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Esther Rantzen: one of the UK’s boldest, bravest ever campaigners – right to the very end

The TV host, who died this week aged 86, was in recent years one of the most vociferous proponents of assisted dying, but her activism dates back decades to her time on That’s Life!

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1

Esther Rantzen reunites Nicholas Winton with dozens of children he saved in WWII in resurfaced clip

This is the incredible moment Dame Esther Rantzen reunites an un-expecting Sir Nicholas Winton with dozens of the 669 Jewish children he saved from the Holocaust.

The Independent UK · Sep 30

Esther Rantzen: The That’s Life star who created ChildLine

Evening Standard · Sep 30

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Esther Rantzen was a titan of British broadcasting with an untiring passion for campaigning

Twenty-six years after she founded ChildLine, she launched The Silver Line, a similar service aimed at older people suffering loneliness and isolation

The Independent UK · Sep 30

Sir Nicholas Winton and Twin Peaks deserve a place in TV history

Letters: Esther Rantzen says the humanitarian’s example and achievements should never be forgotten. Plus letters from Duncan Wain and Graham Mytton

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30

Holocaust hero’s viral BBC moment: Decades-old Nicholas Winton clip resurfaces

British humanitarian Nicholas Winton's decades-old television clip continues to resurface online, drawing widespread emotional responses across generations. The footage, originally broadcast on the BBC programme That’s Life! in 1988, captures the moment Winton realises that several members of the studio audience were among the 669 Jewish children he helped rescue…

The Times of India · Jan 27

Skylark, Polari, Paralympic - Full list of TfL's rejected Overground line names revealed

Names were rejected because they may have been hard to hear clearly on announcements or could have been abbreviated and used as slurs

Evening Standard · Mar 25, 2025

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How Holocaust films are changing as we lose the survivor generation

The Holocaust is fast receding from living memory. Some 300 Auschwitz survivors were present at the 70th anniversary commemorations of the camp’s liberation in 2015. This year, just 50 attended, all of whom were children in 1945.

The Conversation · Mar 3, 2025

Will & Harper to One Life: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Will Ferrell and his friend Harper Steele, who recently came out as trans, go on a witty and candid road trip. Plus Anthony Hopkins stars as a Kindertransport hero in a true tearjerker

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2024

Czech street named after British man who saved Jewish children from Nazis

Nicholas Winton’s ‘Kinder’ return to Prague to honour man who organised rescue of 669 children

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2024

New on Paramount Plus in August 2024 — all the movies and shows to watch

Here are all the new movies and shows coming to Paramount Plus in August 2024.

Tom’s Guide · Jul 31, 2024

Helena Bonham Carter Praises Anthony Hopkins For Extraordinary Acting Skills.

Helena Bonham Carter praises Anthony Hopkins in 'One Life,' a film depicting Sir Nicholas Winton's heroic actions during World War II.

What One Life gets wrong about Nicholas Winton and the Kindertransport story

Barbara Winton self-published a biography of her father, Nicholas Winton, in 2014, which has now become a new major biopic, One Life. Already dubbed “the British Schindler” for his role in the rescue of 669, mainly Jewish, children from Czechoslovakia in 1939, with this new film Nicholas Winton’s fame is…

The Conversation · Jan 12, 2024

In defence of One Life, the story of Nicholas Winton

Letters: Nicola Gissing, the daughter of one of ‘Nicky’s children’, says the film has got it just right; plus a letter from Prof Pete Wall

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2024

One Life review – stirring tale of the ‘British Schindler’ predictably told

James Hawes’s workmanlike biopic of Nicholas Winton, who saved 669 children from the Nazis, is lifted by a stellar cast

The Independent UK · Jan 7, 2024

One Life: The true story of Jewish heroism behind the Anthony Hopkins tearjerker

In his new film, Anthony Hopkins plays the real-life hero Sir Nicholas Winton, who was made famous in a landmark episode of Esther Rantzen’s BBC One show ‘That’s Life!’. Decades earlier, he facilitated the rescue of 669 Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. Adam White digs into his remarkable story

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4, 2024

One Life marketing materials altered following Jewish backlash

The promotional terms for the biopic of ‘British Schindler’ Nicholas Winton have been amended following criticism of the term ‘central European’ to describe the children he saved

The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2024

One Life review: Anthony Hopkins’ performance as the That’s Life! hero is better than the film that surrounds him

The actor recreates Sir Nicholas Winton’s famous chat show appearance – but this flashback-heavy tale of the British humanitarian who facilitated the rescue of 669 Jewish children otherwise struggles

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The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2024

Nicholas Winton saved my father from the Nazis – here’s how One Life betrays him

The new film about the British humanitarian who rescued 669 Czech Jewish children sticks to a feelgood script, and misses the more compelling reality

Evening Standard · Dec 30, 2023

One Life: a refugee from the Nazis on her story and Anthony Hopkins' film about Nicholas Winton

Renate Collins was one of the 669 children rescued from the Nazis by Sir Nicholas Winton, whose actions have been dramatised in an extraordinary new film

The Guardian - UK · Dec 30, 2023

‘The worst meeting I have ever had’: why a Kindertransport hero rejected a film about his life

As One Life is released, producer says that Nicholas Winton – the ‘British Schindler’ who saved 669 children – was reluctant for his story to be told

Evening Standard · Dec 29, 2023

The Cine Files: everything you need to see at the cinema in January

From Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott in a truly devastating tear-jerker to Emma Stone’s wildest performance yet, we round-up the best 14 movies to watch this month

The Guardian - UK · Dec 28, 2023

One Life review – Anthony Hopkins in extraordinary true story of ‘British Schindler’

Hopkins stars as Nicholas Winton, who rescued 669 Jewish children from the Nazis – alongside Helena Bonham Carter on mighty form

The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2023

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Acoba | Sir Nicholas Winton | Riding the cobbles

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2023

‘It will always be less hellish than the reality’: why cinema keeps returning to the Holocaust

Three new films attempt to address the Holocaust. But can cinema ever hope to adequately confront humanity’s darkest chapter?

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