Editing That's Life! (section)

==Format==
''That's Life!'' was a magazine programme that blended light-hearted observations on everyday life, reports on [[Consumer protection|consumer affairs]] (often blended with satire), and hard-hitting investigations in a studio-based format, with film inserts. Devised by Peter Chafer, John Lloyd<ref>{{cite web|author=<!--Not stated--> |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bcaf2dc3f |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908152309/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bcaf2dc3f |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 September 2022 |title=John Lloyd |publisher=BFI |date=n.d.|access-date=23 October 2024}}</ref> and [[Esther Rantzen]], it was presented and produced by Esther Rantzen<ref>{{cite web |last1=McDonald |first1=Sally |title=Dame Esther Rantzen on love in lockdown and a That's Life reunion |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sunday-post-dundee/20200503/283064121509610 |publisher=[[The Sunday Post]] |access-date=5 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902160910/https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sunday-post-dundee/20200503/283064121509610 |archive-date=2 September 2022 |language=en |date=3 May 2020 |url-status=live |via=[[PressReader]]}}</ref> with various teams of reporters and contributors. Special spin-off programmes concentrated on serious topics that were first aired on ''That's Life!'', such as [[childbirth]], [[mental health]] and [[child abuse]]. The programme's journalism relied on the skills of researchers many of whom went on to hold senior jobs both inside and outside the media industry.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

The large audiences, regularly topping the ratings charts and reaching a maximum of 22.5 million viewers,{{when|date=July 2023}} resulted in several changes in laws and practice, such as the introduction of compulsory seat belts for children, support for transplantation and the installing of safe surfaces in children's playgrounds.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}