BBC Radio Northampton has produced an eight-part documentary series called In Detail: The Toxic Waste Scandal, which is available to download
It tells the story of families in Corby living near the reclamation site of the town's steelworks, who gave birth to children with limb deformities
Several of the families eventually won a High Court battle against the then Corby Borough Council, which is depicted in Netflix's Toxic Town
A panel of guests discuss the podcast and the events connected to the scandal with BBC Radio Northampton's Annabel Amos, between 09:00 and 10:00 GMT
You can watch the discussion live via this page
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In Detail: The Toxic Waste Scandal is available on BBC Sounds, while Netflix's drama Toxic Town is streaming now.
You can also watch and listen to the show again below.
The real people affected by the shocking scandal that ripped a town apart.
Welcome to our live stream, bringing you an hour-discussion with a panel of guests exploring Corby's toxic waste scandal, which features in a new BBC podcast and Netflix's Toxic Town.
The podcast takes an indepth look at the events surrounding the closure of the town's steelworks, the reclamation of the site and children born with limb deformities.
BBC Radio Northampton's Annabel Amos is at the Corby Ex-servicemen's Club between 09:00 and 10:00 GMT and will be speaking to the families affected and the legal team that represented them in their civil claim against the council.
The panel of guests will also include journalists who covered the story at the time, and the producers of the new podcast.
The eight-part series explores the shocking events that ripped through a steelworks community in Corby, told by the people whose lives were irreversibly changed.
It hears about anonymous calls, secret packages and poisonous ponds, as the families tried to find answers to why babies in the town were being born with defects.
The podcast is presented by 32-year old George Taylor, who was born in 1992 with a unilateral upper limb defect.
His parents Brian and Fiona had run the King's Arms pub in Weldon, near the clean-up site, and a court heard dusty workers from the reclamation team had spread contaminants throughout their bar.
"I've never had the chance to really understand what happened in Corby that left us kids the way we are," said George.
"Even if people know this story – I think they'll be surprised by what we found. It's been an eye-opener."
BBC Radio Northampton has produced an eight-part documentary series called In Detail: The Toxic Waste Scandal.
It tells the story of the closure of the steelworks in Corby, Northamptonshire, in 1980 and the following land reclamation project.
The work involved moving millions of tonnes of contaminated waste to Deene Quarry, on the outskirts of the town.
Years later, concerns arose when mothers living near the reclamation site gave birth to children with limb deformities.
Eventually, several families won a High Court case against the then local authority Corby Borough Council.
It marked the first time a UK court had recognised airborne pollutants harming unborn babies.
As well as the podcast, the scandal was covered by a BBC TV documentary in 2020 and the recent Netflix drama Toxic Town.
