The drama follows the story of Louise Joy Brown, the first person to have been born after conception by IVF in Oldham
Happy Valley's James Norton is starring in new Netflix IVF drama 'JOY', which tells the true story of Louise Joy Brown, the first person born through In Vitro Fertilisation in Oldham.
Louise Joy Brown, who was born in July 1978, was the first person to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation experiments.Her birth at Oldham General Hospital, 45 years ago, was hailed as one of "the most remarkable medical breakthroughs of the 20th Century". Netflix have set about telling her story and the decade-long journey to make it possible.
The film, which was was written by Jack Thorne and directed by Sex Education's Ben Taylor, spans a decade between 1968 to 1978 as breakthrough medical advancements were made towards the conception and birth of babies through IVF.
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