The man who invented the Pill

Published: July 14, 2022, 9 a.m.

In 1951, in a lab in Mexico City, Austrian chemist Dr Carl Djerassi created a synthetic hormone from wild yams. It would go on to become the Pill's active ingredient.

Rachel Naylor brings together archive interviews with Dr Djerassi.

PHOTO: Carl Djerassi in 1992 (BBC Copyright)