Long Lost Family: What Happened Next

A catch-up with three searchers navigating new relationships and complicated feelings, including the case of an ex-Premiership footballer and his birth mother.

We catch up with three searchers who came to us to find their parents, including John Hacking who was reunited with his birth mother Maureen after 50 years.

We catch up with people whose lives have been changed forever, to find out 'What Happened Next?', including a mother and daughter, and two siblings.

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell follow three stories of sons coming to terms with the past, including Marc Wolfe's struggle to form a bond with his birth mother Esther, who lives in New Zealand. However, his search for identity didn't end there as researchers were able to reunite him with his birth father David, and the pair have grown close. One significant hurdle remained in the form of introducing David to his adoptive father Terry, and cameras were there as Marc introduces his two dads to each other.

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell revisit more of the programme's most memorable searches, catching up with two people whose lives have been transformed. Kathleen Fraser Jackson was reunited with her birth mother in Canada, and the programme follows her to Jamaica to meet her youngest sister Peta Gay for the first time. The second story has never been shown before and features twins who were separated as babies.

We catch up with two families; a woman who wants to track down her two other children who she gave away, and a daughter returning to Colombia to live with her new family.

The first episode catches up with Julie Roberts who reunited with her birth mother Marion last year leading to an incredible revelation. “Finding mum was amazing but for her it’s been the start of a new search.” explains Julie. The second story follows Christina Barlow as she travels 5000 miles to Colombia to spend time with the birth parents, who gave her up in extreme circumstances. On this trip Christina spends time with her full siblings, who never knew she existed.

Deborah spent most of her life wondering about her birth mother, who aged 17 gave Deborah up for adoption as a newborn baby – an adoption that turned out brilliantly. There’s a powerful scene where Deborah brings her two mothers together: they last saw each other when one entrusted her baby to the other 50 years ago in Australia, and they get to say the most heartfelt of thank yous.

Cathie Cutler Evans came to us in 2016 desperate to find her birth mother who had given her up for adoption nearly 50 years before. After uncovered the tragic news that her mum had already passed away, Cathie was reunited with her half-sister Ann in Liverpool. We also catch up with John Ayton, who after being adopted as a baby, had longed to find his father Kenneth. John was reunited with his half-brother Steve in 2017 after facing the difficult news that Kenneth had already passed away.

Episode three catches up with people whose lives have been changed in the most unexpected ways. In Ireland, we catch up with Peter Gunn, whose joy at his reunion with his birth mother Daphne was short-lived as Daphne soon suffered a serious health scare. We discover how these events inspired Peter to make a life-changing decision with huge implications not only for him, but also for his adoptive mother Miriam. We travel to Barbados with Jade Hartley as she sees her father Tony for the first time since they were reunited. Jade is also nervously anticipating meeting her half-brother and grandmother, as well as a whole new extended Barbadian family. We also catch up with Gillian Carter and her son Mark, whose life has been changed in profound and unexpected ways by meeting his birth mother. As mother and son celebrate Mark's 50th birthday together, they discover an extraordinary coincidence.

Last year, Cliff Jardine and Sue Ward discovered that they are half-brother and sister after both applying separately to the show. Previously unaware of each other's existence, they were overjoyed to find a sibling. Since meeting, Cliff and Sue have formed a powerful bond, but they have been rocked to learn that their birth mother has chosen not to have contact with them. After being reunited themselves, Ron Williams and sister Christine are now determined to investigate a family rumour that they may have two more half-siblings. Their mission to solve this mystery launches an incredible new search - one which takes Ron and Christine to the other side of the world.

This final programme revisits three stories of women reunited with their siblings. Cherry Durbin who was searching for one sister, unexpectedly reunited with two. The three sisters all grew up as only children, so how have they adapted to their new roles as sisters? Maureen Saville was reunited with a brother and sister. Have her siblings been able help her understand why her mother abandoned her as a toddler? Fiona Dunn and her sister Maureen were reunited two years ago and now Fiona has finally met her birth mother Pat whom she had believed was dead.

Since the programme began in 2011, Long Lost Family has reunited more than 100 people with relatives. In this series, Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell revisit nine of the most extraordinary searches. In the first edition, they catch up with twins Jennifer and Kathleen, who unknowingly lived just three miles from each other in Rotherham before their reunion, and Polly and Steve, a mother and son who had been apart for more than 50 years. Plus, Laura and her half-sister Alison, who were brought together after Laura's mother died.