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Experience: I gave birth to the world’s first IVF boy

My husband and I were unable to have children, and then we heard about a new experimental technique

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2025

Children born thanks to IVF pioneer find their biological father is scientist from his lab

Roz Snyder, 52, and David Gertler, 51, recently found out via DNA tests that they are half-siblings – raising questions about Patrick Steptoe’s work

The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2024

Questions about IVF pioneer after two discover they share biological father

Roz Snyder, 52, and David Gertler, 51, recently found out via DNA tests that they are half-siblings.

Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2024

Bill Nighy says holding a baby for new IVF film Joy was a ‘very edgy day’

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

Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2024

‘Rachel had been ready to leave me if our IVF hadn’t worked’: writer Jack Thorne on how his family’s fertility struggles inspired his new film

The screenwriter behind hit TV dramas National Treasure and Kiri, as well as the Harry Potter stage play, talks about his new, more personal project created with his wife - a feature film, Joy, celebrat​ing the birth of IVF

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2024

Joy review – warm and intensely English portrayal of the birth of IVF

Bill Nighy, James Norton and Thomasin McKenzie form the unlikely trio who doggedly, quietly and courageously made the discovery that would change lives around the world

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2024

Casualty exclusive: Jamie Glover on devious Patrick Onley’s exit and Holby ED’s next clinical lead

Casualty villain Patrick Onley came to Holby ED to change things - and in a way he has! Leaving in disgrace, he’s made room for a new clinical lead. Who will it be? We talk to actor Jamie Glover…

WhatToWatch · Jun 8, 2024

Casualty exclusive: Jamie Glover on playing the most hated man in Holby

Conniving Casualty clinical lead Patrick Onley has united fans in an unexpected way. Here Jamie Glover talks about being ‘the focus of vitriol’ and why he loves being a part of Holby ED.

WhatToWatch · Jun 4, 2024

Joy: release date, cast, plot, trailer, first looks, interviews and everything you need know

Joy is a Netflix movie about the events leading up to the birth of the first IVF test tube baby Louise Joy Brown in 1978 and stars Bill Nighy, James Norton and Thomasin McKenzie.

WhatToWatch · Jan 19, 2024

A punk, a monkey, a maths genius … our pick of local heroes who deserve a blue plaque

With the London scheme poised to go national, Observer writers make their cases for a few of the many overlooked, snubbed or merely forgotten figures who richly deserve recognition

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2023