Long Lost Family Show Summary, Upcoming Episodes and TV Guide

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell present the stories of two men hoping to find birth family. Joe McGregor was adopted as a baby in Bermuda in the 1970s and grew up in Norfolk in a loving family, yet he still yearns to find his birth family. Simon Miller's mum's dying wish was that he should find the daughter who she gave up for adoption just a few years before he was born.

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell follow the stories of two more people. Rachel Burch grew up in a white family and stood out in the small, West Sussex village where they lived, and is searching for her Jamaica-born birth father. Sue Davis is on the hunt for the half-brother her mother gave up for adoption after his American serviceman father went home and off the radar following Second World War.

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell meet Sara Hathaway who, after losing her adoptive mother and older brother in the space of just a year, is desperate to find her birth family. Plus, Diane Kerridge shares her story of being forced to give up the child she gave birth to as a teenager in the 1960s. Over 50 years later, she is hoping to find her long lost son.

This episode tells the story of two sons who were given up for adoption and the families who have stopped at nothing to find them

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell present the stories of men brought up in the care system who are trying to reconnect with the families that were taken from them. Murray Phillips was adopted from a children's home as a young boy with his older brother Ricky, who was sent back to the children's home when he was 12, leaving nine-year-old Murray completely devastated and confused. Eighty-seven-year-old Mark Chesterfield spent a large part of his childhood at a foundling hospital and has been trying to reclaim his identity ever since he found out at the age of 74 that he wasn't an orphan, as he'd always believed, but had a mother who'd wanted to be part of his life. Having traced her side of the family, he came to Long Lost Family to find out about his father's side.

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell help two people searching for their missing birth mothers - a woman taken to Morocco as toddler against her mother's will, and a man given up as a baby because of the colour of his skin. Nicky and Davina discover what happened - and that however difficult it may be, the truth has transformative power.

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell return to tell more stories of people desperate to find missing family and answer questions that have haunted entire lives. Jacinta Hickey's dying wish was to reunite her younger brother Paul with his birth family, and the programme follows her daughter Claire's attempt to fulfil the promise.

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell present two more stories, with Louise Stoppani looking for the father she never knew, having discovered aged seven that the man bringing her up was not her biological dad. Jonathan Gaskarth was adopted at six weeks old, but it was only following the breakdown of his marriage that he decided to try to locate his birth parents.

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell present two heartbreaking stories of separation, including a man whose only memento of his birth mother and siblings is an old local newspaper article that shows them evicted from their home and squatting in an airfield. Plus, a woman searching for her only child, who she hasn't seen since he was 10 days old.

This week, Paula Stillie is on a quest to discover her identity, and Lisa Harding longs for the sister she's always wanted.

Paula Stillie has always looked completely different from her white adoptive family in Scotland. Heartbreakingly, as a little girl she covered herself in talcum powder to try and look more like her parents. Although she had a happy upbringing, she's always wanted to know who her birth family are and where in the world she comes from. Our search for answers leads across the globe with some unexpected surprises.

Meanwhile, Lisa Harding grew up in the north east of England with her single mother Moyra who worked long hours as a hairdresser by day and taxi driver by night. It was a lonely childhood and Lisa always wished for a sister. Then when Lisa was 15, Moyra confided that Lisa actually has an older sister who was given up for adoption before Lisa was born. But the decades went by, and because the subject was painful, they didn't speak about it again, until Moyra was dying of cancer and she told Lisa of her desire to find her eldest daughter. Now Lisa is on a mission to fulfil her mother's dying wish.

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell present the stories of two people trying to unravel family mysteries, with both looking for a birth parent they have never met. Fifty-seven-year-old quarry worker John Hacking was told that his birth mother left him as a baby in a pram outside a block of flats in Buxton and has been searching for her since he was 17 with no luck, while Debra Spark has never met her Italian father Ernesto, who got together with Debra's mother Olive in Milan in the 1960s.

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell help more people to reunite with long-lost relatives, following a woman on a quest to solve a family mystery and find her sisters, and a woman living with the heart-breaking decision to give up her son for adoption when she was just a teenager.

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell help more people to reunite with long-lost relatives. Yasika Fernando was separated from her Sri Lankan birth mother when she was adopted by a British couple at a few months old, and has longed to find her since finding out the truth at 18. The other story follows Richard Standen, who is looking for the son he put up for adoption more than 50 years ago.

The series starts with two heart breaking stories of separation: a mother and father who, having fought in vain to get their son back through the courts, have lived with a lifetime of loss; and a son's search for his birth mother, who disappeared from his life when he was a baby. 

Phyllis and Kevin Haran contacted Long Lost Family after more than forty years searching for their first-born son. The couple fell in love as teenagers in Ireland in the 1970s and a couple of months into their relationship, Phyllis became pregnant. Aware of the scandal this would cause within their Catholic community, they hatched a plan to run away to England to bring up their baby. But, in London, their landlady discovered they were keeping a baby in their flat and gave them less than 24 hours to get out. Homeless, jobless and desperate to put their baby's interests first, they agreed through an agency to place their son in the care of a family, with the possibility of adoption if they couldn't find their feet.

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell help more people to reunite with long-lost relatives. Martin Smith grew up in Rochdale and had a happy childhood, but struggled with intense feelings of rejection when he discovered he was adopted and only now feels ready to face his fears and find his birth mother. Ann Jordan always knew she was adopted and has been searching for her birth mother for over 30 years, but she will not set a date for her wedding to fiance Chris until she has found her.

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell follow Kathleen Fraser Jackson's search for her mother, with the 62-year-old having been trying to track down the woman who gave her up for adoption for more than 40 years. In a last-ditch attempt to help Kathleen find her mum, the Long Lost Family team samples Kathleen's DNA and adds it to an online database, which triggers an epic journey spanning continents and cultures, and unlocking more secrets - and family members - than she could ever have dreamed of.

Adopted as a baby, Nicholas Rhoades asked the programme for help in trying to track down his birth mother. The only information he had was her name and the address she was living at when she gave him up, but he never found the courage to knock on the door himself. The second story follows 83-year-old Margaret Sweeney as she tries to track down the daughter she has not seen for 60 years.

This episode features an extraordinary double search within one family: a sister looking for her brother Keith to tell him the truth about their father, and a further search with Keith to find out more about the birth mother he never knew.

This episode features two women looking for answers to questions that have haunted them for decades: a woman who made a discovery as a teenager that changed her life and a mother longing to find the son she felt she let down as a baby.

This episode features two stories shaped by moments from British history: a family torn apart by the birth of a wartime baby and a daughter given up against a backdrop of racism.

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell reunite more family members with their missing relatives. In this episode, two of our youngest ever searchers look for birth family on the other side of the world.

Episode Six features two stories of childhood loss: a daughter whose only link to her father is a letter and a woman searching for her twin sisters after more than 60 years apart.

Episode Four features two people searching for answers to family secrets: A woman who only discovered she had an older sister two years ago and a man desperate to find the father he's never met.

Episode Two features two stories of people's lives torn apart by circumstances beyond their control: Our first ever search on behalf of a birth father searching alone for an adopted child; and a woman raised in children's homes longing to find her mother.

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell present more remarkable stories of people anxious to find long-lost relatives. Miriam Aragon Hay grew up in Wales with her single mother Veronica and was never allowed to ask about her Salvadorean father. Veronica had been a missionary nun in El Salvador and fell in love with a local mariachi band guitar player called Victor, but she had to leave the country when she became pregnant. Miriam has a photograph of her father and has even seen him in a TV documentary, but longs to know the real man. Also, the story of Annie Sims, who has struggled to come to terms with the decision her birth mother made to give her up for adoption as a baby. Annie's compassion for her mother grew when she realised how difficult it must have been for her to make that impossible decision to keep her elder sister and give her away. Today, Annie is more determined than ever to find her birth mother and hear her side of the story.

This week we have two stories of children desperate to find missing parents: A son who wants his father to be proud of him, and a woman searching for the youngest birth mother we've ever come across, who was only 13 years old when she had her.

Deborah Ozturk - who was born in Australia and adopted by a British family - has spent years longing to find her birth mother and thank her for the incredible sacrifice she made in giving her up as a baby. Deborah learned as a teenager that her adoptive parents actually knew her mother, who had chosen them to bring her up. The programme also details the story of Ray Jones, who at the age of two was separated from his mother and younger brother and put in a children's home. It was only last year, after accessing his case file, that Ray uncovered the biggest missed opportunity of his life. The file contained a letter written by his mother when he was 15, saying that she wanted him back. Ray never received the letter. Although he fears that it is too late to know his mum, Ray hopes that he can find his brother and get some answers about his past.

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell present more remarkable and moving stories of people anxious to find long-lost relatives. Taxi driver Cliff Jardine grew up at odds with his adoptive parents and has been desperately trying to find his mother, but he discovered she had moved to Singapore. Sue Ward, born in Singapore and adopted by a British couple, has longed to know more about her birth mother. Could they both be searching for the same woman? The programme also looks at the case of paediatric nurse Anna London-Truckle, who was born in Ecuador and adopted by a British couple at the age of two. Although grateful to her adoptive parents, Anna feels a huge disconnect with her roots. Faced with a seemingly impossible search in a developing country, Anna fears she will never have the opportunity to find her mother, who made the ultimate sacrifice to give her a better chance in life.