Esther Rantzen Esther Rantzen Dame Esther Louise Rantzen (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, promoting child protection, which she set up in 1986, and The Silver Line, designed to combat loneliness, which she set up in 2012. Rantzen was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, to Katherine Flora Rantzen ("née" Leverson, 1911–2005) and Henry Barnato Rantzen (1902–1992). She has one younger sister, Priscilla N. Taylor. She attended Buckley Country Day School in
Child Helpline International received a large volume of contacts. Billimoria realised that these children needed someone to speak to and assist them. The idea of a toll-free number emerged and she set up Childline India - India's first and only child helpline. Childline India's approach was to have volunteers who answered the phone and who would go directly to the child in need. All phones available for public use could dial Childline India, toll-free, in order to help children find aid in places where an emergency shelter may not be located. The volunteers kept a log of the calls, which became an important