as Jack Thorne described it in his 2021 MacTaggart lecture, “an empathy box”, then he is unquestionably one of its most empathetic contributors and a writer who feels his ...
Netflix Takes Stance On Poor Air Quality With Disappearing Billboards Promoting New UK Series ‘Toxic Town'
A set of giant Netflix billboards have been erected in the UK today promoting factual drama Toxic Town, but not everyone ...
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Top Broadway Shows to Watch in 2025: Upcoming Hits and Star Performances
Looking for what the best shows to see in 2025 on Broadway will be? Our editors have rounded up info on all of the Broadway ...
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Netflix’s Toxic Town Is a Battle Cry in Support of Experts and So-Called ‘Red Tape’
says Aimee Lou Wood’s character Tracey Taylor in Netflix’s Toxic Town. If Jack Thorne were a less sensitive screenwriter, that line might be seen as a gag in a drama about a group of mothers ...
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When Tracey's baby was born with a defect, she thought she did something wrong. Then she learned the truth.
In the industrial heart of a small town in England, between 1985 and 1998, a devastating environmental scandal was quietly ...
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Netflix's new drama Toxic Town divides critics who call it 'cheesy' but 'bingeable'
Early reviews of the drama starring Jodie Whittaker, Aimee Lou Wood and Rory Kinnear praised the cast performances and credited it with being very watchable, but accused writer Jack Thorne's script of ...
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Toxic Town, review: Netflix feels an odd home for this story of a particularly British scandal
Do Netflix viewers the world over want to watch a drama featuring the inner workings of Corby Borough Council? The ratings for their new drama Toxic Town will tell. And you can be certain that the ...