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Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace - Episode Guide

Season 1

Episode 1

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Feb 25, 2019 (90 min)

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Special episode of the documentary series which aims to reunite family members after years of separation. Using cutting edge DNA profiling the team focus on finding close relatives.

Season 2

David and Helen

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Jun 1, 2020

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Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell present the stories of people who were abandoned as babies, helping them try to find their birth families and know their identities. David McBride was left in a car as a two-week-old infant in January 1962, while Helen Ward was left in a tartan bag in a telephone box in Dundalk in 1968.

Simon and Fi

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Jun 2, 2020

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Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell help two more people who were found as babies after being abandoned to track down their birth families. Simon Jeffery was left in a box outside a railway tavern in Greenhithe, a story which hit the headlines but which he only learned about by chance at the age of 10. Fi Beazer was discovered in a public toilet in Warminster when she was only a few hours old. Both have spent their adult life trying to track down their parents, and submit DNA samples in the hope of finally getting the answers they seek.

What Happened Next

Episode: S02 Special | Airdate: Jul 27, 2020

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Two years ago, the programme brought together 20 foundlings from across the UK, united in their hope of finding birth relatives. Through DNA and detective work, the show's experts have been helping them find the answers they've been searching for. In this edition, Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell catch up with three of them to find out how their lives have changed since they discovered the truth about their pasts and how their new relationships are developing.

Season 3

Episode 1

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: May 24, 2021

Episode 1

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell return with more stories of people who were abandoned as babies, helping them try to find their birth families and know their identities. In the first edition, they examine whether two baby girls abandoned in Chesterfield in the late 1980s could be related? Through DNA, the team makes a shocking new discovery.

Episode 2

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: May 25, 2021

Episode 2

Time is running out for one foundling who was discovered on a luggage rack in Paddington station nearly 75 years ago, while another woman hopes DNA will solve the mystery of why she was left next to a church in Liverpool at two days old. Presented by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell.

Episode 3

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: May 26, 2021

Episode 3

A woman born in a hospital but whose birth mother disappeared, never to be traced, discovers a shocking secret, while a man, left as a baby near Wolverhampton Wanderers' Stadium and named after a famous footballer, searches for his true identity. Presented by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell.

What Happened Next

Episode: S03 Special | Airdate: Sep 14, 2021

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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.

Season 4

Episode 1

Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: May 23, 2022

Episode 1

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell return with more stories of people who were abandoned as babies, helping them try to find their birth families and know their identities. For a man left as a baby on church steps more than 50 years ago, there are shocking revelations when a long-held family secret is finally uncovered, while a young woman who was discovered in hospital toilets in the 1980s receives some surprising news that deepens the mystery of her beginnings.

Episode 2

Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: May 24, 2022

Episode 2

The man who became famous as `the Ice Baby", after being found in a London phone box on the coldest night of the year, searches for answers. Meanwhile, touching revelations are in store for another man who was discovered inside public toilets in Abergavenny in 1958. Presented by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell.

Episode 3

Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: May 25, 2022

Episode 3

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell present more stories of people who were abandoned as babies, helping them try to find their birth families and know their identities. Heart-wrenching news awaits a woman discovered as a newborn baby on the steps of a tower block, while 70 years after he was left opposite an underground station, can DNA finally help one man find his roots?

Season 5

Episode 1

Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Jun 26, 2023

Episode 1

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell follow the stories of foundlings as they search for answers about why they were left as babies and try to find their birth families. A man left as a baby in a London phone box more than 50 years ago discovers an extraordinary family history on the other side of the world.

Episode 2

Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Jun 27, 2023

Episode 2

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell follow the stories of foundlings as they search for answers about why they were left as babies and try to find their birth families. A man left on a stranger's doorstep finds out a painful family secret, while a woman discovered in the back of an Aston Martin car in the 1950s finally understands the reason why she was there.

Episode 3

Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Jun 28, 2023

Episode 3

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell follow the stories of foundlings as they search for answers about why they were left as babies and try to find their birth families. A police detective left on some church steps as a baby, who has been unable to solve the mystery of his own identity, finally discovers the truth. Elsewhere, a woman left in a hospital in the 1960s receives surprising news about her birth family.

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