["Here Comes the Sun" playing],♪ Here comes the sun, little darling ♪,♪ Here comes the sun ♪,♪ And I say it's all right ♪,♪ It's all right ♪,♪ Here comes the sun, little darling ♪,♪ Here comes the sun ♪,♪ And I say it's all right ♪,♪ It's all right ♪,-[man 1] Dear Mr. Killion…-[bicycle bell rings],…I feel stronglyabout the inclusion on the plaque,of those who helped with the conceptionof Louise Brown, the first IVF baby.,-I feel this especially about Jean Purdy…-[man 2] Watch out!,[man 1] …who travelled to Oldham with mefor the full ten years,and contributed as much as we didto the project.,I was the biologist,,Patrick, the obstetrician,,and Jean…,well, without her,,none of this would have been possible.,[music continues],-[bell jingles]-[man 3] Mind your back!,[woman groans],Oh… bugger it.,[music trails off],I'm here for an interviewwith Dr. Edwards.,He's midway through an experiment.If you like, you can park in there.,-That's kind. I like parking.-Just, uh…,Shall I move stuff?,Do you mind if I use your radiatorto dry my shoe?,Oh. I see you've beenresearching Dr. Edwards.,His work onmammalian development is quite--,Extraordinary. I know.,If you're offended by unshod feet,I suggest you look away.,Oh damn. I have a hole in my tights.You can see my toe.,Oh. Two toes.,[softly] Um…,I'll let him know you're here. [chuckles],[quietly] Yes, I see. Yes.,[whimsical music plays],[man 1] See if we canseparate that from the plasma.,[indistinct chatter],[man 2] Next candidate's here, Bob.,[video camera whirring],[camera clicks],[softly] Holy shit.,Holy shit! Everyone, stop!,Sylvia's escaped,and I'd only just got her pregnant.,Jesus, Bob.,Please be careful where you stand.She's worth more than your shoes.,[man 3] Sylvia.,-[Bob] Sylvia.-She's there!,-[man 3] Whoop.-Where? I can't see her.,-[man 2] There. Under the table.-Oh, Sylvia.,I know you're upsetabout Patty giving birth.,-[man 3] Come on. Come on.-It will happen for you too, Sylvia.,I just need to make a few adjustments.,[music stops],If I hear a commotion,I'm not very good at staying out of it.,-Who are you?-Jean Purdy.,I'm here about the lab manager's post.,You've only got one shoe on.,The other shoe'scurrently steaming in your office.,Hmm. What's your secret for catching mice?,Clean hands and patience. What's yours?,[chuckles] I thinkI've just offered you a job.,But you don't know my skills.My work in nursing and research.,My PhDs are very thorough in weeding outthe best applicants. Can you drive?,I trained to become a nurseat Addenbrooke's Hospital.,I've worked at Southampton Hospital.,More recently, I've been at Papworth,studying tissue rejection.,Excellent. 8:00 a.m., don't be late.We have an obstetrician to catch.,Arun, please.Sylvia back in the cage. Thank you.,[man] One… two… One, two, three…,["Oogum Boogum Song"by Brenton Wood playing],♪ Oogum, oogum, boogum, boogum ♪,♪ Boogum now, babyYou're castin' your spell on me ♪,♪ I say, "Oogum, oogum, boogum" ♪,♪ "Boogum, boogum now, babyYou're castin' your spell on me" ♪,♪ You got me doin' funny thingsLike a clown ♪,♪ Just a-look at me ♪,♪ I say now, "Who got the blues?"Say, "Who got the blues?" ♪,♪ Say, "Who got the blues now?"Castin' your spell… ♪,Patrick Steptoe just publishedthe definitive guide to laparoscopy.,The Medical Research Councilmostly hate him,,but… I think,with those keyhole-surgery skills,,he will bean excellent member of our team.,Yes, this team,which you've not yet explained to me.,Oh, we're going to cure childlessness.,We're going to help make babies.,I've shocked you.,I knew you were interestedin reproduction. I didn't--,-Terrific. It's going to be terrific!-[horn tooting],Now, if the ovariescould be inspected beforehand…,[Jean softly] Thank you.,…we would haveadvance warning of endometriosis.,We'd be able to seehow many eggs were growing.,[chuckles] Now, the trouble is,we have no clear method of doing so..
    [man 1] Laparoscopy.,So what I'd, um, like to advance today,is the development of a new laparotomy,one with the ability…,-Laparoscopy would be superior.-[crowd murmuring],The only way to visualize the ovariesand get to the source of the endometriosis,is with a laparotomy.,Opening the abdomenwith a large cut… here…,-…or here.-Nonsense. You're quite wrong.,-This is a lecture. Not a meeting.-[men clamor],He's wasting time on inept science.,[speaker] This is the Royal Society, sir.,A little respect for my "inept science"might be due.,A laparoscopy allows meto see the ovaries, the fallopian tubes,,and other parts of the reproductive tract,without having to make anything morethan very small incisions in the skin.,Laparoscopy isan extremely dangerous technique.,[scoffs],Your so-called surgeryinvolves poking around in the unknown,without regard for the patientor the disease.,And this is not your lecture.,-[man 2] Hear, hear!-[murmuring],I know. I'm sorry. Please forgive me.,But may I be allowedjust to prove my point,with some slides…,-[men groaning]-…that I happen to have with me?,-Oh, Mr. Steptoe. Bob Edwards.-Yes?,-We spoke on the phone a few months ago.-[huffs],I can't be expectedto remember every phone call, Mr. Edwards.,Yes. If I could just have a minute.,I'd be very interestedto hear about keyhole surgery.,Sadly, I'm busy.,Talking to these peoplewho banished you to Oldham?,They hate you.,This is Jean Purdy.She'll be running our lab.,Will she now? Good luck to you both.,With your equipment,,we'd be able to access a woman's ovariesin the least invasive way.,Oldham is an extremely good hospital,,and there wasn't an appointmentin London available.,Amazing how there were appointmentsfor your contemporaries,,who they did like.,Have you studied me?,No, I have. She's repeating it to youin an effort to get you to listen to me.,A curious strategy, Jean.,[indistinct chatter in background],[Bob] How did youget around the heating problem?,What heating problem?,Look, I've gotta get back to Oldham.I'm late for the 3:25. Write to me.,3:25? That gives us a good half hour.We'll walk with you.,During the laparoscopy,you need a light source for your camera.,Otherwise, you are literallypoking around in the dark.,But bulbs heat things up, so how are younot cooking the insides of these women?,[Patrick] West Germans have a laparoscope,in which light is conductedfrom a mirror projection lamp.,No bulbs. No cooking.,-Didn't I tell you he was brilliant?-The West Germans are brilliant.,We share the same aim. We want to addressthe problem of infertility.,Trouble is, your science has its limits,and so does ours.,Go ahead. Tell me my limits.,I believe, you have just developeda procedure to place sperm,inside the fallopian tube.,-Where'd you read that?-It won't get results.,Not substantial ones.Why? Because sperm can't behave itself.,But imagine if we could placea fertilized egg inside that same tube.,You remove an egg,,using your marvelous equipmentand know-how.,You give it to us,we fertilize that egg outside the body,,using our marvelous equipmentand know-how,,and then you place it back inside.,The chances of a successful pregnancywill just go through the roof.,Fertilizing an egg outside the b…You truly believe you can do that?,I don't have slides, but I'm close.,-[cash register pings]-[woman] Thank you.,[over PA] …for the 5:35 service…,You teach at Cambridge, Dr. Edwards,is that right?,-I do.-All my clinical material is in Oldham.,Cambridge is… 200 miles away.,Well, in the short term, we'll set upat yours. It's only a four-hour drive.,And in the long term, we'll get moneyfrom the Medical Research Council,and move you south.,Uh, that is, if you're…willing to be moved south.,I could be… persuaded.,We'll need women.,Women willingto contribute ovarian tissue.,I have some hysterectomy patients,who, if I explained what we're doing,might help us.,Ah. He's not just got the skills,he's also got the contacts. [chuckles],You're aware they'll throw the book at us?,The Church, the state, the world.,We will unite them all against us.,But we'll have the mothers.The mothers will back us.,[poignant music playing],[inhales] Right, if I don't go now,I'll miss the 5:25,,and I'll never be home.,Bob. Jean.,Y-You're in?,You're in, aren't you?,[music brightens],We'll speak soon, I hope.,Very good, Jean. Ooh! Very good!,The snipes about Oldham, very useful.,Hoo!......