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Long Lost Family Launches Series 15 With Tearful Reunions After Decades of Separation

Records-based sleuthing with social-work support produced reunions that resonated with viewers.

Overview

  • ITV’s Long Lost Family returned on September 18 with its Series 15 opener on ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player.
  • Peter, taken from his mother’s arms as a baby during a row on a train, learned investigators had traced his older brother Trevor in London.
  • The episode showed the brothers reconnecting on their late mother’s birthday; she died in 2008 after urging Trevor to look for Peter.
  • Producers detailed traditional tracing methods, including targeted letters to Trevors with the middle initial E, guided by lead social worker Ariel Bruce.
  • Another story followed Lee Sharp, who discovered a brother named Stephen, with viewers and Gogglebox cast reacting emotionally to the reunions.