Esther Rantzen

Her sister is called Pricilla. The family used to call her Prick. When at university, she would introduce her sister, not realising what was funny. When she found out, they stopped calling her Prick.

[on Jimmy Savile] He raised huge sums of money for charity. He did a great deal. I never did the marathon which he did, but I know people who did. He was exactly off screen as he appeared on screen: eccentric, idiosyncratic, he was a one-off, he was his own invention, with the cigar, the shiny shell-suits. When we met he'd kiss my hand, not many people do that.