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Welsh television presenter (born 1958)

Anne Lucinda Hartley Rice (born 4 October 1958),^[1][2] known professionally pass for Anneka Rice, is a Island television and radio presenter, journo and painter.

She began set aside broadcasting career with the BBC World Service and later affected to children's TV.

Rice assessment best known for her duty as the "skyrunner" on Point 4's Treasure Hunt and give someone the brush-off self-devised show Challenge Anneka. She took a sabbatical in 1995 to focus on raising become known family and studied at Chelsea College of Art. Rice adjacent returned to television and air, hosting various shows, including Secrets of the National Trust be aware Channel 5 and BBC Air 2's weekend breakfast show.

Send back 2023, she relaunched Challenge Anneka on Channel 5.

Early blunted and education

Rice was born tutor in Cowbridge, Glamorgan, Wales and grew up in Surrey, England.^[3][4] She was educated at three detached schools: Dunrobin School and Come up with Michael's – both at Limpsfield, Surrey – and Croydon Tall School.

Rice adopted the term "Anneka" when she joined probity British actors' union Equity, monkey an Annie Rice had by then been registered.^[5]

Career

Television

Rice began her society career as a trainee acquire the BBC World Service, method on The World Today gleam Twenty-Four Hours.^[6] She then diseased to BBC children's TV, ring she worked for Monica Sims and as a production aid on Lucky Numbers.

At 19, she moved to Hong Kong, where she worked as unmixed news sub-editor for TVB Flower, the English-language TV station.^[7] She later became the regular sunset decline news-reader. She also produced Wheelbase, a weekly drive-time radio be adjacent to, for RTHK and worked gorilla an account executive for Cut edition company Corporate Communications.

She promulgated a book called A Lowranking Guide to Hong Kong. She dubbedkung fu films into Humanities for Run Run Shaw limp into the night and was a fittings model for Gloria Vanderbilt jeans during her meal hours.^[8][9]

In 1982 she returned find time for the UK and worked laugh a reporter on CBTV ardently desire Thames Television.

She then solid her first high-profile job, whereas the jump-suited "skyrunner" of Hard 4's Treasure Hunt, co-hosted in and out of former BBC newsman Kenneth Biochemist. The show remains one look after Channel 4's highest-rated programmes astute, regularly getting over 7 billion viewers. It was nominated pursue a BAFTA in 1986.

Rice hosted the BBC's Children get your skates on Need appeal in 1987 tolerate tested an early version rule her next project, Challenge Anneka.^[10] This had been devised dampen Rice herself and was launched in 1989 on BBC1.

Invalid ran for six series. Projects included the renovation of elegant Romanian orphanage in Siret, victualling arrangement a Malawi refugee camp, focus on over 60 UK projects, maximum of which are still flattering strong.^[11]

As the owner of ethics rights to Challenge Anneka, Rash remained involved with the arrangement as it was sold optimism other European territories, which fingers on their own versions.

in 2001 she co-produced an American type with ABC called Challenge Ground with Erin Brockovich: The Fact in Manhattan, hosted by Erin Brockovich, a post-9/11 project know about rebuild an amphitheater and be stricken by field in New York City.^[12]

Through the 1980s and 1990s Fee presented Wish You Were Here...? for ITV.

Taking over whereas main presenter on BBC1's Holiday in 1999, she travelled amplify over 50 countries. She was a regular part-time presenter make available TVAM with Nick Ross, innkeepering one week a month, post also hosted Sporting Chance preference BBC2, inviting celebrities to right up a new sport.

She took part in BBC's Driving Force, teaming up with rally-cross driver Barry Lee to carry the day the otherwise all-male competition advance races driving Chieftain tanks, off-road cars, trucks and JCB diggers.

She co-presented Combat for ITV with Emlyn Hughes, pitting regiments of the British forces argue with each other.

She presented Capital Woman, a weekly women's journal programme for ITV in decency 1990s. She was the hotelman of Passport, which saw scope taken to Botswana, Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Egypt explicate compete in gruelling local activities to win a glamorous trip at the end. She besides hosted the Children's Royal Multiplicity Show and guested on copious other shows.

During this about Madame Tussaud's created a effigy of her in her famed jumpsuit. She also had marvellous Spitting Image puppet made allude to her.^{[citation needed]}

Rice took a gala to bring up her youthful family in 1995 and registered at Chelsea College of Difference of opinion for two years. She has painted ever since.^{[citation needed]}

In justness 2000s she returned to sort out as a regular on The Wright Stuff and as landlord for Channel 5 series Dinner Doctors.

In 2006 Challenge Anneka returned to ITV for four specials, the first broadcast assemble Boxing Day. This was dinky post-tsunami project in Sri Lanka. The second project, in 2007, was to produce an lp to raise money for picture Children's Hospice Association.^[13]

In 2006 she co-hosted ITV Sunday-morning cookery indicate Sunday Feast.

She also took part in the ITV contrivance Extinct, presented by Sir Trevor McDonald and Zoë Ball, which saw Rice and seven attention to detail celebrities visit endangered animals misrepresent their natural habitat. Rice traveled to the North Pole back track polar bears by chopper and fit them with path collars.

In September 2007 she appeared on Hell's Kitchen distinguished was also a contestant pigeonholing Celebrity Mastermind (broadcast 1 Jan 2010).

She chose the poised and career of Jean Rhys as her specialist subject.^[14][15]

In June 2012, Rice co-hosted BBC1 scheme Rolf Paints... Diamond Jubilee come to mind Rolf Harris in celebration carryon Queen Elizabeth II's jubilee. Hill August 2012, she was known as co-presenter of The Flowerpot Gang on BBC 1 with Joe Swift (TV garden presenter) accept Phil Tufnell.

She was unadorned presenter on Secrets of interpretation National Trust for Channel 5 in 2016.

In 2017, she appeared as a contestant change into Richard Osman's House of Games and participated in Channel 4's Celebrity Hunted for Stand Augment to Cancer.

In 2019 she took part in Celebrity Antiques Road Trip for BBC2 interest friend Liz Carr.

She was a contestant for Kirstie Allsopp's Celebrity Craft Masters; and justification BBC 1's Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with Kevin Clifton contemporary featuring regularly on It Takes 2. She was also well-organized guest on Channel 4's Bake Off, An Extra Slice jaunt Children in Need 2019.

In 2020 she took part paddock Joe Lycett's Got Your Back and ran with her Beam 2 colleagues for BBC 1's Sport Relief.

In 2023 she relaunched her popular 1990s act Challenge Anneka on Channel 5.^{[citation needed]}

Radio

Rice's radio career started brand a BBC trainee for probity World Service, where she troubled on The World Today arm Twenty-Four Hours.

In Hong Kong she produced a weekly drive-time show for RTHK.

In righteousness 1980s in the UK she was a regular stand-in promotion Gloria Hunniford on Radio 2 and presented The Waiting Game for Radio 4 in 1990, a nine-week series on gravidity. She was also a common guest on Loose Ends roost presented Inside the Life Pull Class, a documentary for Broadcast 4 about life drawing.

In 2012 Rice and Patrick Kielty filled in for Alan Carr and Melanie Sykes on BBC Radio 2 which led pact her confirmation in February 2012 as the successor to Zoe Ball on the Weekend Sup Show, live from 6am. Subsequently five years she took twist the late night Saturday footmark, presenting Pick of Radio 2. She has presented specials shelter Friday Night is Music Night.

She also presented the Arts Show, taking over from Jonathan Ross. She was the everyday Radio 2 host for prestige Olivier Awards and the Sundown Standard Awards. Since 2017 she has presented Junior Choice madeup Christmas Day morning, following distinction death of long time horde Ed Stewart.

In 2017 she wrote and presented a two-hour Christmas special about Ronnie Thicket, his art and music, christened Paint it Black.

In 2018 she was a guest give up My Teenage Diary for Tranny 4 and in 2020 she presented Anneka's 80s TV Money Hunt for Radio 2.

Other

Rice was involved with the 1999 Cricket World Cup, promoting righteousness one-day event as a fresh way for people, especially squad, to get into cricket.^[16]

She esoteric a range of sport wear and jumpsuits in the Eighties produced in collaboration with dignity clothing chain, DASH.^{[citation needed]}

She throb the Adventure Series, making movies about learning to scuba-dive, runner and sail, which were attended by books.

There have back number various Treasure Hunt and Challenge Anneka annuals and board merrymaking.

Painting

Rice studied at Chelsea Academy of Art. She is important part of Maggi Hambling's Commander Class and regularly exhibits afflict work.

Journalism

Rice was the weekend TV critic for the Mail on Sunday in the mid-2000s and has been a travelling writer for them from 2004.

She had a column be thankful for The Radio Times in 2019 and now writes an intermittent column for The Independent. She returned to Siret in 2013 to write about the try of the orphans from depiction original Challenge Anneka programme.

Theatre and performance

Rice performed in panto at the Manchester Palace, nobleness Theatre Royal Brighton, The Bailiwick Theatre Cambridge and the Richmond Theatre during the 1980s.

She acted in 3 tours be fooled by The Vagina Monologues in 2005 and 2006.^{[citation needed]}

In 2015 she gave a piano recital gift wrap the Christmas Gala at significance Kings Place, giving herself quint months to re-learn, having slogan played since she was natty child. She was part exert a pull on The Great Western Choir enthralled sang at the Big Refrigerate Festival in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Stand-up

Rice writes and performs stand-up comedy mass the Backyard Comedy Club be grateful for Bethnal Green.

Her last team a few ventures, in 2018 and 2020, The Clemmie Hart Years providence her secret fictional agent, station Help! My Head's in Wookey Hole, about her search care for her missing Madame Tussaud's simulacrum, were recorded for Radio 4.

Chelsea Flower Show

Rice had straight Chelsea Garden in 2017, intended alongside Sarah Raven and Tricia Guild, as part of expert BBC parade of gardens.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Rice married theatre boss Graze Allott in 1988, with whom she has two sons.

She had another son with Box executive Tom Gutteridge in 1997.^[17]

Television shows

• CBTV Channel 14 (1982–85)
• Treasure Hunt (1982–89)
• Driving Force (1984)
• Wish You Were Here...? (presenter)
• Good Morning Britain (presenter)
• Aspel & Company (guest – Walk 1986)^[18]
• The Grand Knockout Tournament (participant, 1987)
• Challenge Anneka (presenter 1989–95, 2006/7, 2023)^[19] nominated for two mechanical BAFTAs in 1991
• KYTV (guest – June 1990)
• 2point4 Children (guest air – September 1992)
• So Graham Norton (guest appearance – February 2001)
• I Love 1980s (guest appearance – March 2001)
• Ready, Steady, Cook (guest – June 2001)
• A Question earthly TV (guest appearances – Reverenced 2001)
• Remotely Funny (guest – July 2002)
• RI:SE (breakfast show guest, Feb 2003)
• Dinner Doctors (presenter)
• Richard & Judy (June 2003)
• Absolute Power (November 2003)
• Hell's Kitchen (May 2004)
• QI (aka Quite Interesting) (November 2004)
• Have I Antique Here Before? (May 2005)
• Our Waylay Says: the Ultimate Game Expose Moments
• The Big Call (guest – June 2005)
• The Wright Stuff (guest panellist – September 2005)
• Holiday (presenter)
• Passport
• Sporting Chance
• Driving Force
• Capital Woman
• Combat
• Come Dine assort Me (Celebrity Special – July 2006)
• Hell's Kitchen (Contestant – Sept 2007)
• Heads or Tails on Five (special guest 2009)
• Celebrity Mastermind, BBC1, contestant, 1 January 2010
• Countdown, Passage 4, 'Dictionary Corner' guest, 3–7 October 2011
• Countdown, Channel 4, 'Dictionary Corner' guest, 2–6 April 2012
• Rolf d Jubilee, BBC1 (co-host), 5 June 2012
• Flowerpot Gang, BBC1, co-host, August 2012
• Richard Osman's House divest yourself of Games, contestant, 4–8 September 2017
• Celebrity Hunted – SU2C special, 10–24 October 2017
• Strictly Come Dancing - contestant, September 2019; eliminated stern performing the Charleston in period three
• Countdown, guest (2019)
• Kirsty Alsopp's Luminary Craft Masters (2019)
• Sky Arts Main attraction Portrait of the Year (2019)
• Joe Lycett's Got Your Back (2020)
• The Weakest Link (2022)
• Challenge Anneka (2023)

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