Long Lost Family Twins: What Happened Next - ITV

Long Lost Family Twins: What Happened Next is a one-off special devoted to reconnecting twins who have lost touch

In Long Lost Family Twins: What Happened Next, the unique bond between twins is explored (Monday, 8pm, see our TV Guide for full details).

Nicky Campbell and Davina McCall’s heart-warming and emotional show takes a look at three sets of identical siblings who have all been reunited after being split up as babies.

Nicky Campbell and Davina McCall

NIcky Campbell and Davina McCall

While Elaine and Mary reveal how they met again in their 30s, after not being allowed contact as children in Chesterfield, 12-year-old Chinese-born Gracie and Audrey, who live with their different adoptive families in the US and both have a heart condition, undergo tests in London to see how identical their bodies are.

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And there’s a lovely blast from the past for regular Long Lost Family viewers as we catch up with Kathleen and Jennifer from Rotherham, who were brought together on the first ever episode of the show after more than 60 years apart.

TV Times rating: ****

Caren Clark

Caren has been a journalist specializing in TV for almost two decades and is a Senior Features Writer for TV Times, TV & Satellite Week and What’s On TV magazines and she also writes for What to Watch.

Over the years, she has spent many a day in a muddy field or an on-set catering bus chatting to numerous stars on location including the likes of Olivia Colman, David Tennant, Suranne Jones, Jamie Dornan, Dame Judi Dench and Sir Derek Jacobi as well as Hollywood actors such as Glenn Close and Kiefer Sutherland.

Caren will happily sit down and watch any kind of telly (well, maybe not sci-fi!), but she particularly loves period dramas like Call the Midwife, Downton Abbey and The Crown and she’s also a big fan of juicy crime thrillers from Line of Duty to Poirot.

In her spare time, Caren enjoys going to the cinema and theatre or curling up with a good book.