A new Netflix series explores one of the biggest environmental scandals in U.K. history — one that left dozens of children with birth defects.

I’ve done legal dramas before, but this one … being taken through the actual truth of it and seeing the journey that they had to go on in order to prove this, I found very surprising and shocking." All four episodes of Toxic Town are available to stream on Netflix now.

The series, which is due to arrive on the streaming platform on 27 February, stars Jodie Whittaker (of Doctor Who and Broadchurch fame), Aimee Lou Wood (of Sex Education and The White Lotus ), Claudia Jessie ( Bridgerton) and Robert Carlyle ( The Full Monty ), among many others.

The show highlights the urgent need for environmental regulations in a time when governments are rolling back on them