Esther Rantzen

English journalist and television presenter (1940-2026) · United Kingdom · On the map · Journalists · Died at 86

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2026In memoriamDied30 September 20262023“The episode of February 28, 1988, was just a normal one in the BBC’s consumer series That's Life!. ...”In their words16 December 2023The TimesRead the whole statement

2021“The Nationwide editor, Michael Bunce, asked me if there was any particular film I'd like to make for them, so I asked if they would send me to Belfast to report on the Troubles.”In their words14 December 2021The TimesRead the whole statement

2015Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward2010“My older daughter, Emily, had ME for 14 years. Thankfully she is better now and lives with me.”In their words24 April 2010The GuardianRead the whole statement

2006Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1991Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward1940Born22 June 1940

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Rantzen at the 2009 British Academy Television Awards

Rantzen at the Nightingale House in San Francisco, California in 2011

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When I started as a researcher in the BBC, I was working for an editor who was a self-confessed misogynist.
"Esther Rantzen: 'An editor at the BBC, a self-confessed misogynist, used to aim his air gun at a can balanced just over my head'", The, Own words

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