Long Lost Family: Colin Deering, Helen Salmon and Stephen Haywood

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell present the series which aims to reunite family members after years of separation. When Colin Deering left home to join the army in the late 1940s, his mother Nellie revealed to him and his younger sister Helen that she had given birth to a son called Bryan a few years earlier, but had given him up for adoption. Shortly before her death, Nellie begged Helen to find their brother and reunite the family. Ever since, Colin and Helen have searched in vain. Also, the story of Stephen Haywood who has put his life on hold until he finds his birth mother who gave him up for adoption in 1963. Stephen feels unable to celebrate family occasions without his mother present - so much so that he has delayed his own wedding. In recent years his search has become more urgent because of serious health issues. Stephen believes that when he is reunited with his mother, he will be able to embrace his life once more.