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out of Wilcox's department. The new arrangement meant that
Rantzen and Patsy were now working in the same department, embarrassing Rantzen and causing further pain to Patsy. Patsy Wilcox had always refused to divorce her husband, but agreed when Rantzen became pregnant. After Rantzen and Wilcox
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ran on BBC1 for 21 years from 1973 to 1994, becoming one of the most popular shows on
British television, reaching audiences of more than 18 million. During that time, it expanded the traditional role of the consumer programme from simply exposing faulty washing machines and dodgy salesmen, to
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Childline in 1986, the first national helpline for children in danger or distress. Rantzen had suggested the
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newspaper, subsequently claimed that, using a different name, she had told
Rantzen 18 years earlier of allegations that she had heard about Savile. Rantzen has denied hearing specific allegations and said she had no recollection of a conversation with Keenan.
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after the death of a toddler who had starved to death, locked in a bedroom. The aim of the programme was to find better ways of detecting children at risk of abuse; to that end, viewers of
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