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Joy

3 trailblazers: a young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media, and medical establishment in their pursuit of the world's first 'test tube baby,' Louise Joy Brown.

Director

Ben Taylor

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Genre

biography, drama, history

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Wildgaze Films,Pathé

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https://www.netflix.com/title/81701716

Jean Purdy

Thomasin McKenzie

Arun

Bob Edwards

Julio

Professor Mason

Patrick Steptoe

Mr. Sandhu

Mr. Miller

Gladys May

Reverend Paulson

Muriel

Maggie

Meg

Josephine Jones

Ruth Edwards

Jenny

Caroline

Sarah

Lyllia-Rose Redmond

Anna

Alice

Carla Harrison-Hodge

Neil Robinson

Neil

Oliver Llewellyn Jenkins

Gail

Trisha Johnson

Harry

Kathy Gibson

Heather Agyepong

Michael Barratt

Sheena

John Graham

Jan

Mairi-Clare MacLean

Sheila Howarth

Anastasia Hille

Sir Norman Jeffcoate

Roger Short

Rachel

James Watson

Brian Baines

Simon Paisley Day

Receptionist

Sally

George

Colin

Lily

Campaign Girl

Madeleine Shenai

Meg (Older)

Abbiegail Mills

Marie

Lesley Brown

Ella Bruccoleri

John Brown

Douggie McMeekin

John Webster

Peter Sandys-Clarke

Reporter 1

Reporter 2

Glenn Cunningham

Security Guard

Dancer

Sara

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♪ Here comes the sun, little darling ♪ - Joy

♪ Here comes the sun, little darling ♪

♪ It's all right ♪ - Joy

♪ It's all right ♪

...who travelled to Oldham with me
for the full ten years - Joy

...who travelled to Oldham with me for the full ten years

He's midway through an experiment.
If you like, you can park in there. - Joy

He's midway through an experiment. If you like, you can...

- That's kind. I like parking.
- Just, uh... - Joy

- That's kind. I like parking. - Just, uh...

Oh. I see you've been
researching Dr. Edwards. - Joy

Oh. I see you've been researching Dr. Edwards.

Hmm. What's your secret for catching mice? - Joy

Hmm. What's your secret for catching mice?

But you don't know my skills.
My work in nursing and research. - Joy

But you don't know my skills. My work in nursing and re...

My PhDs are very thorough in weeding out
the best applicants. Can you drive? - Joy

My PhDs are very thorough in weeding out the best applicants...

Excellent. 8:00 a.m., don't be late.
We have an obstetrician to catch. - Joy

Excellent. 8:00 a.m., don't be late. We have an obstetr...

One... two... One, two, three... - Joy

One... two... One, two, three...

♪ Oogum, oogum, boogum, boogum ♪ - Joy

♪ Oogum, oogum, boogum, boogum ♪

The Medical Research Council
mostly hate him, - Joy

The Medical Research Council mostly hate him,

Now, if the ovaries
could be inspected beforehand... - Joy

Now, if the ovaries could be inspected beforehand...

Now, the trouble is,
we have no clear method of doing so. - Joy

Now, the trouble is, we have no clear method of doing so.

So what I'd, um, like to advance today - Joy

So what I'd, um, like to advance today

The only way to visualize the ovaries
and get to the source of the endometriosis - Joy

The only way to visualize the ovaries and get to the source ...

Opening the abdomen
with a large cut... here... - Joy

Opening the abdomen with a large cut... here...

A laparoscopy allows me
to see the ovaries, the fallopian tubes, - Joy

A laparoscopy allows me to see the ovaries, the fallopian tu...

Your so-called surgery
involves poking around in the unknown - Joy

Your so-called surgery involves poking around in the unknown

But may I be allowed
just to prove my point - Joy

But may I be allowed just to prove my point

With your equipment, - Joy

With your equipment,

Oldham is an extremely good hospital, - Joy

Oldham is an extremely good hospital,

Amazing how there were appointments
for your contemporaries, - Joy

Amazing how there were appointments for your contemporaries,

No, I have. She's repeating it to you
in an effort to get you to listen to me. - Joy

No, I have. She's repeating it to you in an effort to g...

Look, I've gotta get back to Oldham.
I'm late for the 3:25. Write to me. - Joy

Look, I've gotta get back to Oldham. I'm late for ...

3:25? That gives us a good half hour.
We'll walk with you. - Joy

3:25? That gives us a good half hour. We'll walk with y...

But bulbs heat things up, so how are you
not cooking the insides of these women? - Joy

But bulbs heat things up, so how are you not cooking the ins...

West Germans have a laparoscope - Joy

West Germans have a laparoscope

I believe, you have just developed
a procedure to place sperm - Joy

I believe, you have just developed a procedure to place sper...

But imagine if we could place
a fertilized egg inside that same tube. - Joy

But imagine if we could place a fertilized egg inside that s...

You remove an egg, - Joy

You remove an egg,

You give it to us,
we fertilize that egg outside the body, - Joy

You give it to us, we fertilize that egg outside the body,

Fertilizing an egg outside the b...
You truly believe you can do that? - Joy

Fertilizing an egg outside the b... You truly believe you ca...

...for the 5:35 service... - Joy

...for the 5:35 service...

Well, in the short term, we'll set up
at yours. It's only a four-hour drive. - Joy

Well, in the short term, we'll set up at yours. It'...

And in the long term, we'll get money
from the Medical Research Council - Joy

And in the long term, we'll get money from the Medical ...

I have some hysterectomy patients - Joy

I have some hysterectomy patients

Ah. He's not just got the skills,
he's also got the contacts. - Joy

Ah. He's not just got the skills, he's also got th...

But we'll have the mothers.
The mothers will back us. - Joy

But we'll have the mothers. The mothers will back us.

Right, if I don't go now,
I'll miss the 5:25, - Joy

Right, if I don't go now, I'll miss the 5:25,

You know Reverend Paulson doesn't like it
unless we're 30 minutes early. - Joy

You know Reverend Paulson doesn't like it unless we...

♪ All things bright and beautiful ♪ - Joy

♪ All things bright and beautiful ♪

You are slouching.
You're not making the best of yourself. - Joy

You are slouching. You're not making the best of yourse...

Here. Would you like an iced fancy?
Or perhaps a scone? - Joy

Here. Would you like an iced fancy? Or perhaps a scone?

What about me? Would he like me?
I taste nice, particularly when buttered. - Joy

What about me? Would he like me? I taste nice, particularly ...

- And you know that's right.
- Ooh. Hold on. I have your china. - Joy

- And you know that's right. - Ooh. Hold on. I have you...

- Rum and blacks.
- I'm doing well, Mum. I am. - Joy

- Rum and blacks. - I'm doing well, Mum. I am.

I think I can finally
feel my life changing, and I like it. - Joy

I think I can finally feel my life changing, and I like it.

Libidinous as any creature on a hill,
but put 'em in a cage - Joy

Libidinous as any creature on a hill, but put 'em in a ...

Anyway, after he got 'em out, he put 'em
in a Petri dish with this new fluid, - Joy

Anyway, after he got 'em out, he put 'em in a Petr...

So all this rests on the hope - Joy

So all this rests on the hope

Just another 52 miles to Manchester, - Joy

Just another 52 miles to Manchester,

♪ I need your sweet inspiration ♪ - Joy

♪ I need your sweet inspiration ♪

♪ To go on livin'
To keep on givin' this way ♪ - Joy

♪ To go on livin' To keep on givin' this way ♪

It's not damp. It just rained recently.
And who might you be? - Joy

It's not damp. It just rained recently. And who might y...

I'm Matron.
You need a laboratory, apparently. - Joy

I'm Matron. You need a laboratory, apparently.

A good follicle
with hopefully one good... egg. - Joy

A good follicle with hopefully one good... egg.

Let's find that egg,
dip it in Barry's magic medium, - Joy

Let's find that egg, dip it in Barry's magic mediu...

I still don't understand
why you have anything to brag about. - Joy

I still don't understand why you have anything to brag ...

Then why place a piece
in a scientific journal like Nature? - Joy

Then why place a piece in a scientific journal like Nature?

We're confident that, soon enough,
we'll be ready to work with women. - Joy

We're confident that, soon enough, we'll be ready ...

- The way he says "women," d'you see?
- What's wrong with the way I say "women"? - Joy

- The way he says "women," d'you see? - What&...

- I... happen to like mice.
- Much more than you like women. - Joy

- I... happen to like mice. - Much more than you like women.

I am absolutely certain
I have more mice than I have daughters. - Joy

I am absolutely certain I have more mice than I have daughte...

Only two show pronuclei. Two of 56. - Joy

Only two show pronuclei. Two of 56.

And that's when solely working with
donated eggs from hysterectomy patients. - Joy

And that's when solely working with donated eggs from h...

Look, I am just pointing out
that you seem to prefer writing journalism - Joy

Look, I am just pointing out that you seem to prefer writing...

You write, you promise more,
and then when they're tantalized enough, - Joy

You write, you promise more, and then when they're tant...

This is how they get the support
to leave bloody Oldham behind. - Joy

This is how they get the support to leave bloody Oldham behi...

Oh, if Kershaw's is so awful, - Joy

Oh, if Kershaw's is so awful,

- Who was it? Hmm?
- It was the... the Mirror. - Joy

- Who was it? Hmm? - It was the... the Mirror.

He's used to a few bricks,
to the establishment hating him. - Joy

He's used to a few bricks, to the establishment hating ...

I don't believe
this will cause any damage, - Joy

I don't believe this will cause any damage,

I think it's important that you know that. - Joy

I think it's important that you know that.

Because it might mean
that others do... have babies. - Joy

Because it might mean that others do... have babies.

I can live in hope though, right?
I can believe that I might get a chance? - Joy

I can live in hope though, right? I can believe that I might...

You're supposed to be a nurse. - Joy

You're supposed to be a nurse.

"Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf
of his wife because she was barren." - Joy

"Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife because...

Jean, you're young. You don't understand.
But you can't play God with this. - Joy

Jean, you're young. You don't understand. But you ...

How do you feel about spectacles and false teeth - Joy

How do you feel about spectacles and false teeth

- Bob says...
- Oh, "Bob says." - Joy

- Bob says... - Oh, "Bob says."

Your surgeon. Steptoe.
It says so in the paper. - Joy

Your surgeon. Steptoe. It says so in the paper.

I'm not... performing abortions, Mum.
And I'm proud of what I'm doing. - Joy

I'm not... performing abortions, Mum. And I'm prou...

Let's hope that you have
enough pride for the both of us, - Joy

Let's hope that you have enough pride for the both of u...

All your qualifications.
And this is what you do with it? - Joy

All your qualifications. And this is what you do with it?

Reverend Paulson has advised - Joy

Reverend Paulson has advised

He's speaking... our vicar, - Joy

He's speaking... our vicar,

Then absolutely... I do. - Joy

Then absolutely... I do.

Thing is though, Mum,
this isn't asking me to choose. - Joy

Thing is though, Mum, this isn't asking me to choose.

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3 trailblazers: a young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media, and medical establishment in their pursuit of the world's first 'test tube baby,' Louise Joy Brown.

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Director: Ben Taylor

Writer: Jack Thorne, Rachel Mason, Emma Gordon

Production: Wildgaze Films,Pathé

Genre: biography, drama, history

Year: 2024

MetaScore: 62/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 22 Nov 2024

Awards: N/A

Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/81701716