A five-part BBC TV documentary series about foundlings, which examines the unique problems faced by these people as they grow up without a sense of identity. They often spend their whole lives searching for loved ones.

A second series followed on BBC1 a year later, broadening the scope of stories to include all those searching for identity within their families, foundlings and adopted people alike. Stories included a mother who abandoned five children, as well as a mixed-race footballer who discovered that his best friend of fifty years was also his half-brother.—Anonymous

A five-part BBC TV documentary series about foundlings, which examines the unique problems faced by these people as they grow up without a sense of identity. They have no idea of their birth family background and often spend their whole lives searching for loved ones. Each episode deals with foundlings in different age groups, from babies abandoned in the year production, right up to a 70 year-old war veteran who was brought up in the former Foundling Hospital; his quest to discover his birth mother met with very mixed results.—Mark Smith <[email protected]>