Long Lost Family

Featuring a woman separated from her Italian mother, and a transgender searcher

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell investigate the case of Maria Roberts, the daughter of Italian parents who had a happy adoption growing up with an English family, and now hopes to find Gilda, her birth mother. The team also meets Francesca Barnes, who is in the early stages of transitioning from male to female. She was born with the name Paul and given up for adoption as a baby. Francesca is now searching for her mother, Norma, but fears her transition may prove too much of a challenge, and lead to rejection