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Esther Rantzen

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Also known as Dame Esther Louise Rantzen

English television presenter

Person · Open Library

Works
14

Top works

  • That's Life!
  • Esther the Autobiography
  • Once upon a Xmas
  • Secret Life Sampler
  • Untitled Rantzen Novel 2

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1940-06-22

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
10
Total plays
62

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Quotes

  • My older daughter, Emily, had ME for 14 years. Thankfully she is better now and lives with me. She recently joined Kabbalah and changed her named to a more biblical name, "Miriam" – a little hard for me as she was named after my maternal grandmother, Emily, whom I adored. But I get round it by calling her "Em".
  • 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. He said he would need time to think about it. Then he rang me back: "The thing is, Esther, what would you wear?" It was such a serious dilemma, he decided I couldn't film there.
  • I have joined Dignitas. I have in my brain thought, well, if the next scan says nothing's working I might buzz off to Zurich – but it puts my family and friends in a difficult position because they would want to go with me.And that means that the police might prosecute them. So we've got to do something. At the moment, it’s not really working, is it?
  • When I started as a researcher in the BBC, I was working for an editor who was a self-confessed misogynist. He used to practise shooting by aiming his air gun at an aerosol can balanced just over my head. I made it a matter of pride not to flinch as the pellets whizzed by.

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Available in 8 languages

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