Station:
ITV1 (GB)
Status:
Running
Start:
2019-02-25
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Foundlings are people abandoned as babies, often in the first hours and days of their lives. Born without trace, with no identifying information, they have had no way of unlocking the secrets of their past. But in this new ground-breaking documentary series, presented by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell, the team behind Long Lost Family combine the latest DNA technology with painstaking detective work, to enable four foundlings to finally uncover their identities.
There is no Next Episode of Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace planned.
S7E1 - Episode 1
Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell present the documentary that combines new DNA technology with painstaking detective work to find answers for foundlings. In 1966, infant Simon was left in the outside toilet block of a mother and baby home in Neath in south Wales. In an unrelated incident, four years later in Christchurch, England, newborn Lisa was left in another baby's pram. Almost 60 years later, Simon and Lisa are still desperate to know who left them and why.
Air Date: 18 Jun 2025 15:00 (CDT)
S7E2 - Episode 2
When a helpless baby boy was found in Milton Keynes in 1984, staff at a nearby hospital named him after the royal baby born just a few weeks earlier. 'Harry' was adopted and raised as Jon, but he is still haunted by the mystery of his start in life, and so is foundling Tina, who was left outside a hospital in Stoke-on-Trent in 1970. Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell help the duo find out more about their respective families.
Air Date: 25 Jun 2025 15:00 (CDT)
S7E3 - Episode 3
Sarah was left in the stairwell of a Surrey car park in 2001. She is the youngest foundling to appear on the show. Also looking for answers is Chris who, at three months old, was dropped off at a childminder's near Kings Cross in London, 62 years ago. He still needs to know who his birth family is and why nobody ever returned to pick him up.
Air Date: 02 Jul 2025 15:00 (CDT)