BBC Radio 4 - The Adoption

Episode 17: What Happened Next?

The final episode. Lives changed forever.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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