However, much more about the true story can be learned from Edwards and SteptoesA Matter of Life.

The Story of IVF a Medical Breakthrough.

The2024 Netflix movieshowed their first meeting as happening exactly as Edwards recounted it did inA Matter of Life.

Joy (2024) - poSTER

The Story of IVF a Medical Breakthrough.

Joyreleases on Netflix on November 22, 2024.

Sources: A Matter of Life.

Bob Edwards, Jean Purdy, Louise Brown and Patrick Steptoe in Netflix’s History 101 and Thomasin McKenzie as Jean Purdy in Joy

Jean Purdy smiles while she works with two researchers in Joy

Joy (2024) is a film directed by Ben Taylor, focusing on the challenges faced by a nurse, a scientist, and a surgeon as they confront societal and institutional resistance in their pioneering effort to achieve the world’s first test tube baby, Louise Joy Brown.

James Norton as Bob Edwards in Joy

Bill Nighy as Dr. Patrick Steptoe, Thomasin McKenzie as Jean Purdy, James Norton as Bob Edwards in Joy

James Norton as Bob Edwards and Thomasin McKenzie as Jean Purdy in Joy

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Bill Nighy as Patrick Steptoe, Thomasin McKenzie as Jean Purdy, James Norton as Bob Edwards in Joy

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