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Family Finders

Series 1 - 30 Minute Versions

Episode 10

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Stephen Hills was just a baby when his dad Alan, a coal worker in Doncaster, left home. Alan's relationship with Stephen's mother fell apart amidst the strife and hardship of the 1984 miners' strike. Alan moved out, left the area, and hasn't seen his son since. Now with children of his own, Stephen is desperate to find his dad and has sought the help of a family finding agency, who have managed to track down Alan. After three decades apart, father and son are reunited in an emotional encounter. But can Alan explain to Steven the circumstances behind his departure, and just why he was driven to leave?

81-year-old Eric Morgan only found out he was adopted when signing up for National Service as a young man in 1952. After a lifetime of wondering about his early origins, Eric had given up hope of ever finding any birth relatives until he was contacted out of the blue by half-sister May, who had been doing some family finding of her own. Their joyous reunion has just one shadow hanging over it - May's other brother Brian isn't convinced as to Eric's bona fides. Is Eric really their brother, or just some chancer trying his luck? Only a DNA test will reveal the full - and unexpected - truth. Show less

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