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
ChildLine Concert HomeTown. An annual concert featuring rock and indie acts from around Ireland called "ChildLine Rocks" was launching in 2007, acting as a rock alternative to the pop "ChildLine Concert" to raise money for ChildLine. The performers played for free meaning the entire ticket fee went to ChildLine. The first "ChildLine Rocks" concert was held at The Village in Dublin in February 2007 with a sellout attendance. Republic of Loose and The Blizzards headlined. Following the success of the first concert the second was held in Dublin in The Academy, a venue twice the size of The Village. It took place