TV Guide Really Wednesday

Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell investigate the case of Maria Roberts, the daughter of Italian parents who had a happy adoption growing up with an English family, and now hopes to find Gilda, her birth mother. The team also meets Francesca Barnes, who is in the early stages of transitioning from male to female. She was born with the name Paul and given up for adoption as a baby. Francesca is now searching for her mother, Norma, but fears her transition may prove too much of a challenge, and lead to rejection

Actress Lesley Manville researches her family tree. So far as her mother's side is concerned, by delving deep into Brighton's local archives, Lesley uncovers a complex story of wartime separation, adultery and the inaccessibility of divorce. Tracing back her father's line sees Lesley trying to solve what happened to her ancestor Aaron Harding. A widower with a large family to feed, Aaron protested poor conditions and pay as an agricultural worker in 1830 - a protest that would become known as the Swing Riots. He was arrested and subsequently transported to Australia

Nick Hewer, host of Countdown and Alan Sugar's former adviser on The Apprentice, tries to find out how his mother's Catholic father Oswald Jamieson managed to reach the prestigious office of High Sheriff in Protestant-dominated 1920s Belfast. On his father's side, he researches the life of his nine times great-grandfather and discovers how his family's fortunes were shaped by the English Civil War. Narrated by Cherie Lunghi