On February 23, Channel 4 released its latest docudrama, Dirty Business, a harrowing three-part factual drama which details how various individuals, families and communities have been failed by British water companies and the ongoing sewage crisis in the country’s waters.
The series follows two main storylines inspired by true events: a decade-long investigation of unethical water companies carried out by two neighbours in the Cotswolds, which begun as they realised that their local river had turned brown and the fish were dying; the second timeline explores a story regarding a young girl who died after contracting E-coli at a contaminated beach in Devon.
Miketta Lane, Director of creative agency 4Creative stated: ‘We need people to look closer, talk about what’s happening in our rivers and seas, and explore the devastating real human stories brought to life in Dirty Business.’
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