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Esther Rantzen

English television presenter (born 1940)

Dame Esther Louise RantzenDBE (born 22 June 1940) is an English journalist and television presenter who presented the BBC television series That's Life! for 21 years, from 1973 until 1994. She works with various charitable causes and founded the charities Childline, a helpline for children, which she set up in 1986, and The Silver Line, designed to combat loneliness in older people's lives, which she set up in November 2012.

Rantzen has been recognised for her contribution to television and society. She was awarded an OBE for services to broadcasting in 1991 and a CBE for services to children in 2006, and in the 2015 New Year Honours was made a Dame for services to children and older people through Childline and The Silver Line. She is patron for a number of charities, including the charity Operation Encompass, and is a trustee for the charity Silver Stories.^[1]

Early life and family

Rantzen was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, to Katherine Flora Rantzen (née Leverson, 1911–2005) an

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challenges and achievements

Dame Esther has become a household name, appearing in more than 2,000 TV programmes including documentaries, talk shows, reality shows and quizzes; she played Dick Whittington in Bognor, is a regular contributor to the Daily Mail, the Times and the Telegraph and is author of 7 books. A creative producer as well as a presenter, she invented the documentary series "The Big Time" which discovered Sheena Easton, created the "Children of Courage" segment of "Children in Need" and invented "Hearts of Gold" which ran for seven years, honouring unsung heroes and heroines. She rashly took part in "Strictly", "First Dates" and "I'm a Celebrity". She regularly contributes to "The One Show", political and news programmes on many different topics especially those relating to broadcasting, growing old ungracefully, and to the abuse of children and older people. She writes for newspapers and magazines as well as authoring seven books including a history of Childline, and one novel. In 2010 she stood as as an independent candidate in Luton

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Esther Rantzen was born in 1940 and a graduate of Somerville College, Oxford, Esther’s career in journalism began with BBC Radio as a sound effects assistant. From there she moved into television as a researcher/reporter for Braden’s Week and then in 1973 as producer/presenter of That’s Life which was on air for 21 years and regularly drew audiences of over 18 million viewers.

For seven years she presented her daily talk show Esther on BBC2, and That’s Esther on ITV and has made a number of pioneering programmes on child birth, mental health, drug abuse, and child abuse (in the campaigning series of programmes, Childwatch). In 1986 she invented ChildLine, which she then chaired for twenty years. She is currently President of ChildLine, is a trained volunteer counsellor and is a Trustee of the NSPCC since its merger with ChildLine in 2005.

In 2011 Esther wrote an article for The Daily Mail about loneliness and following from the overwhelming response she received from older people she came up with the idea of creating a helpline in order to sup