Dame Esther Rantzen captivated 22 million viewers - but grew up in a house without a TV. Then when they got one it was kept in the hall so it didn't spoil…

Back in the 1980s, the story went that there were three properly powerful women in Britain: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the Queen, and Esther Rantzen.

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