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The Adoption Episodes

  1. Episode 17: What Happened Next?

    The final episode. Lives changed forever.

  2. Episode 16: Parenthood

    "You want them to like you." It is a few weeks since Julie and Robert met the children

  3. Episode 15: Meeting Mum and Dad

    "Is that Daddy and Mummy?" Bethany and Ben meet their new parents for the first time.

  4. Episode 14: Naming The Teddy Bears

    "That's my new family?" Telling the children who their new parents are going to be

  5. Episode 13: A Father Reflects

    "I'd give my life for them." Looking back at why the children were taken into care

  6. Episode 12: Saying Goodbye

    "It feels as though you're losing part of your body." The birth family's final visit

  7. Episode 11: The Adoption Panel

    Is it a match? Usually held in private, 11 people scrutinise the proposed adoption

  8. Episode 10: Telling The Children

    "Mummy bear and daddy bear don't know how to keep little bear safe"

  9. Episode 9: The Family Finds Out

    "I didn't expect it so soon." The birth family is told adopters have now been found

  10. Episode 8: Information Day

    Are they the "right children for you"? Julie and Robert hear all about their lives

  11. Episode 7: The Potential Adopters

    "It's a bit strange." Potential adopters prepare rooms for children they have never met

  12. Episode 6: The Mother's Story

    "They've got it wrong". The mother says her children should not have been taken away.

  13. Episode 5: The Father's Story

    "I've cried myself to sleep". How a father is dealing with his children being adopted.

  14. Episode 4: The Grandparents

    Heartbreak. Bethany and Ben's grandparents make a life changing decision.

  15. Episode 3: Meeting the Children

    "They had no idea of safety or danger." Meet the children at the centre of this story

  16. Episode 2: Foster Care

    With just their teddy bears and dummies, Bethany and Ben move into a foster home

  17. Episode 1: The Search Begins

    鈥淚t鈥檚 the last resort.鈥� Bethany and Ben need new parents. Sharon is leading the search

  18. Preview: The Adoption

    A real adoption as it happens. Nineteen months in the making. Introducing The Adoption