Esther rantzen jimmy savile biography

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.

Esther Rantzen explains why she did not do anything years ago when she first heard reports of Jimmy Savile's sexual abuse.

Esther Rantzen explains why she did not do anything years ago when she first heard reports of Jimmy Savile's sexual abuse.

ChildLine founder Esther Rantzen has said she believes five women who have made sexual abuse allegations against Sir Jimmy Savile and claims there were always.

Dame Esther Louise Rantzen DBE (born 22 June ) is an English journalist and television presenter who presented the BBC television series That's Life!

As Savile's native Leeds tries to come to terms with accusations against a man adulated on his death less than a year ago, Mick McCann argues that anger and.

In late , it emerged that Jimmy Savile, a British media personality who had died the previous year, had sexually abused hundreds of people throughout.

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