The cast of Joy features Bill Nighy as Patrick Steptoe, who meets with Robert Edwards and Jean Purdy, to develop IVF. The movie debuted with a high score on Rotten Tomatoes and has been praised by ...

Patrick Steptoe, along with Robert Edwards and the nurse Jean Purdy, developed IVF and saw the birth of the first 'test-tube baby'. By Katie Palmer, Senior TV Reporter.

In 1978, Louise Joy Brown became the first baby ever born as a result of in vitro fertilization. Here’s everything to know about Louise Joy Brown’s life since her historic birth.

The real-life Patrick Steptoe took on the role of Director at the Centre for Human Reproduction, Oldham, in 1969, where he began his work with volunteer infertile women. By 1978, the world saw the ...

Patrick Steptoe, who died in 1988, was an obstetrician and gynaecologist who helped develop in vitro fertilisation and ran a fertility clinic in Oldham Hospital, Greater Manchester. The ...

Nighy plays real-life surgeon Patrick Steptoe, who teamed up with Jean Purdy (Thomasin McKenzie) and Robert Edwards (James Norton), to unlock the puzzle of infertility in 1978.

The first-ever IVF baby, Louise Joy Brown, was born on July 15, 1978, thanks to the work of an English obstetrician and surgeon Patrick Steptoe (played by Bill Nighy), an English scientist Robert ...

Part of the team who pioneered in vitro fertilization — Robert Edwards (left) and Patrick Steptoe (right) — with the world's first "test tube baby" Louise Joy Brown on July 25, 1978.

But the movie might also leave you wondering where Louise Joy Brown is now, as well as what happened to Jean Purdy, Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards following the events of 1978.

Patrick Steptoe, was an obstetrician and gynaecologist who helped develop in vitro fertilisation and ran a fertility clinic in Oldham Hospital, Greater Manchester.

The film follows the the pioneering breakthrough led by scientist Robert Edwards (James Norton), surgeon Patrick Steptoe (Bill Nighy) and scientist Jean Purdy (Thomasin McKenzie), who were on a ...