Aired Monday 23 February, 11:00pm - 12:05amon Channel 4 +1

Dirty Business

Name: 11:00pm - Series 1 Episode 1
Start: 2026-02-23T22:00:00Z
End: 2026-02-23T23:05:00Z
Location: Channel 4 +1

Series 1 Episode 1

In an idyllic Oxfordshire hamlet, the fish in the river keep dying. Why? David Thewlis and Jason Watkins lead this real-life drama of victims, whistleblowers and England's water companies.

Cast and crew

Joseph BullmanDirector
David ThewlisAshley Smith
Jason WatkinsPeter Hammond
Posy SterlingJulie Preen
Tom McKayMark Preen
Alex JenningsSir James Bevan
Asim ChaudhryMickey Lazarus
Alice LoweSusan Davy
Chanel CresswellHanna Swift
Vicki PepperdineLucy Hunt
Charlotte RitchieSophie Harrison
Juliet CowanDebbie Henderson
Stephen WightAlex Sinclair
Andrew HavillRichard Aylard
Jon CulshawAlan Wrigley, MP
Sarah DurhamJulia Simpson
Mike NobleReuben Santer
Stephanie HyamHannah Rodger
Georgie HenleyLaura Monbiot
Ellie WhiteLizzie Millhouse
Shubham SarafMartin Samuels
Tom WalkerGuy Kingsnorth
Anthony CalfCharles Hale-Barlow
Lucia KeskinPoppi Humphries
Nicole CoxDjaleh Alizadeh
Naomi BattrickLeonie Lauchlin
Gavi CheraDr Ismail Akhtar
Alice Orr-EwingOttilie Fitzwilliam
Elizabeth BerringtonSarah Harrison
Sunil PatelCrime Officer
Mark ArendsDavid Marwood
Craig ParkinsonJohn Bull
Tom Durant-PritchardChris Hines

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