{"id":620252,"date":"2026-10-04T10:48:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/620252\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:48:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:48:35","slug":"tributes-paid-to-inspirational-presenter-and-campaigner-esther-rantzen-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/620252\/","title":{"rendered":"Tributes paid to &#039;inspirational&#039; presenter and campaigner Esther Rantzen &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiW0FVX3lxTE9aUjdrbEJKYWFyT0VVcFJvX29IcV9saUl0LWh4akJTd2EtcjJ0VURHWC1oMXdJNFNIRHBUV0FOSVFjVktLSDlyNXI3RnJxNlkyRFBIbkJvQ1Boc2c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tributes paid to &#8216;inspirational&#8217; presenter and campaigner Esther Rantzen<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxQNnRYSzlFSERxZXYxU3ZrZi1IX0l6SW1Ya1AwS2NyNnptU3kyT1VVckxQVzk5NWxzY3N1OF9JNjJ1T0xZLUU5d2lyTmppd0plX0ZlQ2FyNjlzTzUxZXdNaWJMbXVKbXZReXJQdGdTQTZSWE14aGlVXzFqTHNiX1lNd3YxekZrQlM2UC1Hb3VvTmQxY3ZnSTJrWS1DbnJ6QV9NM2JzWUxhZFBPa3Fsdmc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TV star Dame Esther Rantzen dies aged 86<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTE95LXRhYlNyZnNtbVhmaHVlNG8tenBRVThucm9FTDNMbVZhalROOFpuLW9hYWg1Sm95NmdzWVdmUF9ZMmpsaUJKNjMzc1dhTEo5MjN1VXpHYUtwcWFXVnVleE9OVHdBSWJRUHZtRk5xUWluNzk3V1JLbDZOdmV2QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gyles Brandreth: My fabulous 50-year friendship with Esther Rantzen<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiW0FVX3lxTE5yUTRGUXRSb0Y4Y0ZDbXlCRmZpdUFfd29MbUx2bHB5UGlsQ3l0UGNRY0FMMDdwbUdWQmFfdFJoaHlmSk9XOGxMY2pzM0dOYXJXZFJQUFMzSmtfVkU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Esther Rantzen changed my life&#8217;, says That&#8217;s Life! presenter<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiXEFVX3lxTFBndzJHQ25jT3BlQ2EyeGNzck5VRGpFSE1tUzR1TWZub1RlVUE2MGtyeG13aFBTbWJ0U1llcGlSNEhUa1NSZnczTmx6QnZSMlJYaUhfZzdBcDJJNlVi?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Esther Rantzen: The story behind Nicholas Winton on That&#8217;s Life!<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;bbc.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tributes paid to &#8216;inspirational&#8217; presenter and campaigner Esther Rantzen&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCTV star Dame Esther Rantzen dies aged 86&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ HeraldGyles Brandreth:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-620252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}