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8 Episodes 2019 - 2019
Episode 1
The incredible story of separated sisters that previously hit the headlines - the search follows one of the sisters delving into her past and reveals layers of family that she never knew existed. Christine Rose was born in Dewsbury in Yorkshire and is now 67 years old - she was separated from her sisters in dramatic circumstances at the age of four when her mother was prosecuted for neglect. The three young girls were taken from their mother by Social Services during the night and sent to separate children's homes. Christine was eventually adopted, but she remained haunted by the absence of her sisters and began to question why the family were torn apart and whether her sisters stayed together. As she is now desperate to find them, the team makes remarkable discoveries as layers of Christine's past are uncovered.
Episode 2
An extraordinary story of missed opportunity as a brother and sister both longing to find each other are both too scared to make the first move, and an 83-year-old mother is desperate to find her missing daughter before it's too late. Nicholas Rhoades is searching for his birth mother - the only information he has was her name and the address she was living at when she gave him up, but although he visited this address, Nicholas never found the courage to knock on the door himself. Now in an unexpected twist, the team discovers someone waiting at the house for Nicholas who he could never have expected. Octogenarian Margaret Sweeney is trying to find the daughter she hasn't seen for 60 years - with no idea where she might be in the world, will Margaret find her daughter before time runs out for both of them?
Episode 3
In an unprecedented case, celebrity searcher KT Tunstall tries to find her birth father. Elsewhere, two siblings search for the birth mother they were separated from in the 1960s against a backdrop of social prejudice toward single mothers. Singer KT Tunstall always knew she was adopted - she grew up in St Andrews in Scotland and had a happy childhood with a loving adoptive family. As an adult, KT searched for her birth mother and the pair reunited in 1998, but KT has always wanted to find the other half of her history in her birth father. Meanwhile, siblings Simon Munro and Carole Killick grew up apart after their mother left when Carole was a toddler and Simon a baby - they were reunited over 20 years ago and are now taking on the search for their birth mother, who was struggling with the prospect of homelessness around the time she gave them up.
Episode 4
In this remarkable special, we follow one woman's search for her mother and use DNA testing to reveal layers of her family that she never knew existed. 62-year-old Kathleen Fraser Jackson was adopted as a baby, but after her adoptive mum died, she grew up without feeling the love of a mother. Having searched for over 40 years with every turn leading to another dead end, Kathleen makes a last-ditch attempt to find her mum, and the search is taken to the next level by sampling Kathleen's DNA and adding it to an online database. This triggers an epic journey for Kathleen that no-one could have foreseen, a journey spanning continents and cultures that unlocks more secrets and family members than she could ever have dreamed of.
Episode 5
Following two people haunted by events of the past - one of them is a woman whose memory of a week spent with her younger brother 50 years ago is driving her to find him, and the other is a man who cannot shake the question of how a can mother give up her child. Alice Jones grew up in London as the daughter of two Jamaican migrants - Alice's parents moved to the UK as part of the post-war influx of workers from Jamaica in 1954. They were both married but not to each other, and they separated when their families from Jamaica followed - Alice never formed a bond with her mother, but she did have a younger brother called Sam that she has fond memories of and has always hoped that she would one day see again. Mark Ratcliffe - a small business owner living in Eastbourne who was told that he was adopted at the age of 12 - found it difficult to comprehend how his birth mother could have given him away, and he now needs to find answers.
Episode 6
Following two adoptees on a journey to find acceptance - a man has feelings of rejection that have consumed him for over 20 years, and a woman is holding off her wedding until she finds her birth mother. Martin Smith grew up in Rochdale with loving adoptive parents - he had a happy childhood, but when he started secondary school, a class project looking at baby photos revealed the truth about his past. The reality of what adoption meant then hit Martin, and now he is ready to push past his feelings of rejection and find his birth mother. Anne Jordan has been searching for her birth mother for 30 years - now happily engaged to her partner Chris, Anne can't wait to get married but won't set a date for the wedding until she has found her birth mother as it is her dream to have her there.
Episode 7
In a first for 'Long Lost Family', this final episode of the series includes an appeal for information on behalf of families whose loved ones have been reported missing to the police. We also help a woman looking for answers as to why her mother disappeared over 60 years ago. Beryl Everall last saw her mother at the age of three when she mysteriously disappeared from her life. She has since found out from a distant relative that while her mother has passed away, she also had another daughter.
Episode 8
A dedication to the extraordinary searches across the world for soldiers lost in battle during the First World War. With unprecedented access, this remarkable episode follows the work of an elite all-female team at the Ministry of Defence: the 'War Detectives'. These historical investigators are tasked with finding 500,000 World War service personnel lost with no known graves.