In her regular contributions to political and news programmes, including The One Show , she especially advocates protecting vulnerable people and growing old ungracefully. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Over a career spanning five decades, Dame Esther Rantzen has appeared in more than 2,000 television broadcasts.

His career takes him all over the world, but he lives in London, where he also works as a piano teacher. It goes, ‘loneliness is having plenty of people to do something with, but nobody to do nothing with.Luck finding a husband who was my soulmate and then yet more luck having three children who are funny and loving and caring. Dame Esther Rantzen has compiled the life lessons she’s learnt since being diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer in a new book.

Over a career spanning five decades, journalist, presenter and campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen has appeared in more than 2,000 television programmes. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Multi-award-winning broadcaster, founder of Childline and The Silver Line, campaigner, mother, grandmother and joyous trailblazer of our times, Dame Esther Rantzen dazzles in the glory of getting older and ever bolder. Rantzen is best known for being the presenter of the BBC’s That’s Life, a topical entertainment show, from 1973 to 1994.It’s because there isn’t enough appropriate housing for them so that they can go home from hospital and stay safe. In her regular contributions to political and news programmes, including The One Show, she especially advocates protecting vulnerable people and growing old ungracefully. Staying active helps you meet people I’ve skated for my whole life, but when my husband died back in 2009, I decided to start synchronised skating as a way to meet people. Rantzen, 82, first announced her diagnosis in January, before revealing it had progressed to stage four in May this year.

We may not all achieve what Dame Esther has, but here we can soak up her wisdom, laughter and learn from her, embracing the passing years and march boldly on. It’s an easy to dip-into miscellany of observation and tips for living, penned by one of the most influential TV journalists Britain has ever embraced! She is also a reality TV favourite with appearances on Strictly Come Dancing, First Dates and I'm a Celebrity.

Biography: Over a career spanning five decades, Dame Esther Rantzen has appeared in more than 2,000 television broadcasts. She also launched Childline and more recently The Silver Line, a telephone support service for older people in the UK. He is also responsible for selling the underlying rights to hundreds of films, including Indecent Proposal, Chocolat and The Wolf of Wall Street. At their age, I was so very fortunate to shadow Esther Rantzen from her green room to live broadcast on BBC That’s Life and Hearts of Gold.

When you lose people that matter so much to you, you realise that loneliness is actually about loss.

On my wedding morning, I said, ‘Desmond, we’ve only known each other ten years, I’m only 37 and I’m only 8 months pregnant, we’re rushing this. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. The doyenne of consumer champions recounts her life via an A-Z of advice she has gathered throughout an extraordinary life. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. Rantzen explains she’s in “favour of nudity” because if we all did it more often “everyone would accept body hair and lumps”.