A special episode highlighting the scandal of children being shipped out to Australia.

Long Lost Family: Shipped to Australia

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A special episode highlighting the scandal of thousands of unaccompanied British children being shipped out to Australia during the 20th century.

Long Lost Family

Moving stories of separation hosted by Davina McCall & Nicky Campbell

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell present this deeply moving documentary series which aims to reunite family members after years of separation, and tell their stories.

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The stories of a woman seeking her birth family and another woman who seeks her son.

This episode follows the stories of Sara Hathaway, who lost two precious members of her adoptive family in a single year, and Diane Kerridge, who seeks the son she had to give up.

Featuring a woman's quest to find her son and a man's bid to learn more about his family.

We take on the cases of Caroline Kinsey - who longs to find the son she gave up for adoption - and Paul McFarlane, whose assumptions about his family have been thrown into doubt.

A woman looks for her siblings and another searches for a sister given up as a teenager.

Episode Six

This episode features Mary Arbuthnot - a woman looking for two siblings adopted separately - and Maggie McCauley, who is searching for the older sister her mum had to give up.

A mum seeks the baby she gave up as a teenager, and a donor-conceived woman seeks answers.

Episode Five

A mum who recently had cancer looks for the baby she gave up as a teenager, and a woman who was donor-conceived seeks answers to her many questions.

A woman searches for her adopted brother, and an adopted woman looks for her sister.

Episode Four

This episode features Tracey Boyle - a woman searching for the brother her mum reluctantly gave up - and Liz Allward, who looks for the sister she always had an intuition about.

The first episode in the show's 13th series follows the stories of two very different men.

The first episode in the show's 13th series follows Paul Connolly - who seeks someone who shares his paternal DNA - and Shaun Lawrence, who wants to find his entire family.

A mother searches for the son she last saw 50 years ago, and a woman seeks twin sisters.

Episode Three

This episode features Sue Stalley - a mother searching for the son she was forced to give up as a teenager - and Melanie Mackney, a woman looking for her elder twin sisters.

A mother searches for her son and a sister seeks the brother her mother had to give up.

Episode Two

This episode follows Paula Beer - a mother searching for the son she gave up as a teenager - and Sharon Thomas, a sister looking for the younger brother her mother had to give up.

A woman looks for the daughter she gave up and another seeks her missing brother.

Episode One

The first episode in the show's 14th series follows Ros Webb - a mother searching for her only child - and Tegan Cornish, an adopted woman looking for a brother separated from her.

Joselyn Turner searches for her older brother James for answers to her lifelong questions.

This episode explores the idea that it's never too late to discover your roots with Joselyn Taylor, who was born profoundly deaf and put in a children's home at only two weeks old.

The heart-breaking story of Jacinta Hickey who wanted to find her younger brother Paul.

The stories of two people who are trying to track down missing relatives, including the heart-breaking story of Jacinta Hickey who wanted to find her younger brother Paul.

A foundling journeys to Hong Kong, and a daughter wants to fulfil her mother's dying wish.

This episode features a foundling's incredible journey to Hong Kong in search of information about her origins and a daughter's desperate quest to fulfil her mother's dying wish.

Tear-jerking series that attempts to reunite estranged families after years of separation.

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell present the documentary series which aims to reunite family members who are desperate to find long-lost relatives after years of separation.

This episode of the programme features two stories that take us across the globe.

Two stories that take us across the globe as a woman searches for her birth mother in Sri Lanka and we undertake a quest on behalf of a father who is longing to find his lost son.

This episode features two stories of missing relatives found much closer than imagined.

A mother who has never got over a decision made for her 50 years ago about having her first-born child adopted seeks her daughter, and a trainee nurse wants to find her brother.

A special episode following two men and their searches for their true identities.

False Identity (Irish) Special

In this special episode, we follow the stories of two men born to unmarried mothers in Ireland as they seek to learn the truth behind their real identities.

A man yearns to find his birth family, and another wants to fulfil his mother's last wish.

This episode follows the stories of Joe McGregor - who yearns to find his birth family - and Simon Miller, who wants to fulfil his mother's dying wish to find his older sister.

A woman seeks a brother she's never met, and another woman looks for half-sibling twins.

This episode follows Jeanette Woodyatt - who wants to make the brother she's never met welcome - and Karen Turnbull, who seeks the half-sibling twins that her mother gave up.

A woman seeks her Jamaican-born birth father, and another woman looks for a half-brother.

This episode follows Rachel Burch - who is searching for her Jamaican-born birth father - and Sue Davis, who takes up a search for her half-brother on behalf of her late mother.

The MOD's 'War Detectives' hope to identify a group of fallen soldiers

Unknown Soldiers Special (Ep 6)

Davina and Nicky team up with the MOD's 'War Detectives' as they continue the task of identifying World War I soldiers and tracing their surviving families.

The stories of three men raised in the care system who want to reconnect with families.

The stories of three men brought up in care including Murray Phillips - who wants to find his older brother Ricky - and Mark Chesterfield, who wants to learn about his father.

This episode features two incredible stories of people desperate to find missing family.

Two incredible stories of people desperate to find missing family: a mum living with a heart-breaking decision & a woman on a quest to solve a family mystery & find her sisters.

This episode of the programme features two heartbreaking stories of separation.

A mother and father who fought in vain to get their son back through the courts seek to finally find him, and a son searches for the birth mother who disappeared from his life.

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