Desperate FOR ANSWERS

DAVINA MCCALL and NICKY CAMPBELL on helping families find loved ones born in Mother and Baby Homes

- CAREN CLARK

LONG LOST FAMILY: THE MOTHER AND BABY HOME SCANDAL NEW WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, 9PM, ITV1 FACTUAL

Between the 1940s and the 1970s, around 200,000 pregnant, unmarried women were sent to Mother and Baby Homes in England and Wales, and their children were subsequently adopted.

Now, some of their harrowing stories are explored in ITV1's two-part special Long Lost Family: The Mother and Baby Home Scandal, presented by Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell.