Sarah Patricia Ann Caplin (born March 1954) is a British producer and television executive, formerly at ITV, and before that Deputy Secretary of the BBC, who has helped create two national charities, one for children and one for older people. She was a founder of Childline, together with her cousin

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and also The Silver Line.The Silver Line website
/ref> She was educated at the

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and has been married to TV presenter Nick Ross for more than twenty-five years.''The Times'
"Truth? We can't handle the truth"
2 August 2007

Television credits

Caplin joined the BBC as a graduate trainee in 1980 and worked as a researcher on a variety of current affairs and factual entertainment programmes. As a producer her credits include ''ChildWatch'', which involved the creation of a helpline, which in turn developed into ChildLine. Caplin was also responsible for ''Drugwatch'', which featured an appearance by the

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as well as ''Crime The Shocking Truth'' and the pilot for ''

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''. In 1989 she was appointed Editor of ''

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'', and was responsible for hiring

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as the presenter. In 1995 she was appointed Deputy Secretary of the BBC and in 1997 was headhunted to join Granada TV as the Editor of '' This Morning''. Caplin quit after three months. She was promoted to head of development for Granada Factual North and in 2000 was appointed Head of Features. Among the shows she created are ''

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'', several series with

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and the ''

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'', and ''

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''.Sarah Caplin: IMDB.com profile
/ref> Caplin left ITV in March 2011. Caplin subsequently helped Esther Rantzen set up The Silver Line, a charity for older people, and was Director of Policy and Communications.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Caplin, Sarah British journalists British television producers British women television producers Living people Television people from London 1954 births