Baby Makers, The
Synopsis
35 years and half a million test tube babies ago, the prospects for the one in eight couples who could not have children were bleak. Adoption was the only option.
But that was before maverick scientists Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe joined forces to battle the problem of infertility together. The result was Louise Brown – the world’s first test tube baby. The Baby Makers reveals the struggles and sadness behind the joyful headlines. – the couples who tried but failed to conceive; the scientific infighting; the political opposition and the final acceptance of a treatment we now consider normal. The programme also looks to the future, contemplating how cloning may revolutionise the fertility industry. But what are the implications? Are we about to enter a brave new world of designer babies? Or will cloning one day also become the norm?
Duration
3 x 52'
Definition
SD
Genre
Factual
Subgenre
Science
Producer
MENTORN FILMS LTD