Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace

Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace
TV Show · Documentary

Foundlings are people who were abandoned as babies. Born without a trace, they have had no way to unlock the secrets of their past. This series combines new DNA technology with painstaking detective work.

2019 · 46m
Starring Davina McCall, Nicky Campbell
Director Rosie Schellenberg

Season 4

  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    For a man left as a baby on church steps, a long held family secret is uncovered, while a young woman discovered in hospital toilets in the 1980s receives some surprising news.
    46m
  • EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    The man who became famous as The Ice Baby, after being found in a freezing London phone box, searches for answers.
    45m
  • EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    Heart wrenching news awaits a woman discovered as a newborn baby on the steps of a tower block. Can DNA help one man find his roots?
    46m
  • EPISODE 1
    Episode 1
    A man who had been abandoned in a London phone box as a baby discovers an extraordinary family history on the other side of the world.
    45m
  • EPISODE 2
    Episode 2
    A man left on a stranger's doorstep finds out a painful family secret, while a woman found in the back of an Aston Martin in the 1950s finally understands why she was left there.
    45m
  • EPISODE 3
    Episode 3
    A police detective left on church steps as a baby finally discovers the truth, and a woman left in a hospital in the 1960s receives surprising news about her birth family.
    51m

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  • Long Lost Family
  • Long Lost Family: What Happened Next
  • DNA Family Secrets
  • The Secret DNA of Us
  • A World Without Down's Syndrome?
  • Three Mothers, Two Babies, and a Scandal

Cast & Crew

  • Davina McCall
    Host
  • Nicky Campbell
    Host
  • R‌S
    Rosie Schellenberg
    Director
  • A‌G
    Alice Goodyear
    Producer
  • S‌B
    Sally Benton
    Executive Producer
  • R‌S
    Rosie Schellenberg
    Editor
  • P‌L
    Paddy Lynas
    Editor

About

Long Lost Family: Born Without Trace

Documentary

Foundlings are people who were abandoned as babies. Born without a trace, they have had no way to unlock the secrets of their past. This series combines new DNA technology with painstaking detective work.

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Studio
ITV Studios
Released
2019
Rated
PG

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  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
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  • Egypt
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  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
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  • Turkmenistan
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  • United Arab Emirates
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  • 香港
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • 澳門
  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Mongolia
  • New Zealand
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