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Test tube explosion (documentary on IVF)

Title
Test tube explosion (documentary on IVF)
Genre
Interview; Documentary; Advertisement; Special
TX Date
2 Feb 1982
Year of production
1982
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Duration
00:54:49
Description
Thames TV documentary about the development of in vitro fertilization (IVF), entitled, The Test Tube Explosion. Includes interview with parents Maria and David Curtis; unidentified female guests (for whom IVF did not result in a pregnancy) at the Curtis baby’s christening; gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe; scientist Robert Edwards; Chairman of the British Medical Association Ethical Committee, Dr Michael Thomas; John Webster; Dr Simon Fishal(?); Jean Purdy; gynaecologists Howard and Georgina Jones; mother Judy Carr; American reporter David Halfcock(?); Dr Alan Trounson(?); Dr Chris Poldge(?); Dr Steen Wooletson(?); Professor Roger Short of the Medical Research Council. Also includes American news stories with unidentified male and female reporters and actuality of the christening service of Natalie Cutis, the UK’s fifth test tube baby.
Contributors
Patrick Steptoe; Thames Television; Michael Thomas; John Webster; Maria Curtis; David Curtis; Robert Edwards; Simon Fishal(?); Jean Purdy; Howard Jones; Georgina Jones; David Halfcock(?); Alan Trounson(?); Chris Poldge(?); Steen Wooletson(?)
Keywords
Medical sciences; Gynaecology; Pregnancy; Artificial procreation; Children (family); Female infertility; In vitro fertilization; Human reproduction; Male infertility; Parents; Babies

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