{"id":36925,"date":"2023-09-18T13:44:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T11:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1891301"},"modified":"2023-09-18T14:55:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T12:55:09","slug":"bridgerton-star-claudia-jessie-joins-cast-of-jack-thornes-toxic-town","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/bridgerton-star-claudia-jessie-joins-cast-of-jack-thornes-toxic-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridgerton star Claudia Jessie joins cast of Jack Thorne\u2019s Toxic Town"},"content":{"rendered":"

The series is based on the real life story of the Corby poisonings. <\/p>

By Katelyn Mensah\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 18 September 2023 at 11:41 AM<\/p>

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Bridgerton\u2019s Claudia Jessie has joined the cast of Netflix\u2019s upcoming series Toxic Town<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jessie will star alongside Michael Socha<\/a> (Big Boys Don\u2019t Cry) and Joe Dempsie<\/a> (Games of Thrones) in the drama. The series will also feature Jodie Whittaker<\/a> (Doctor Who<\/a>), Robert Carlyle<\/a> (Transporting) and Aimee Lou Wood<\/a> (Sex Education<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Toxic Town is a four-part limited series based on the real life story of the Corby poisonings, one of the UK\u2019s biggest environmental scandals. As per Netflix<\/a>, the series is a story about community, focusing on three mothers who take on a David and Goliath fight for justice.<\/p>

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the rates of upper-limb defects in babies born in Corby were found to be three times higher than those of children born in the surrounding area, after toxic waste was transported through populated areas via open lorries. A lawsuit filed by 18 families was ultimately successful in 2009, with a settlement being reached in 2010.<\/p>\n

Claudia Jessie is best known for her role as Eloise Bridgerton in Shonda Rhimes\u2019s hit period drama<\/a>.\u00a0She has also featured in Line of Duty and Vanity Fair.<\/p>\n