1 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:08,200 ♪ Round, round baby round, round ♪ 2 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:09,800 ♪ Spinning out on me ♪ 3 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,200 ♪ I don't need no man ♪ 4 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:13,600 ♪ Got my kicks for free ♪ 5 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:17,320 ♪ And we'll ride Still fired on the beat down low ♪ 6 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:19,080 ♪ I don't need nobody… ♪ 7 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:20,960 If you, uh, fold the paper in three, 8 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,600 it actually slides into the envelope quite easily. 9 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:30,800 See, my trouble is I missed the envelope stuffing lesson school. 10 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,440 Too busy wanking Harvey Thomas at the back of the class. 11 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,120 Oops! I think I ruined that one. 12 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:40,600 [chuckles] 13 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,000 Thanks for coming, everyone. 14 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:45,000 [Susan] Welcome to those who are new. 15 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:47,480 If you're a second-timer, can't believe you came back. 16 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:49,440 Third-timers, you're as mad as me. 17 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:51,640 -[group laughs] -[Pattie] Way-hey! 18 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:55,000 The Regional Health Authority report will be out soon. 19 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:59,280 And in preparation for the RHA, Des has a few things he'd like us to do. 20 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,960 As always, it sounds deathly dull, but give him a go. 21 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,240 Thank you, Susan, for that generous introduction. 22 00:01:05,320 --> 00:01:08,000 -[group chuckles] -[Des] We need to prove four things. 23 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:13,360 One, we need proof that a cluster of women who carried babies at the same time 24 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,840 and were affected by this exists. 25 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:18,080 Now, the Health Authority report will show that. 26 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:22,960 Two, that there was a reason why you were affected, 27 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:26,360 how the toxins from the reclamation got into your system. 28 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:29,600 Anglian Water are currently investigating their supply. 29 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:34,440 Three, we need proof that these toxins had a direct impact 30 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:36,200 on your unborn children. 31 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:40,160 And then four, we need knowledge and negligence. 32 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:42,400 That they could've done more to prevent this, 33 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,360 and they knowingly didn't. 34 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:47,640 We're hoping to get disclosure from the council on that. 35 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,680 I want to introduce to you Dani, who's working with me on this. 36 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:52,760 [group] Hello, Dani. 37 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:55,480 All right. Dani is going to be handing out some forms, 38 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:57,120 yes, very dull forms for you, 39 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,880 which will be the beginnings of your witness statement. 40 00:01:59,960 --> 00:02:03,680 Those statements will be the bedrock on which we build our case. 41 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:05,840 [tense music playing] 42 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:22,200 [Sam] Chair, I'd like to raise a point of order. 43 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:25,400 If you want to introduce a motion, you need a seconder. 44 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:30,640 While the police investigation hampered by the fire is ongoing, 45 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,760 I'd like to suggest that the council consider 46 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,200 suspending contracts with Rhodes and Miller Construction-- 47 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:36,840 Sam, come on, now. 48 00:02:36,920 --> 00:02:38,360 -[hesitates] Look, is this… -Sam. 49 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:40,000 Is this how you're going to do it, Roy? 50 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:41,640 Be leader? 51 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:43,800 By silencing anyone who disagrees with you? 52 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,320 -That's no how you said it was gonna be. -Do you have a seconder for your motion? 53 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,360 The police investigation has taken 18 months so far, 54 00:02:52,440 --> 00:02:55,720 and Rhodes and Miller have been profiteering in all that time. 55 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,240 And I think that is an absolute disgrace. 56 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,920 Councilor Hagen, sit down, or I'll have to ask you to leave. 57 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:14,520 Now, minutes from the development meeting, Councilor Frayn. Are you ready? 58 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,440 [Frayn] Uh, thank you, Chair. Um… 59 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:19,520 ["F.E.A.R." by Ian Brown playing] 60 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:34,520 ♪ For each a road ♪ 61 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:37,520 ♪ For every man a religion ♪ 62 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:38,760 [Sam] Come on, Ted! 63 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:40,960 Come on, son. 64 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:44,280 ♪ Find everybody and rule ♪ 65 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:45,960 Look, I just want to talk. 66 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:50,600 ♪ For everything and rumble ♪ 67 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:58,520 ♪ You got the fear ♪ 68 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:01,560 [wind gusting] 69 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:06,680 [somber alternative song fades] 70 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,840 [man] This report was commissioned by Northamptonshire Health Authority 71 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,360 in conjunction with Corby Borough Council 72 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:14,360 to investigate allegations 73 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:20,240 of a cluster of birth defects in Corby between 1984 and 1998. 74 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:25,280 Today, I can confirm that the epidemiological study found 75 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:28,920 no difference between the rate of children with birth defects 76 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:33,160 born to mothers in Corby and those in the wider Kettering area. 77 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,720 In fact, the figure was slightly lower. 78 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,880 Therefore, no cluster was found in Corby. 79 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:41,920 [crowd clamoring angrily] 80 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:44,280 No, can't be. 81 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:46,680 -What are we, a card trick? -If you look in the report… 82 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,840 I'm looking around this room, and I see mother after mother-- 83 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,120 Mrs. McIntyre, I understand your frustration, 84 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,080 but I believe you've been encouraged by your lawyers 85 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,440 to look for something that simply isn't there. 86 00:04:57,520 --> 00:04:58,560 Simply isn't there? 87 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:00,920 The findings in the report clearly state-- 88 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,240 The findings in the report ignore the fucking facts! 89 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,800 Okay. Okay. Let's keep this civil. 90 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:09,920 Why don't you take time to digest what's written, and if you have questions… 91 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,280 It doesn't need digesting. It's already been digested, and it's a load of shite. 92 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,240 -[crowd applauds] -[Roy] All right, okay. 93 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:20,400 Right, fireworks over. Thank you. Settle down. Thank you. Thank you. 94 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:23,720 -Let's look at the details… -Come on. Let's get home. 95 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:25,920 [hesitates] I feel as if I should say something. 96 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:27,280 Say what? 97 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:29,120 There's no telling some people. 98 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:31,360 Look, they looked at it, and it was nothing. 99 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,320 Loudmouths like Susan McIntyre are always gonna give off, 100 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:35,760 but we're not her, are we? 101 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:38,520 -Let's go home. -Wha… 102 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,720 [doctor] …there is no evidence that links pollution in this area to limb defects. 103 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,160 [Roy] And thank you, everyone, for your patience. 104 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:49,360 Where's Maggie? 105 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:50,640 Her fella pulled her away. 106 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:52,720 [Des] This is not what any of us were expecting. 107 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:57,240 -They're lying. They're lying and-- -They might be lying, but I doubt it. 108 00:05:57,320 --> 00:05:59,560 People are never that deliberately pernicious. 109 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:04,800 I expect it's rather incompetence, but… it is a setback. 110 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:06,640 What the fuck's pernicious when it's at home? 111 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:07,960 Mean. 112 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:09,400 -[Pattie] Ah. -[Des] You disagree? 113 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,360 Well, I have more bad news, I'm afraid. 114 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:16,280 Anglian Water have come back and… have produced records 115 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:19,120 which show that there were no unusual substances found 116 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,360 in the water supply during the land reclamation. 117 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:23,520 And they're not being mean either? 118 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:26,120 I don't think so. 119 00:06:27,280 --> 00:06:28,120 [Dani] Look… 120 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,760 Let's not pretend this isn't disappointing, 121 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:36,560 but there are other avenues that we can explore. 122 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,320 What about that talk of a police report? The fire? 123 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:41,600 Well, the police are investigating corruption. 124 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,760 It might be useful, but as it is a criminal investigation, 125 00:06:45,280 --> 00:06:46,720 we can't get involved. 126 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:48,120 So what do we do, Des? 127 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:50,040 Uh, well… 128 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:54,280 As Dani said, we'll find a way. 129 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,560 [hopeful music playing] 130 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,000 [Des] There's generally a way. 131 00:07:02,280 --> 00:07:04,280 [children playing] 132 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:10,440 [indistinct chatter] 133 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:11,360 [boy] Daddy. Daddy. 134 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:14,000 [Marc] Hello. Are you okay? What are you doing? 135 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:15,080 [grunts] 136 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,720 Are you okay? How you doing? 137 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:19,840 Ah! [chuckles] 138 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:21,200 Okay? 139 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:27,560 You okay, love? 140 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:28,640 [Tracey] Mm-hmm. 141 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:31,680 You still reading that? 142 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:33,520 [Tracey] Yeah. 143 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:38,560 I was trying to work out where Shelby Anne fitted in, but 144 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:41,360 they use so many words. 145 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:46,240 Shall I get the tea on, then? 146 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:51,160 I haven't been reading it all day if that's what you're thinking. 147 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:54,400 [knock on door] 148 00:07:58,920 --> 00:07:59,920 I need her. 149 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,880 [somber music fades] 150 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:03,000 We all do. 151 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:14,080 He's gone. Don't you know? 152 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:16,720 -Des is gone. -How did you figure that? 153 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,160 Trust me, I can smell when a man has had enough. 154 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:22,640 Is this a good idea, Susan? 155 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:24,760 Definitely. 156 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:26,640 [energetic percussive music playing] 157 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,480 -Probably. Maybe. -You're a muppet, do you know that? 158 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:31,680 You're a muppet for following me. Come on. 159 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:41,800 [Susan grunts] 160 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:43,800 Okay, I'm going to bunk you up. 161 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:45,760 -No. -Come on. 162 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:48,800 -Come on, I'm ready. -[under breath] Oh God. 163 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:50,760 Right. 164 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:52,000 -[Susan] Yeah? -[Tracey] Yeah. 165 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:53,200 [Susan grunting] 166 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:58,320 You've got a surprisingly muscular arse. 167 00:08:58,400 --> 00:08:59,400 [Tracey] Yeah? 168 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:02,720 Okay. Go on, then. Get the samples. 169 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,240 Oh, great, so now I'm doing a burglary without you. 170 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:07,280 Ah. 171 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:14,280 [grunts] 172 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:17,920 Right. There's three bottles in there and some gloves and a carrier bag, 173 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:19,520 so you don't get the rucksack dirty. 174 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,680 It's Connor's schoolbag, to be honest. 175 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:24,760 We need to prove to Des there's toxic in there. 176 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:26,720 Okay. 177 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:49,120 [Dani] Message from the council. 178 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:50,520 They're disclosing? 179 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,600 Saying that all the pieces we requested were unfortunately burnt in the fire. 180 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,960 They'll try their best. Unfortunately, their file index was also… 181 00:09:58,040 --> 00:09:58,960 Burnt in the fire? 182 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:00,000 [Dani] Mm-hmm. 183 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:03,280 Who's that? 184 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:07,280 Lydia Short. She's got a 16-year-old with an upper limb difference. 185 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:08,720 [knocking on door] 186 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:10,840 Good morning. 187 00:10:11,680 --> 00:10:14,160 Even better morning when you see what we've got for you. 188 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:21,160 Give me a clue. 189 00:10:21,240 --> 00:10:23,680 It's from the reclaimed land behind ElectraGen, 190 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:25,080 where Rhodes-Miller worked. 191 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:27,760 [splutters] So… why is it useful? 192 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:31,120 -'Cause it'll show all the toxic. -[Des] Of course it will. 193 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,720 It's from the reclamation site. We know that's toxic. 194 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,720 What we're trying to understand is whether that toxic water 195 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:40,160 had somehow leaked into the water supply. 196 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:42,600 Unfortunately for our case, it hadn't. 197 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,480 So all this was for nothing? 198 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,680 -You haven't got a rash or anything? -No. 199 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:51,720 But she might when I'm finished with her. 200 00:10:53,160 --> 00:10:56,240 Look, I… I appreciate the effort. 201 00:10:57,960 --> 00:10:58,960 [quietly] Right. 202 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:02,120 Thank you. 203 00:11:02,680 --> 00:11:03,680 [Des] For what? 204 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:05,720 For everything you did. 205 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:08,000 Thank you. 206 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:11,280 I'm surprisingly grateful, to be honest, for… 207 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:12,200 Me too. 208 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:14,400 But… you're giving up? 209 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:16,160 No, you're giving up. 210 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:18,080 Am I? 211 00:11:18,680 --> 00:11:19,520 Why? 212 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:21,040 Because there's no case. 213 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:23,960 Of course there's a case. 214 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:29,920 The RHA can't see a cluster. We can. We just need to prove it. 215 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:34,360 Anglian Water says it's not a problem in the water supply. 216 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,920 But there must be some other way that it's got into your systems. 217 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:41,800 We had four points to prove. 218 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:43,840 We've still got four points to prove. 219 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,520 Justice has to be possible. And I am far from done. [scoffs] 220 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:50,520 Tracey, kiss him. 221 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:51,920 Why do I have to kiss him? 222 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,360 He'll be scared if I try and kiss him. You're more demure. He likes demure. 223 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,200 -[laughs] -[Des] Nobody needs to kiss me. 224 00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:59,600 Listen, we will find what's happened here. 225 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:02,000 I promise. 226 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:12,960 -[knocking on door] -Come in. 227 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:16,000 -Sam. -Roy. 228 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:18,280 Been a while since we had chance to chat. 229 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,480 -Ah, I've been available. -I know. 230 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:23,000 This office, it eats time. 231 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:25,320 Well, we're here now. And I'd like to raise a concern 232 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:26,800 about the Willowbrook A site. 233 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:29,440 Sam, it's been decided at the next election 234 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:31,320 we need to be renewing candidates. 235 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:37,120 So who's on that list? 236 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:42,760 It's the Blair era. You understand? 237 00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:44,640 They like 'em young. 238 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,600 -I'm sure my time is numbered too. -No, no. You're, um… 239 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:52,720 My future's no your decision to make, Roy. 240 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:54,800 That's the decision of my branch. 241 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,080 Maybe your branch has spoken to me. 242 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:03,280 Maybe I'm giving you a chance to get in front of their decision. 243 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:04,200 -No. -As a friend. 244 00:13:04,280 --> 00:13:05,280 No, I can't. 245 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:07,840 You didn't know this was coming? 246 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:10,880 Come on, you're not so naive to think this was a grand surprise. 247 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:13,680 I went to the police about Rhodes and Miller. Not you. 248 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,600 It's not about that. It's about renewal. 249 00:13:15,680 --> 00:13:18,280 I just think you got rid of the wrong people. 250 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:21,480 -And I think if you think about it-- -You think. You think. 251 00:13:21,560 --> 00:13:23,320 You ever think you think too much? 252 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:27,280 Party discipline matters. 253 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:30,080 If we all follow our own egos, nothing gets done. 254 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:32,920 We toe the line, and we make the change from within. 255 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:35,600 I'm never more nervous than when 256 00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:39,320 making proposals to the Labour group because that's where change happens. 257 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:43,120 I was a good councilor. 258 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:49,040 I was a fucking… good councilor, Roy. 259 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:55,520 And now you'll be a good… whatever you'll be. 260 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,720 Plenty of time to get that golf in now. 261 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:07,760 [door slams] 262 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:09,320 [Roy sighs] 263 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:13,160 [boy 1] Pass it here. 264 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,240 [excited chatter] 265 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,640 -You got your eyes on her, have you, Claw? -[Connor] No. 266 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:28,880 Go on, Claw. 267 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:31,680 Tell us which part of her you want to touch first. 268 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:34,480 You know what? Claw isn't such a good name. 269 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:38,360 There's Captain Hook, Flipper Fingers, Mr. Crab. I don't know. 270 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:40,800 But I do know what I should call you. 271 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:42,120 -[groans] -Twat. 272 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:43,960 [boy 2] Yes! Fight! 273 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:47,920 [kids chanting] Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! 274 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,120 Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! 275 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:51,400 [teacher] Hey! Hey, Connor! 276 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:53,360 -Get off each other now! Get up! -[grunting] 277 00:14:53,440 --> 00:14:54,360 Keep up. 278 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:57,360 I can't say I haven't done worse. 279 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:01,000 But that doesn't mean that I'm not… I mean, clocking the lad! 280 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:03,280 Hey? Bully or not. 281 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:08,120 Can you not think of something better? Now you've got yourself suspended. 282 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:10,680 Though that bitch headmistress. 283 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:12,200 Fucking… 284 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:15,360 Come on! Can you keep up? 285 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:16,400 Ow. 286 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:20,320 -How long has it been like that? -Not long. 287 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:22,960 You're supposed to tell me the minute you… 288 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:26,080 -Have you been putting your cream on? -Yeah. 289 00:15:26,160 --> 00:15:28,440 An infection could mean the doctors delay another op. 290 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:31,400 -Do you want your hand better? -This is my hand. This is it. 291 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:33,000 This is what it looks like. 292 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,880 And I don't like hospitals, and I don't want it! 293 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,080 Not anymore! I don't want any of it! 294 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:39,280 [somber music playing] 295 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:42,320 Connor! Slow down! 296 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:43,640 [panting] 297 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:52,400 -[music fades] -[indistinct chatter] 298 00:15:57,840 --> 00:15:59,400 -Professor Abbey? -Yes. 299 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:01,760 Thanks for seeing us. My name's Des. This is Dani. 300 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:04,320 We're working on behalf of a group of parents in Corby 301 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,080 and wondered if you have a moment to look at a health report 302 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:09,880 that we're investigating and believe to be flawed. 303 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:14,360 [Des] Another blank face. Another no. 304 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:18,560 [Dani] There must be someone… who'll prove this report wrong. 305 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:21,680 [Des] What about food? Beef. 306 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:23,480 -Sorry? -Hmm. 307 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:26,680 The toxins have entered their system via contaminated beef or… 308 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:30,840 I don't know, maybe vegetables, instead of the water and… 309 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:32,920 [intriguing music playing] 310 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:34,840 Right. 311 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:38,080 We get soil samples from… from all the surrounding farms. 312 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:40,560 We'd probably first need a sense of what these women ate. 313 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:43,120 Hmm. 314 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:45,720 Right. I'm on it. 315 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:49,360 [professor] See you all next week. 316 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:53,920 Dr. Parker? 317 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:56,480 -Do you have a minute? -[Parker] You're not students. 318 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:59,720 We, uh, wondered if you could look at some documents for us. 319 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,680 Ah, it's been a day. Can we speak in the morning? 320 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:05,840 We could do. It's just we've driven all the way from Northamptonshire 321 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:07,400 to talk to you tonight. 322 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:10,200 To see me in Newcastle. Why? 323 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,600 Well, because you never answer your phone or your emails, 324 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:17,880 but also because every other epidemiologist we've spoken to 325 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:21,360 thinks this report is right, and we think they're wrong. 326 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:28,640 Shall we start at the beginning? What's the report of? 327 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:33,640 [intriguing music peaks, fades] 328 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:35,360 [unsettling music playing] 329 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:36,760 [door opens] 330 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:40,360 [Pat] I'm stood in the kitchen. She drives past on the bicycle. 331 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:43,200 [Sam and Pat laugh] 332 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:44,840 [Sam] Boddington's, please. 333 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:46,000 [Pat] True story. 334 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:47,800 Same again, boys? Yeah? 335 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:49,440 [clears throat] 336 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:54,840 Lager and a whiskey, Peter. 337 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:00,160 Drinks are on Pat Miller. 338 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:01,160 [Pat] Are they? Fuck. 339 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,960 [Roy] Police report on the alleged corruption just in. 340 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:06,040 No charges being brought. 341 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:07,920 [Pat] Maybe I'll buy two more drinks, then. 342 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:09,320 I'd like to make a toast. 343 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:10,680 [group laughs] 344 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:12,480 I'd like you to make it to this man. 345 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:13,920 Pat. 346 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:16,720 You're an arsehole. 347 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:18,640 Terrible man. 348 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:20,760 But you're our arsehole. 349 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:23,920 -[Pat] Wipe your mouth, Roy. -You think you should be celebrating this? 350 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:29,960 One and a half million documents they looked through. 351 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:32,600 -[Sam] You know what's there. -One hundred and ten statements. 352 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:34,920 You know the truth, but you don't want to listen. 353 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:37,400 Because you're frightened it's gonna damage your town. 354 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:39,080 -It already has. -We did nothing wrong! 355 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,480 Because you burnt the fucking evidence! 356 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:44,040 [Roy] Now, hang on. 357 00:18:44,120 --> 00:18:46,040 [Pat] That's absolute bollocks. 358 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:49,960 And just so you know, 359 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,880 I'm standing independently at the election. 360 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:54,240 You do what you will. 361 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:55,920 On an anti-corruption ticket. 362 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,520 I'm calling myself the Clean Corby candidate. 363 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:01,520 Just thought I'd let you know as a friend. 364 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:03,800 "Clean Corby." Fucking… 365 00:19:03,880 --> 00:19:06,320 You could have litter picking compulsory. 366 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:07,680 Like conscription. 367 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:10,480 Everyone in the town needs to carry a litter picker. 368 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:12,920 So they can be a little old woman just like you. 369 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:15,640 Heavy is the head that wears the crown, eh, Roy? 370 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:18,920 You know, you were always a wanker. 371 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:21,360 But you never used to be a cunt. 372 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:24,600 You think you're rebuilding this town. 373 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:25,560 Truth is, 374 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:27,920 you're destroying it. 375 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:34,040 [intense music rising] 376 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:41,960 Hello, I'm Sam Hagen. 377 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,720 I've been a Labour councilor for Corby for the last 20 years. 378 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:47,960 I'm standing as an independent candidate for re-election. 379 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:48,880 Thank you. 380 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:53,600 Oh, hello. Um, my name's Des Collins. I'm calling from Collins Solicitors. 381 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:57,360 Looking to speak to a Nicholas McDowell about a fetal medicine case. 382 00:19:57,440 --> 00:19:58,800 [woman] Anti-corruption? 383 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:02,160 What this town needs is investment. Not more bloody red tape. 384 00:20:04,360 --> 00:20:05,360 Okay, thank you. 385 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:08,760 [intense, rhythmic music continues] 386 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:19,040 [doctor] This toe here, 387 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,840 the tissues are fit enough to make it an excellent candidate. 388 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:24,280 And the infection won't-- 389 00:20:24,360 --> 00:20:26,640 The infection will have cleared before we operate. 390 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,640 Uh, hear that, Connor? That's good news. 391 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:33,440 [doctor] Let's hope we get some luck this time. 392 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:36,840 [children playing] 393 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:44,160 [Marc] Pizza! 394 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:46,000 [boy] Daddy! 395 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,160 [kids laugh and exclaim] 396 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:50,160 He doesn't want to keep going with the ops. 397 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:53,520 [Tracey] And what do you think? 398 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,360 I'm just trying to be a good mother. 399 00:20:55,880 --> 00:21:00,080 I don't want him to throw his life away. This is about his future, you understand? 400 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:02,000 You don't need two hands for everything. 401 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:05,760 For the sort of jobs he'll qualify for, two hands would be bloody useful. 402 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:06,880 [Marc] Pizza! 403 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:09,880 -Kids, pizza. -[boy] Okay. 404 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,560 -How can you do that, and I can't? -Practice. 405 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:13,520 [Marc] Ah. 406 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:16,360 Police report came back. 407 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:18,520 Sorry. 408 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:22,480 -[Connor] Did you get pepperoni? -[Marc] I bought the pizzas. 409 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:25,400 -I choose the toppings. -[phone ringing] 410 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:26,480 Oh, it's Des. 411 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,000 [cell phone beeps] 412 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:30,920 We've seen. Another cover-up. 413 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,520 [Des] Oh, I'm not ringing about that. No. 414 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,440 Yeah, it's disappointing. But, well, we'll ignore it because… 415 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:38,640 Big news just in. 416 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:41,760 -The RHA double-counted. -[Susan] What? 417 00:21:41,840 --> 00:21:45,840 They counted birth defects in the whole Kettering area, including Corby, 418 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:48,240 and then compared that number against Corby alone. 419 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:50,280 It… It threw off the whole statistical field. 420 00:21:50,360 --> 00:21:51,960 They got the spread wrong. 421 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:54,840 There is a cluster. It's the first of the four to us! 422 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:56,240 The RHA got it wrong? 423 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:58,640 They're not meant to get things like that wrong. 424 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:00,480 [Des] You're going to remind everyone. 425 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,760 We've been offered a slot on GMTV. 426 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:04,160 I want you to do it, Susan. 427 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:05,240 GMTV? 428 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:08,320 Yeah. Every time that we do publicity, more women come forward. 429 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:10,880 I… I want you and Maggie to do it. 430 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:14,160 Me and Maggie? 431 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,800 Well… shouldn't it be me and Tracey? 432 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:20,520 Well, if you don't mind, Tracey, I think the mix is better with Maggie. 433 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,000 If you want someone posher, Tracey's posh enough. 434 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:24,360 Maggie doesn't like me. 435 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:26,960 It's more that Connor and Sam have similar disabilities. 436 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:28,720 It's a better combination. 437 00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:30,840 I think it's a good idea. 438 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:37,880 Every time I open my gob, more people hate me. You know that. 439 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:41,520 [sighs] 440 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:43,400 Yeah, I'll do it. 441 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:46,880 Thank you, Susan. 442 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:48,800 Thank you, Tracey. 443 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,880 Thought you didn't like people looking at you. Now you're going on telly? 444 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:58,360 [Maggie] Well, because Des asked me. 445 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,600 You wouldn't even let Toby video our wedding. 446 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:02,280 What is it? 447 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:04,720 You're worried Pat won't like it? 448 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:09,120 Yeah, I got my promotion, just like you asked. 449 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,760 But it doesn't mean what happened to Samuel means nothing. Does it? 450 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,040 -Do you have to keep hoovering? -The RHA report was wrong. 451 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,680 You made me leave all those other mothers because you said 452 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:22,600 it proved there was nothing to it. 453 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:23,880 I thought I was right. 454 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:25,520 Well, you weren't. 455 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,760 And so I'm doing GMTV, and I don't care what Pat thinks about it. 456 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:29,680 [softly] Excuse me. 457 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:31,440 [gentle music playing] 458 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:32,360 Thank you. 459 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:40,760 [Connor] Have you been to the palace before? 460 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,760 You know what? As cheeky as it is, Liz never invited me. 461 00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:45,840 [chuckles] 462 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:52,880 Like, outside. For a photo? With the men on horses and stuff? 463 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:55,760 No, this is my first time here. 464 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:57,480 In London? 465 00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:59,360 You've never been to London before? 466 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:04,640 So, we're just setting up, and then we'll bring you through. 467 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:08,080 It is very relaxed, and we'll make sure you have a nice time. 468 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,240 If you just take seats here. 469 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:14,600 Help yourself to the fruit and the juice. All right? 470 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:16,600 -[Susan] Thank you. -[Maggie] Thanks. 471 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:17,680 [Susan] Thank you. 472 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:22,000 What's your favorite food at school? Burger or pizza? 473 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:23,600 Is that what you're wearing? 474 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,240 -Yeah. -You haven't a change of outfit? 475 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:28,920 No, have you? 476 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,520 I've dressed wrong, haven't I? 477 00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:36,160 No. 478 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,120 [Connor] What's your favorite ice cream? 479 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:41,520 [Samuel] Vanilla. 480 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:47,280 Did you not want me doing this? 481 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:48,680 Sorry? 482 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:51,120 It was your campaign. 483 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,920 I told Des when he asked me, "Is Susan okay with it?" 484 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,520 He said fine. I know I'm not your favorite person. 485 00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:06,280 Is it because Derek was on the reclamation? 486 00:25:06,360 --> 00:25:07,920 No. He was just earning a pound. 487 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,840 -Why don't you-- -'Cause you're stuck up. 488 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:12,520 Mainly. 489 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:18,520 -I'm… I'm not entirely stuck up. -Are you not? 490 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:20,800 [boys speaking indistinctly] 491 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:22,880 [scoffs] 492 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:25,880 Anyway, it's not my campaign. 493 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:28,480 It's all of ours. 494 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,160 Your kid got hurt, same as mine. 495 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,680 And I don't mind you. I thought you didn't like me. 496 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:44,000 I've got some wet wipes in here. Should take the worst of the make-up off. 497 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:47,200 -[sighs] -[chuckles] 498 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,320 [interviewer] Tell us about when you first realized 499 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:54,000 that Connor's disability might have been caused by toxic waste mismanagement. 500 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:59,520 It was more of a case of when I realized there were more kids like Connor in Corby. 501 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:00,720 [somber music playing] 502 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:04,040 Kids with birth defects and other health issues too. 503 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:07,760 Babies who aren't even here anymore. 504 00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:11,000 It became clear something had gone wrong. 505 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:12,280 [train whistle blows] 506 00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:15,120 [Susan] But the council just said, "It wasn't us, mate." 507 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:17,120 Wouldn't even let us look at their files. 508 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,520 They just… cut us dead. 509 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,640 So we knew we had to do something. 510 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,400 [interviewer] Maggie, the impact of all this must be huge. 511 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:31,280 Yes. Um, both Samuel and Susan's lovely boy, Connor, 512 00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:34,480 have had years of operations, 513 00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,280 years of pain that will go on for the rest of their lives. 514 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:40,280 We want to protect them, but we can't. 515 00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:43,400 So this fight is us doing what we can for them. 516 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:47,320 We're a good-sized band already, but we think there's more of us. 517 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,320 More mothers in Corby with hurt kids. 518 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:51,480 Well done, Susan. 519 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,360 And there's a number. 520 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,280 If people are worried, there's a number for people to ring you. 521 00:26:56,360 --> 00:27:02,200 Yes, 01536 823457. 522 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,120 -[interviewer] And do you think… -[phone rings] 523 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:06,480 Do your children understand? 524 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:10,200 I mean, have you been able to explain to them… 525 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:11,640 Des Collins. 526 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:15,520 [Susan] I think Connor understands some of it. 527 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,960 Understands we're not fighting for ourselves. 528 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,280 This is a battle for the kids. 529 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:22,600 Because they don't have a choice. 530 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:24,600 So we don't have a choice. 531 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:29,200 [Susan] What do you want for tea? 532 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:30,800 -You can have anything. -[Connor] Pizza. 533 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,120 [Susan] Pizza? I don't know if I've got that. 534 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:35,880 [Peter] Hello, love. 535 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:38,600 [Connor] Mum. 536 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,760 Hello, son. You've gotten big. 537 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:44,960 [Susan] Connor, get inside. 538 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:50,000 It's okay, sweetheart. 539 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,160 In you go. Come on. Be back in a sec. 540 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,200 The polite thing to say is hello when someone says hello. 541 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:07,920 I don't talk to ghosts. Sends you mad. 542 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,880 You've still got your wits. That's good. 543 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,320 My great-grandad swore he could talk to his dead son. 544 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:14,880 Used to sing him songs. 545 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,160 Eventually, they had to give him electric shocks. 546 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,280 Yeah, well, I'm flesh. You're flesh. 547 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:23,360 I just want to talk about it. 548 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,280 I just want a man who pays his way and sticks around. 549 00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:28,400 Guess we don't all get what we want. 550 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:31,360 You're upset. I don't blame you, love. 551 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:34,520 Can I see the kids at least? 552 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:37,480 You're not their dad. You understand? 553 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:39,560 You're not that. 554 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:42,200 Now fuck off. 555 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:04,760 Okay? 556 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:08,880 [softly] Sorry. 557 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:10,360 [Connor] It's not your fault. 558 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:12,880 That's mostly true. 559 00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:15,240 [chuckles softly] 560 00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:17,760 He didn't look how I expected. 561 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:20,960 Thought he'd look like George Clooney? 562 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:23,840 No. Daniel showed me photos. 563 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:26,120 Did he? 564 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,400 But that was before. 565 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:30,520 Now I thought he would look like me. 566 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:33,240 No, you lucky sod. 567 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:35,880 You get my good looks. 568 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:44,120 Can I fetch you a tea? 569 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,120 I keep a pot up here to stop me going dry. 570 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:47,760 We're fine. It's late. 571 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:50,680 Thank you for analyzing the paperwork we sent you. 572 00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:53,600 Do we have a case? 573 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:58,080 Well, I've looked at the toxins in steelwork by-product. 574 00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:02,400 The culprit, I think, is heavy metal cadmium. 575 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,800 But no one's ever studied the effects of cadmium on pregnant women. 576 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:09,360 And do we have a case, Dr. Penman? 577 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:12,880 You can prove that they were exposed to cadmium? 578 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:14,120 Pretend that I can. 579 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,800 Then I will need to show that it could cause these defects. 580 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,800 I believe I can make inferences from studies of agricultural workers 581 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:23,600 to allow me to do so. 582 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:25,560 But in cases such as these, 583 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,400 the court requires a fetal medical specialist 584 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:30,920 to be 95% certain of their findings. 585 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:35,520 So, we need to eliminate as many variables as possible. 586 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:37,360 Which variables? 587 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:41,680 In my opinion, you need to focus exclusively on babies 588 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:43,960 with upper and lower limb defects. 589 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:47,960 Well, so, by variables, you mean… 590 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:51,960 You're talking about women? Eliminating some of the women? 591 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:56,160 The pollutants you're talking about could affect with 95% certainty 592 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:59,680 the fetus in that way at that time in its development. 593 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:02,800 We're representing dozens of families here. 594 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:08,120 If you want to win, you have 18. 595 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,200 [tense music playing] 596 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:17,480 [Des] Dr. Penman, is this… 597 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,640 That's my professional opinion. 598 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:23,400 [Des] But these are… are all people who've suffered. 599 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:28,280 Any child that doesn't meet the criteria will weaken your entire case. 600 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:30,320 I'm sorry. 601 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:33,960 [Dani sighs] 602 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:38,840 [exhales] 603 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:47,080 This is going to be okay. 604 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:49,920 This is going to be okay. 605 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:52,280 The doctors know what they're doing. 606 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:55,000 Have this op. Things will be better. 607 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:04,640 [nurse] All right then, Connor. 608 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:06,520 You're all set, my friend. 609 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:08,600 The doctor's here. 610 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:11,480 If it isn't my favorite patient. 611 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,000 [tense music subsides] 612 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,320 [reporter] Yesterday saw thousands vote in the local elections 613 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:27,200 and the results are starting to come through from the counts. 614 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:30,760 Roy Thomas and his new Labour Party have won a landslide victory, 615 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:33,200 taking more than half the wards in the county. 616 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:35,400 A notable result was in the Corby East ward, 617 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,280 where Sam Hagen, now of the Anti-Corruption Party, 618 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:40,440 but formerly of Labour, lost his seat. 619 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:43,080 27-year-old Hamza Alali-- 620 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,640 -[monitor beeping] -♪ Don't tell my heart ♪ 621 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:55,880 ♪ My achy, breaky heart ♪ 622 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,880 ♪ Just don't think he'd understand ♪ 623 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:03,440 ♪ And if you tell my heart ♪ 624 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:06,720 ♪ My achy, breaky heart ♪ 625 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:09,320 ♪ He might blow… ♪ 626 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:11,400 [alert blaring] 627 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:14,520 Connor? Connor? 628 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:18,080 Hey. Connor, you're… Hey, he's boiling. 629 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,640 -We're going to help. Move out the way. -He's absolutely boiling. 630 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:22,560 -What's happening? -We're gonna help him. 631 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:24,000 -Connor? -[nurse] We'll check him. 632 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:26,120 Can someone tell me what's… I'm not leaving my son. 633 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:27,920 -Just to the side. -It's okay. Mummy's here. 634 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,560 I'm staying here! I'm staying here. 635 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:34,200 Connor, it's okay, baby. Mumma's here. Mummy's here, okay? 636 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,480 -[orderly] One, two, three. -Is he okay? What's happening? 637 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,120 It's okay. [sobbing] 638 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,200 It's… It's okay, babe. Okay. 639 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:46,280 [tense music playing] 640 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:02,080 [grunts] 641 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:14,240 [exhales shakily] 642 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,480 [doctor] Connor has an infection, which led to an increase in heart rate. 643 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:28,400 If it goes into his bloodstream, we may be facing a sepsis risk. 644 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:29,600 [quietly] Fucking hell. 645 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:32,600 We've reopened the hand. We're pumping antibiotics into the wound 646 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:34,200 to clean out any infected tissue. 647 00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:35,600 He should soon stabilize. 648 00:34:36,240 --> 00:34:39,760 Susan, there's nothing that will be done now till morning. 649 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:42,440 I suggest you go home and-- 650 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:44,000 What if it doesn't stabilize? 651 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:45,600 [doctor] Sorry? 652 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:47,280 What if it is sepsis? 653 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:49,960 Then we'll… 654 00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:55,640 -We may need to look at amputating tissue. -Tissue? What does that mean? 655 00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:58,880 You won't have to cut off his hand, will you? 656 00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,400 There's a long way to go before that happens. 657 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:05,080 [Susan sighs] 658 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:08,200 [intriguing music playing] 659 00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:24,720 Hello? 660 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:28,760 Sorry, I'm… 661 00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:33,640 Just a wee cat nap. My name's Sam Hagen. 662 00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:35,600 I know who you are, Councilor Hagen. 663 00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:40,320 I need you to make me a promise. 664 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:41,720 What promise you after? 665 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:45,720 That you're no trying to profit from these mothers. 666 00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:50,080 I'm working a no-win, no-fee. 667 00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:54,440 I'll make something if it does turn out right, but not much. 668 00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:57,880 I take other work to survive. 669 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:02,760 Never agreed with court cases. 670 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:06,560 Everybody's always taking everybody to court nowadays. 671 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:08,280 Uh-huh. 672 00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:11,600 But, equally, I do think that it might be the only way to stop them. 673 00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:14,160 And they do need stopping. 674 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:19,480 [bright music playing] 675 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:22,520 I can't tell you who gave me them. 676 00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:26,200 But I can tell you you're going to need them. 677 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:35,160 And I'm no a councilor anymore, by the way. 678 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:01,440 [sighs] 679 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:17,000 He's gonna be okay. 680 00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:20,040 If he loses his hand, I'm cutting off mine. 681 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:21,840 He's not going to lose anything. 682 00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:24,200 He's lost enough, you know. 683 00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:26,120 He's lost enough. 684 00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:31,440 Not as much as you. 685 00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:35,640 It's not a competition. 686 00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:37,920 It's all unfair. 687 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:42,360 I thought you hated hospitals. 688 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:44,160 I do. 689 00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:46,720 Especially this one. 690 00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:54,560 [Des] Poor kid. 691 00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:59,760 Have they given it a… a percentage? His chances of keeping the hand? 692 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:02,240 No. 693 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:04,920 They haven't given a percentage. 694 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:08,160 What can I do? 695 00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:10,960 Win the case. 696 00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:15,160 How's it going? 697 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:19,360 You anywhere with the four tests, or whatever you call them? 698 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:21,720 Yeah, uh, we're… 699 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:26,160 Yeah, we're doing okay. 700 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:28,920 Listen, Tracey… 701 00:38:33,240 --> 00:38:36,560 You know they're thinking of turning this place into a call center? 702 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:40,960 -Oh? -Yeah. 703 00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:43,160 I miss it sometimes. 704 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:47,160 I don't miss cleaning my car twice a day, but 705 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,560 certain places get inside you, you know? 706 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:53,880 Yes, I do. 707 00:38:57,400 --> 00:39:00,280 After my dad died, I thought I was done with Corby. 708 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:05,320 I still looked into moving my offices south. 709 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:08,280 -Shame on you. -[Des scoffs] 710 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:14,120 Then I read about you lot and, suddenly… here I am still. 711 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:19,480 What did they call him again, your dad? Was it Foot Rot? 712 00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:21,680 His name was Larry. 713 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:28,240 God. The idea of being Susan's headmaster. Oof. 714 00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:30,840 He's, uh… He's a lot to live up to. 715 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:37,000 Why did you have to wash your car twice a day? 716 00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:38,560 Dust. 717 00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:41,640 Got everywhere. Got inside everything. 718 00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:46,640 Mark had to replace the blades on my windscreen wipers three times. 719 00:39:46,720 --> 00:39:49,480 With dust? It was that bad? 720 00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:54,040 Well, only here because of the site, and the lorries, and the spill. 721 00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:58,640 And when the slop dried on the road, it went everywhere. 722 00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:03,880 Never even considered… Fuck. 723 00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:06,400 [intriguing music playing] 724 00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:08,200 Fuck. 725 00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:12,560 [sighs] 726 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:17,280 [music fades] 727 00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:18,600 -[Susan] Thank you. -Cheers. 728 00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:20,320 [Susan] Right. 729 00:40:20,400 --> 00:40:21,240 Okay. 730 00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:24,240 Right, swing your legs round. 731 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:27,360 Okay. Go gentle, yeah? 732 00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:36,040 -Here you go. Take that to your dad. -Will do. 733 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:55,200 [Daniel] Do you want to play something? 734 00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:57,520 [Connor] Yeah. 735 00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:01,720 Right. You've probably had enough of me, eh? 736 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:04,720 Play well. 737 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:06,400 [crowd cheering on TV] 738 00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:08,960 [man on TV] That's a terrific pass! 739 00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:14,960 You kipped on the sofa and not in my bed? 740 00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:18,040 It didn't feel right to do otherwise. 741 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:21,480 That sofa's terrible. The neighbors' cat's pissed on it twice. 742 00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:22,760 [Peter] I didn't smell that. 743 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,240 You must have got rid of the worst of it. 744 00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:30,520 Is he going to be okay? 745 00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:33,240 Didn't have to amputate if that's what you mean. 746 00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:36,880 But they had to take off the toe. 747 00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:40,880 So he's back to having just one on his hand. 748 00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:42,960 Right. 749 00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:53,360 Thanks for, uh, covering Daniel. 750 00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:55,840 For picking up. 751 00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:58,560 No one else was free, so… 752 00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:06,560 Can I say I'm sorry? 753 00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:09,040 About what? 754 00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:11,320 All the things you said on telly. 755 00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:18,200 I want to bloody stab myself in the leg for leaving you with… with all that. 756 00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:20,560 I could do it for you. I've got a knife somewhere. 757 00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:21,720 [scoffs] 758 00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:27,280 I know what I did, Susie. 759 00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:29,880 And I'm sorry. 760 00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:35,880 I sort of need you to forgive me. 761 00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:38,200 Do you? 762 00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:41,200 Really? 763 00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:49,720 Daniel said you forced Connor into it. 764 00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:51,640 This op. 765 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:55,960 I guess we're all… 766 00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:00,320 None of us are perfect. That's all I'm saying. 767 00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:02,240 And you think that's the same thing? 768 00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:06,360 You didn't forget to buy the milk. You fucking left. 769 00:43:07,240 --> 00:43:08,200 You get to see them. 770 00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:11,680 But Peter, you never get to talk to me like that again. 771 00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:13,000 Not now, not ever. 772 00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:26,320 [Pattie] What are you having? 773 00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:28,840 Don't say nothing because this isn't a charity house. 774 00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:31,120 A glass of tap water, then, please, Pattie. 775 00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:32,960 -[Pattie] Twat. -[Daniel] I'll have a pint. 776 00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:34,400 [Susan] No, you won't. 777 00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:38,120 [Des] Right, okay. Okay. Thanks for coming. 778 00:43:39,200 --> 00:43:42,120 Uh, I just wanted to update you on how it's all going. 779 00:43:43,240 --> 00:43:46,600 First things first, the, uh… the RHA report… 780 00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:47,720 [group jeers] 781 00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:51,680 …we can prove is utter statistical nonsense. 782 00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:53,040 [group cheers] 783 00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:55,040 Thanks. 784 00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:59,560 Our findings show that the rate of limb abnormality in Corby 785 00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:03,400 is three times higher than the regional average. 786 00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:07,880 We also have what we think is a strong angle 787 00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:10,520 on how the toxins got into your bodies. 788 00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:13,560 Having consulted with our expert, 789 00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:20,160 we believe that we can prove that the toxins entered your system by dust. 790 00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:24,320 You… You breathed it in. 791 00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:26,040 [intense music building] 792 00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:30,400 [Des] This dust, it contained a heavy metal called cadmium. 793 00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:32,280 And it's… 794 00:44:33,120 --> 00:44:34,840 Well, according to our expert, 795 00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:38,240 the cloud that the dust created, uh, 796 00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:40,040 it poisoned you. 797 00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:46,280 So, as such, I'm now in the photo collection business. 798 00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:49,200 Any photo that you've got that has got a bit of the road 799 00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:52,920 or the pavement on these sites, your homes included, I want them. 800 00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:55,800 Tony Cox, our expert, 801 00:44:57,760 --> 00:45:00,920 he thinks that this dust traveled for miles. 802 00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:04,960 It affected the whole town. 803 00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:10,240 We've said from the start that we need to be able to prove knowing negligence 804 00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:11,640 on behalf of the council. 805 00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:15,680 Now, we have come into possession of some documents 806 00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:18,040 that we believe proves that. 807 00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:23,560 So… our four pillars, they've been answered. 808 00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:25,720 And I think… 809 00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:31,520 Well, we are building something we think has a chance of a settlement. 810 00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:33,080 A good chance? 811 00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:39,280 We have a case, Maggie, and that's enough for me. 812 00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:47,040 [dramatic music fades] 813 00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:55,640 Oh, hey. Do you want a cup of chamomile? 814 00:45:55,720 --> 00:45:57,640 [Maggie] No, I just want to go to bed. 815 00:45:57,720 --> 00:45:59,720 [unsettling music playing] 816 00:46:00,720 --> 00:46:01,720 [clears throat] 817 00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:05,440 It was dust. They think it was dust. 818 00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:08,520 Dust we… all breathed in. 819 00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:11,600 Dust you brought home. Not that you knew. 820 00:46:12,360 --> 00:46:14,360 Dust? You serious? 821 00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:18,880 They have a case, Derek. 822 00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:20,840 We've got one. 823 00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:23,080 And we're gonna win. 824 00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:26,800 [unsettling music building] 825 00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:34,760 [Susan] It was good tonight, eh? 826 00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:36,600 A bit scary. 827 00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:41,000 Yeah, I felt scared too. 828 00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:45,240 Certainly made me want to hoover a bit more regularly. 829 00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:46,440 [chuckles] 830 00:46:46,520 --> 00:46:48,120 Oh, when did you get so handsome? 831 00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:49,840 -I'm not. -You are. 832 00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:52,000 -[Connor] You think so? -Yeah. 833 00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:54,480 You won't… 834 00:46:55,880 --> 00:46:57,680 That's it now, for ops. 835 00:46:57,760 --> 00:46:58,600 Okay. 836 00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:02,800 I mean no more ops. 837 00:47:04,240 --> 00:47:05,120 Thanks, Mum. 838 00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:10,640 I love your hand. Because I love you. 839 00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:14,440 Right. 840 00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:16,400 Night, babe. 841 00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:20,160 Ugh. How much gel have you got in your hair? Jesus. 842 00:47:20,240 --> 00:47:21,560 [Connor chuckles] 843 00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:24,920 Night, angel. 844 00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:37,360 Do we have all we need? 845 00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:40,440 Well, that depends. 846 00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:43,640 Are you taking Dr. Penman's advice? 847 00:47:43,720 --> 00:47:45,160 Reducing the list? 848 00:47:47,560 --> 00:47:49,600 [sighs] I don't know. 849 00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:53,240 Okay. 850 00:47:54,280 --> 00:47:56,120 We need Penman's testimony. 851 00:47:56,200 --> 00:47:57,120 She needs to know. 852 00:47:58,160 --> 00:48:00,080 Well, Tracey's not the only one I have to tell. 853 00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:04,800 No, but if she's going to be excluded from the case, Des, she needs to know. 854 00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:11,400 When things are in motion, 855 00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:14,720 if there are no other options. 856 00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:16,720 Not till then. 857 00:48:17,560 --> 00:48:19,560 [unsettling music building] 858 00:48:22,560 --> 00:48:23,400 [softly] Right. 859 00:48:44,040 --> 00:48:45,720 What are you thinking about? 860 00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:50,480 Justice. 861 00:48:56,520 --> 00:48:58,120 We're gonna get justice. 862 00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:01,520 [unsettling music peaks, fades] 863 00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:06,040 [somber, rhythmic music playing] 864 00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:04,560 [somber music ends]