Esther Rantzen
Acting
1940-06-22 · Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Dame Esther Louise Rantzen DBE (22 June 1940 – 30 September 2026) was an English journalist and television presenter who presented the BBC television series "That's Life!" for 21 years, from 1973 until 1994. She worked with various charitable causes and founded the charities Childline, a helpline for children, in 1986, and The Silver Line, designed to combat loneliness in older people's lives, in 2012.
Filmography
Barry Humphries at the BBC
2023 · Movie
Wogan: Now You're Talking
2021 · Movie
The Baby Boomers' Guide to Growing Old
2017 · Series
The Home That 2 Built
2014 · Series
Tales of Television Centre
2012 · Movie
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011 · Series
ITV Exposure
2011 · Series
We Need Answers
2009 · Series
Cash in the Celebrity Attic
2008 · Series
The Big Questions
2007 · Series
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · Series
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003 · Series
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
2002 · Series
The Tranquilliser Trap
2001 · Movie
It's Only TV But I Like It
1999 · Series
Parkinson
1998 · Series
A Night in with the Girls
1997 · Movie
TFI Friday
1996 · Series
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994 · Series
Room 101
1994 · Series
GMTV
1993 · Series
Pebble Mill
1991 · Series
Daytime Live
1987 · Series
Going Live!
1987 · Series
That's GCSE
1987 · Movie
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984 · Movie
Countdown
1982 · Series
Wogan
1982 · Series
Children In Need
1980 · Series
Question Time
1979 · Series
An Audience with...
1978 · Series
That's Life!
1973 · Series
Esther
Series
Hearts of Gold
Series