Previous guests from Long Lost Family attend a very special Christmas lunch. Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell find out what it means for those sharing Christmas together for the first time and for those meeting brand new family members.
Previous guests from Long Lost Family attend a very special Christmas lunch. Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell find out what it means for those sharing Christmas together for the first time and for those meeting brand new family members.
Special episode of the documentary series in which Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell help foundlings track down the people who abandoned them as babies.
Special episode of the documentary series in which Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell help foundlings track down the people who abandoned them as babies.
Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell present a special edition of the series, dedicated to the worldwide search for the remains of soldiers killed during the First World War with no known .. show full overview
Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell present a special edition of the series, dedicated to the worldwide search for the remains of soldiers killed during the First World War with no known graves. The programme follows the work of an elite all-female team at the Ministry of Defence known as the `War Detectives", whose job is to locate the final resting places of 500,000 service personnel who lost their lives during the conflict.
Born without a trace, foundlings are people abandoned as babies, who have had no way of unlocking the secrets of their past. Two years ago, we brought together 20 foundlings from across .. show full overview
Born without a trace, foundlings are people abandoned as babies, who have had no way of unlocking the secrets of their past. Two years ago, we brought together 20 foundlings from across the UK, united in their hope of finding birth relatives. Through DNA and detective work, our expert team have been helping them find the answers they’ve been searching for. But often these answers are not the end of the story…
It’s such an extraordinary journey for any foundling to go from being left somewhere, whether a parked car or a phone box- to finding out their identity, let alone to being united with a birth relative. In this programme, Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell catch up with three foundlings to find out how their lives have changed since they discovered the truth about their pasts and how their new relationships are developing. Remarkably new revelations come to light and there are still more relatives to meet!
Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell provide an update on some of the stories of people who were abandoned as babies. Eighteen months ago, DNA revealed that foundlings Helen and David, left .. show full overview
Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell provide an update on some of the stories of people who were abandoned as babies. Eighteen months ago, DNA revealed that foundlings Helen and David, left as newborns on either side of the Irish border, were full brother and sister - now further research shows their story of extraordinary family secrets is far from over.
Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell present the extraordinary story of 77-year-old Rosemary Rawlins, who has long believed that she was switched with another baby during an air raid in .. show full overview
Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell present the extraordinary story of 77-year-old Rosemary Rawlins, who has long believed that she was switched with another baby during an air raid in Weymouth during the Second World War. Her parents died early, so she was unable to ask them more about it, but a DNA test with her niece confirmed she wasn't genetically related to her family.
Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell present the stories of two men, both of them born in Ireland to unmarried mothers at a time when having children outside of marriage was seen as sinful .. show full overview
Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell present the stories of two men, both of them born in Ireland to unmarried mothers at a time when having children outside of marriage was seen as sinful and the Catholic Church went to great lengths to cover it up. When Arthur Fitzharris's adoptive parents died he decided to find out about his birth family, and was dismayed to discover that his birth certificate falsely recorded early foster parents as though they were his biological parents. Bernard McGrath discovered his adoptive parents were falsely named as his biological parents on his birth certificate and no other records seemed available to him
The team meet with two women who believe babies from their families were stolen at birth during the historic scandal in Spain that took place from the 1930s into the early 1990s. Ruth, .. show full overview
The team meet with two women who believe babies from their families were stolen at birth during the historic scandal in Spain that took place from the 1930s into the early 1990s. Ruth, whose first child was born in Spain in 1992, tells Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell that she believed her daughter had died at birth but suspicions have come to light in recent years that she may have been stolen instead. Maria Elena comes to the team for help on behalf of her 93-year-old mother, Ana, who believes her twin babies born in Madrid in 1958 were also stolen.
