That's Life!

That's Life!
GenreCurrent affairs
Consumer protection
Light entertainment
Satire
Written byJohn Lloyd, Esther Rantzen
Directed byPeter Chafer, Bob Marsland, Chris Fox, Stuart Macdonald, Robin Bextor, Pieter Morpurgo
Presented byEsther Rantzen, Cyril Fletcher, Glyn Worsnip, Kieran Prendiville, Paul Heiney, George Layton, Chris Serle, Adrian Mills, Gavin Campbell, Bill Buckley, Michael Groth,[1] Doc Cox, Scott Sherrin, Joanna Monro, John Gould,[2] Grant Baynham,[3] Kevin Devine,[4] Howard Leader,[5] Simon Fanshawe, Maev Alexander, Mollie Sugden, Barry Cryer, June Whitfield[6]
ComposerDave Lee
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series21
No. of episodes442
Production
Executive producersPeter Chafer, Ron Neil, John Morrell, Shaun Woodward, John Getgood, Bryher Scudamore
ProducersEsther Rantzen, Henry Murray, John Lloyd, Norma Shepherd
EditorsBrian Freemantle, Roger Guertin, Christine Pancott, Annie Tyrrell
Running time40-45 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release26 May 1973 (1973-05-26) –
19 June 1994 (1994-06-19)
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That's Life! was a satirical consumer affairs programme on the BBC, at its height regularly reaching audiences of fifteen to twenty million, and receiving between 10,000 and 15,000 letters a week.[7] The series was broadcast on BBC1 for 21 years, from 26 May 1973 until 19 June 1994.[8]

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  2. ^ "Brighton Revue Company (in memory of John Gould) at the London Hippodrome". YouTube. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Home". Quicksilveruk.com. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Kevin Devine". BFI. Archived from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Radio Lincolnshire - Howard Leader". BBC. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  6. ^ "That's Life! 15th Anniversary 1988". YouTube. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  7. ^ Dowell, Ben (7 November 2018). "What is Esther Rantzen's That's Life! and why was it so popular". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  8. ^ "That's Life! - 'That Was Life' 2002 documentary (1/6)". YouTube. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2022.