Editing That's Life! (section)

==== Ben Hardwick ====
{{Main |Ben Hardwick}}
Ben Hardwick was a two-year-old toddler dying of [[biliary atresia]], with only a few weeks to live.  He was being treated by Professor [[Roy Yorke Calne|Sir Roy Calne]] in [[Addenbrooke's Hospital|Addenbrooks Hospital]] who told his mother Debbie that Ben's only hope would be a [[Liver transplantation|liver transplant]], but transplantation had virtually ceased in the UK due to a ''[[Panorama (British TV programme)|Panorama]]'' documentary which implied that organs were being taken from patients who were still alive. Professor Calne suggested the only way to encourage [[organ donation]] would be to tell Ben's story on TV, Debbie therefore contacted ''That's Life!''

The film of Ben captured the nation's imagination, a donor (Matthew Fewkes) was found and Ben lived for another year. On his death, [[Marti Webb]]  recorded his favourite song, "[[Ben (song)|Ben]]" to raise money for a charity founded in his name, and [[Shaun Woodward]] and Esther Rantzen wrote a book ''Story of Ben Hardwick by Shaun Woodward and Esther Rantzen''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.abebooks.co.uk/Ben-Story-Hardwick-Esther-Rantzen-Shaun/22673830813/bd | title=Ben: Story of Ben Hardwick by Esther Rantzen, Shaun Woodward: Good Paperback (1985) &#124; Goldstone Books }}</ref> which also raised money for the Ben Hardwick Fund which still exists. The impact of Ben's story doubled the number of transplants "<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/10566984/After-Ben-Hardwick-a-bittersweet-legacy-living-with-a-new-liver.html | title=After Ben Hardwick, a bittersweet legacy: Living with a new liver | date=12 January 2014 }}</ref>