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Long Lost Family: Christine Gillard and Robert Lindsay

Series 5, episode 2

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell with more remarkable and moving stories of people anxious to find missing family members. Christine Gillard was 16 years old when she gave birth to her daughter Marguerite. Christine struggled to make ends meet and decided to place her with a foster family when Marguerite was two, but six years later she was offered the chance to have her daughter back. Was her choice to say goodbye for a second time the right one? Also featured is the story of 41-year-old Robert Lindsay, who is searching for the Croatian dad he has never met. Robert was raised by his mother and grandparents in Kilmarnock. The only link he has to his father is a letter kept by his mother when their relationship broke down and signed 'Fool Boy'. Now, with a family of his own, Robert is aware that his father has missed out on 41 years of his life and wants to find his dad to make up for lost time.