That's Life! | |
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Genre | Current affairs Consumer protection Light entertainment Satire |
Written by | John Lloyd, Esther Rantzen |
Directed by | Peter Chafer, Bob Marsland, Chris Fox, Stuart Macdonald, Robin Bextor, Pieter Morpurgo |
Presented by | Esther 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] |
Composer | Dave Lee |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 21 |
No. of episodes | 442 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Peter Chafer, Ron Neil, John Morrell, Shaun Woodward, John Getgood, Bryher Scudamore |
Producers | Esther Rantzen, Henry Murray, John Lloyd, Norma Shepherd |
Editors | Brian Freemantle, Roger Guertin, Christine Pancott, Annie Tyrrell |
Running time | 40-45 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | BBC1 |
Release | 26 May 1973 19 June 1994 | –
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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]