Old North Londoner (1958)
Journalist and television presenter
Esther Rantzen is best known for her long appearance in That's Life! and her help as founder of the charity ChildLine.
After leaving the school, she attended Somerville College, Oxford, where she read English and performed with the Oxford University Dramatic Society. She later joined to present That's Life! This ran on BBC One for 21 years, reaching audiences of more than 18 million. In 1986 she produced and presented Childwatch, which alerted the British public to the prevalence of child abuse, and successfully campaigned for a number of legal reforms in this area.
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Now, alongside her television career she continues her work with ChildLine as a volunteer counselor on the helpline, and fundraiser and spokesperson for children's rights. For twenty years she chaired the Board of Trustees, and since ChildLine merged with the NSPCC, she has served as a Trustee of the NSPCC, and President of ChildLine.
Esther Rantzen is best known for her long appearance in That's Life! and her help as founder of the charity ChildLine.
After leaving the school, she attended Somerville College, Oxford, where she read English and performed with the Oxford University Dramatic Society. She later joined to present That's Life! This ran on BBC One for 21 years, reaching audiences of more than 18 million. In 1986 she produced and presented Childwatch, which alerted the British public to the prevalence of child abuse, and successfully campaigned for a number of legal reforms in this area.
Now, alongside her television career she continues her work with ChildLine as a volunteer counselor on the helpline, and fundraiser and spokesperson for children's rights. For twenty years she chaired the Board of Trustees, and since ChildLine merged with the NSPCC, she has served as a Trustee of the NSPCC, and President of ChildLine.
Esther Rantzen is best known for her long appearance in That's Life! and her help as founder of the charity ChildLine.
After leaving the school, she attended Somerville College, Oxford, where she read English and performed with the Oxford University Dramatic Society. She later joined to present That's Life! This ran on BBC One for 21 years, reaching audiences of more than 18 million. In 1986 she produced and presented Childwatch, which alerted the British public to the prevalence of child abuse, and successfully campaigned for a number of legal reforms in this area.
Now, alongside her television career she continues her work with ChildLine as a volunteer counselor on the helpline, and fundraiser and spokesperson for children's rights. For twenty years she chaired the Board of Trustees, and since ChildLine merged with the NSPCC, she has served as a Trustee of the NSPCC, and President of ChildLine.
Esther Rantzen is best known for her long appearance in That's Life! and her help as founder of the charity ChildLine.
After leaving the school, she attended Somerville College, Oxford, where she read English and performed with the Oxford University Dramatic Society. She later joined to present That's Life! This ran on BBC One for 21 years, reaching audiences of more than 18 million. In 1986 she produced and presented Childwatch, which alerted the British public to the prevalence of child abuse, and successfully campaigned for a number of legal reforms in this area.
Now, alongside her television career she continues her work with ChildLine as a volunteer counselor on the helpline, and fundraiser and spokesperson for children's rights. For twenty years she chaired the Board of Trustees, and since ChildLine merged with the NSPCC, she has served as a Trustee of the NSPCC, and President of ChildLine.