1995. As the Midlands town of Corby undertakes a regeneration project, two women in the same hospital give birth to disabled babies on the same day.
1999. A surprising phone call makes Susan speculate that the babies' differences may be connected. A grieving Ted stirs up trouble within the council.
2002. As the mothers' campaign group starts to build its case against the council, they're met with what feels like an impossible obstacle.
2009. The mothers and council face each other in court. As both sides give their evidence, a key witness could change the course of the entire trial.
The untold story of Britain’s worst foetal poisoning scandal since thalidomide, when a group of ordinary mothers took on the establishment and won. Set in a post-industrial Northamptonshire town, the Corby Litigation Case was a landmark one with worldwide legal and medical ramifications - the first time ever that a court has recognised a link between airborne toxins and foetal development damage.
