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• 2. She’ll never play the piano

  As toxic waste spreads across Corby, the birth rate of babies with deformities rises. Simone is born with three fingers on each hand while, 500 miles away a baby George faces his own challenges. Also, at the site of the clean up, someone starts asking questions.

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• 1. There’s something wrong with George

  Exploring connections as orange dust blankets a town and a baby is born with a hand defect.George Taylor investigates what really happened when his hometown of Corby suddenly turned toxic.

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• Introducing... The Toxic Waste Scandal

  Explore the shocking events that ripped through a steelworks community in Corby, told by the people whose lives were irreversibly changed.Hear about anonymous calls, secret packages and poisonous ponds as families try to find answers to why babies in the town were being born with defects.In 2010, Corby Borough Council admitted it had made mistakes in the clean-up of the Northamptonshire town's steelworks.Presenter: George Taylor. Writer and Producer: Tim Wheeler. Producer: Sarah-Jane Muddiman. Story Consultant: Jack Kibble-White. Additional scripting: Jack Kibble-White, George Taylor and Kirsty Williams. Production Manager: Jenny Thomas. Music and Sound Design: Julian Corrie. Online Producer: Rachael Smith. Executive Producer: Anna Bartlett. Commissioning Editor: Alistair Miskin.

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• 12. The Worst of Humanity, the Best of Humanity

  Reflecting on the Birmingham bombings, the lack of justice and political influence and sharing how the victims are remembered.

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• 11. The Search for the Bombers

  Ed travels to Dublin and Belfast to try and speak to the people linked with the 1974 Birmingham bombings.

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