Long Lost Family

Presented by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell, this series tells incredible stories of people desperate to find missing family, unravels mysteries that no one else has been able to solve and answers questions that have haunted entire lives.

Episode 5

45m 19s

The story of a mother unable to forgive herself for giving away her daughter more than forty years ago and a son who needs to understand why his mother was unable to keep him.

Episodes

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    Episode 5

    S4 E9 - 45m 19s

    The story of a mother unable to forgive herself for giving away her daughter more than forty years ago and a son who needs to understand why his mother was unable to keep him.

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    Episode 6

    S4 E6 - 45m 38s

    The story of a brother and sister longing to carry out their dying mother’s wish for them to find their brother, and a son whose life is on hold until his birthmother is a part of it.

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    Episode 2

    S4 E2 - 45m 22s

    Two stories of women cheated of family. Given up for adoption at birth, Sara Price-Parker then lost her adoptive mother to cancer. Today she is searching for her birth mother. And the story of Pauline Wood searching for her baby brother.

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    Episode 8

    S4 E8 - 46m 14s

    The story of a mother who has never recovered from the moment she knew she would be unable to keep her baby and a daughter who has spent her life longing for the chance to be a part of her mother’s life.

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    Episode 7

    S4 E7 - 44m 36s

    The story of a mother who fears that time is running out for her to find her daughter, and a son who needs to make his father proud.

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    Episode 4

    S4 E4 - 45m 56s

    Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell help Inge Dart, who was forced by a domineering mother to give birth to her daughter secretly a continent away from home and then to give her up.

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    Episode 3

    S4 E3 - 45m 27s

    Richard Cue’s birth mother was related to his adoptive mom, but ten years on he has been unable to trace her. And the story of Tania Bartlett searching for her Iranian father who she last heard from more than thirty years ago.

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    Episode 1

    S4 E1 - 45m 48s

    Two stories of lives overshadowed by regret. Ann Munro gave up her son for adoption; ever since her life has been overshadowed by guilt. And Louise Kendall searches for her father who she knows didn’t want her.

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