Editing That's Life! (section)

{{Short description|British television series (1973–1994)}}
{{about|the BBC television series||That's Life (disambiguation)}}
{{Primary sources|date=November 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox television
| genre              = [[Current affairs (news format)|Current affairs]]<br />[[Consumer protection]]<br />[[Light entertainment]]<br />[[Satire]]
| director           = Peter Chafer, Bob Marsland, Chris Fox, Stuart Macdonald, [[Robin Bextor]], Pieter Morpurgo
| presenter          = [[Esther Rantzen]], [[Cyril Fletcher]], [[Glyn Worsnip]], [[Kieran Prendiville]], [[Paul Heiney]], [[George Layton]], [[Chris Serle]], [[Adrian Mills]], [[Gavin Campbell (presenter)|Gavin Campbell]], [[Bill Buckley (radio presenter)|Bill Buckley]], Michael Groth,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://michaelgroth.co.uk/ |title=MichaelGroth |publisher=MichaelGroth |date= |access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref> [[Doc Cox]], [[Scott Sherrin]], [[Joanna Monro]], John Gould, Grant Baynham,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://quicksilveruk.com/ |title=Home |publisher=Quicksilveruk.com |date=15 August 2022 |access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>  Kevin Devine,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb3633d62 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908151557/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb3633d62 |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 September 2022 |title=Kevin Devine |publisher=BFI |date= |access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref>  Howard Leader,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/radio_lincolnshire/howard_leader.shtml |title=Radio Lincolnshire - Howard Leader |publisher=BBC |date=28 October 2014 |access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref> [[Simon Fanshawe]], [[Maev Alexander]], [[Mollie Sugden]], [[Barry Cryer]], [[June Whitfield]]
| composer           = Dave Lee
| country            = United Kingdom
| language           = English
| num_series         = 21
| num_episodes       = 442
| executive_producer = Peter Chafer, [[Ron Neil]], John Morrell, [[Shaun Woodward]], John Getgood, Bryher Scudamore
| producer           = Esther Rantzen, Henry Murray, John Lloyd, Norma Shepherd
| editor             = Brian Freemantle, Roger Guertin, Christine Pancott, Annie Tyrrell
| writer             = John Lloyd, Esther Rantzen
| runtime            = 40-45 minutes
| network            = [[BBC1]]
| first_aired        = {{start date|1973|5|26|df=yes}}
| last_aired         = {{end date|1994|6|19|df=yes}}
}}
'''''That's Life!''''' was a [[satire|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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dowell |first=Ben |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/why-thats-life-was-such-a-tv-phenomenon/ |title=What is Esther Rantzen's That's Life! and why was it so popular |work=Radio Times |date=7 November 2018 |access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref> The series was broadcast on [[BBC One|BBC1]] for 21 years, from 26 May 1973 until 19 June 1994.{{cn|date=November 2024}}