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.
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)
S8E1 - Episode 1
One baby is discovered in a phone box, another inside a locked mansion block. Now adults, driven to find out who left them and why, there are emotional revelations for both.
Air Date: 03 Aug 2026 15:00 (CDT)
S8E2 - Episode 2
When a box containing a newborn baby was found on Halloween night in 1996, the two women who saw a hand peeking out first suspected it was a trick. Instead, it was Michael - tiny and premature. Now an adult, he wants to know who it was that left him there, and why? Similar questions have haunted 77-year-old Christine, who was discovered in a Waterloo train carriage. But she has more reason than many other foundlings to understand why a mother might give up a child.
Air Date: 10 Aug 2026 15:00 (CDT)