Sarah Patricia Ann Caplin (born March 1954[1]) is a British producer and television executive, formerly at ITV, and before that Deputy Secretary of the BBC,[2] who has helped create two national charities, one for children and one for older people.
[2] 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.
Caplin was also responsible for Drugwatch, which featured an appearance by the Princess of Wales as well as Crime The Shocking Truth and the pilot for Crimewatch.
Among the shows she created are 60 Minute Makeover, several series with Jade Goody and the Royal Navy, and House of Horrors.
[citation needed] Caplin subsequently helped Esther Rantzen set up The Silver Line, a charity for older people, and was Director of Policy and Communications.