Toxic Town is trending on Netflix

The Netflix series has been receiving immense reviews since it dropped on the streaming service last week.

The four-part limited show is based on the real case of the Corby poisonings that started in the 1980s and rocked the small English former steel town of Corby.

Netflix’s plot synopsis reads: 'Toxic Town is a dramatised series that’s based on the real case of the Corby poisonings, which saw a group of mothers (three of whom are played in the series by Jodie Whittaker, Aimee Lou Wood, and Claudia Jessie) challenge their town’s council over alleged toxic waste mismanagement.'

The case is often referred to as “the British Erin Brokovich”, with the group of mothers – whose children had developed birth defects – confronting their town’s leadership about its alleged mismanagement of toxic waste materials.

Viewers have been raving about the emotional, limited series, and they're all saying the same about it.

Fans of the show admitted they couldn't quite believe the show was based on a true story.

They praised the women behind the real story.

"The women of Corby are true heroes for fighting for what's right. Heartbreaking yet so powerful," one said.

Another said: "Toxic Town is a such a masterpiece! I didn't know the story behind it and I'm crying like a baby! The cast is perfect, the writing is perfect, everything is so perfect!"

"So sad , it was a brilliant the strength of all the women and families and their fight for justice," said another.

"I wasn't aware of the story but after watching it I'm full of admiration for the mums for all they've been through and all they've achieved," another said.

Toxic Town is available on Netflix now.