The world’s first IVF baby, Louise Joy Brown, and her birth in 1978 marked a medical breakthrough that changed the face of reproductive science. Now, decades later, Louise is championing “Joy”, a new film that tells the remarkable story of how her life began and the pioneers who made it possible.

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link "Joy" is about the British doctors who helped conceive the first baby using IVF treatment in the late 1970s. The Netflix movie stars Bill Nighy as Patrick Steptoe, the director of the Centre for Human ...

The makers of a new film about the British pioneers of IVF hope it highlights the "fragile" status of fertility treatment, with perceived threats in places like the United States and dwindling availability in the UK.

Based on a true story, the drama follows three pioneering British scientists in the 1960s and 1970s and their struggle to develop IVF.