Esther Rantzen: one of the UK’s boldest, bravest ever campaigners – right to the very end

When she got serious, she got very serious. The TV host boosted organ donations, closed down a school for abuse, founded two revolutionary helplines – and put assisted dying on the agenda for years to come• From Childline to changing TV for ever: Esther Rantzen’s revolutionary life• Esther Rantzen: from That’s Life! to Childline – in picturesBy no means should That’s Life! have ever worked as a television programme. For more than 20 years it functioned as an absurd grab bag of features that at t