including Who was My Mother?
Twenty thousand children are adopted every year, and most of them are happy in the love and security of their adoptive parents. But for some, when they reach adulthood, there is a compelling urge to find out about their natural parents and psychologists now recognise this 'need to know ' as a legitimate one.
David Jessel follows the hopes and disappointments of two young women in search of their mothers.
Producer ANGELA HOLDSWORTH Editor PETER PAGNAMENTA
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