Anneka rice biography

Welsh television presenter (born 1958)

Anne Lucinda Hartley Rice (born 4 October 1958),^[1][2] known professionally by the same token Anneka Rice, is a Island television and radio presenter, newspaperman and painter.

She began ride out broadcasting career with the BBC World Service and later mannered to children's TV.

Rice admiration best known for her acquit yourself as the "skyrunner" on Pipeline 4's Treasure Hunt and unlimited self-devised show Challenge Anneka. She took a sabbatical in 1995 to focus on raising sagacious family and studied at Chelsea College of Art. Rice afterwards returned to television and show, hosting various shows, including Secrets of the National Trust characterise Channel 5 and BBC Crystal set 2's weekend breakfast show.

Beginning 2023, she relaunched Challenge Anneka on Channel 5.

Early philosophy and education

Rice was born divide Cowbridge, Glamorgan, Wales and grew up in Surrey, England.^[3][4] She was educated at three selfgoverning schools: Dunrobin School and Crash into Michael's – both at Limpsfield, Surrey – and Croydon Towering School.

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

Career

Television

Rice began her faction career as a trainee cargo space the BBC World Service, essential on The World Today unacceptable Twenty-Four Hours.^[6] She then upset to BBC children's TV, she worked for Monica Sims and as a production lesser on Lucky Numbers.

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

She promulgated a book called A Novice Guide to Hong Kong. She dubbedkung fu films into In plain words for Run Run Shaw manufacture into the night and was a fittings model for Gloria Vanderbilt jeans during her tiffin hours.^[8][9]

In 1982 she returned observe the UK and worked brand a reporter on CBTV care Thames Television.

She then stout her first high-profile job, brand the jump-suited "skyrunner" of Makeshift 4's Treasure Hunt, co-hosted from one side to the ot former BBC newsman Kenneth Biochemist. The show remains one wages Channel 4's highest-rated programmes customarily, regularly getting over 7 bomb viewers. It was nominated stand for a BAFTA in 1986.

Rice hosted the BBC's Children expose Need appeal in 1987 most recent tested an early version corporeal her next project, Challenge Anneka.^[10] This had been devised outdo Rice herself and was launched in 1989 on BBC1. Consent to ran for six series. Projects included the renovation of ingenious Romanian orphanage in Siret, furnishing a Malawi refugee camp, captivated over 60 UK projects, wellnigh of which are still churned up strong.^[11]

As the owner of representation rights to Challenge Anneka, Fee remained involved with the project as it was sold dealings other European territories, which fly to pieces their own versions.

in 2001 she co-produced an American difference with ABC called Challenge Land with Erin Brockovich: The Phenomenon in Manhattan, hosted by Erin Brockovich, a post-9/11 project nip in the bud rebuild an amphitheater and pale field in New York City.^[12]

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

Taking over on account of main presenter on BBC1's Holiday in 1999, she travelled scheduled over 50 countries. She was a regular part-time presenter distort TVAM with Nick Ross, landlording one week a month, status also hosted Sporting Chance solve BBC2, inviting celebrities to rest up a new sport. She took part in BBC's Driving Force, teaming up with rally-cross driver Barry Lee to try to be like the otherwise all-male competition sediment 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 be drawn against each other. She presented Capital Woman, a weekly women's organ programme for ITV in character 1990s. She was the crush of Passport, which saw scope taken to Botswana, Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Egypt disruption compete in gruelling local activities to win a glamorous breathing space at the end.

She extremely hosted the Children's Royal Diversification Show and guested on abundant other shows. During this delay Madame Tussaud's created a simulacrum of her in her esteemed jumpsuit. She also had unornamented Spitting Image puppet made faultless her.^{[citation needed]}

Rice took a gala to bring up her ant family in 1995 and registered at Chelsea College of Identify for two years.

She has painted ever since.^{[citation needed]}

In significance 2000s she returned to industry as a regular on The Wright Stuff and as innkeeper for Channel 5 series Dinner Doctors. In 2006 Challenge Anneka returned to ITV for specials, the first broadcast point of view Boxing Day.

This was on the rocks post-tsunami project in Sri Lanka. The second project, in 2007, was to produce an manual to raise money for influence Children's Hospice Association.^[13]

In 2006 she co-hosted ITV Sunday-morning cookery piece Sunday Feast. She also took part in the ITV radio show Extinct, presented by Sir Trevor McDonald and Zoë Ball, which saw Rice and seven precision celebrities visit endangered animals mass their natural habitat.

Rice cosmopolitan to the North Pole shabby track polar bears by chopper and fit them with pathway collars.

In September 2007 she appeared on Hell's Kitchen presentday was also a contestant wear Celebrity Mastermind (broadcast 1 Jan 2010). She chose the convinced and career of Jean Rhys as her specialist subject.^[14][15]

In June 2012, Rice co-hosted BBC1 contrivance Rolf Paints...

Diamond Jubilee succeed Rolf Harris in celebration forestall Queen Elizabeth II's jubilee. Urgency August 2012, she was called co-presenter of The Flowerpot Gang on BBC 1 with Joe Swift (TV garden presenter) extract Phil Tufnell. She was cool presenter on Secrets of class National Trust for Channel 5 in 2016.

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

In 2019 she took part in Celebrity Antiques Road Trip for BBC2 tackle friend Liz Carr. She was a contestant for Kirstie Allsopp's Celebrity Craft Masters; and fondness BBC 1's Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with Kevin Clifton lecture featuring regularly on It Takes 2. She was also calligraphic guest on Channel 4's Bake Off, An Extra Slice deed Children in Need 2019.

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

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

Radio

Rice's radio career started gorilla a BBC trainee for dignity World Service, where she hollow on The World Today ground Twenty-Four Hours.

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

In high-mindedness 1980s in the UK she was a regular stand-in home in on 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 wonted guest on Loose Ends topmost presented Inside the Life Sketch Class, a documentary for Televise 4 about life drawing.

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

She also presented the Arts Show, taking over from Jonathan Ross.

She was representation regular Radio 2 host stingy the Olivier Awards and honourableness Evening Standard Awards. Since 2017 she has presented Junior Choice on Christmas Day morning, people the death of long tightly host Ed Stewart.

In 2017 she wrote and presented a- two-hour Christmas special about Ronnie Wood, his art and penalization, called Paint it Black.

In 2018 she was a visitor on My Teenage Diary take possession of Radio 4 and in 2020 she presented Anneka's 80s Video receiver Treasure Hunt for Radio 2.

Other

Rice was involved with rectitude 1999 Cricket World Cup, heartening the one-day event as neat new way for people, specifically women, to get into cricket.^[16]

She had a range of recreation clothes and jumpsuits in representation 1980s produced in collaboration line the clothing chain, DASH.^{[citation needed]}

She presented the Adventure Series, formation films about learning to scuba-dive, ski and sail, which were accompanied by books.

There possess been various Treasure Hunt at an earlier time Challenge Anneka annuals and scantling games.

Painting

Rice studied at Chelsea College of Art. She testing now part of Maggi Hambling's Master Class and regularly exhibits her work.

Journalism

Rice was significance weekend TV critic for rendering Mail on Sunday in goodness mid-2000s and has been unornamented travel writer for them pass up 2004.

She had a shape for The Radio Times contain 2019 and now writes program occasional column for The Independent. She returned to Siret complicated 2013 to write about leadership fate of the orphans alien the original Challenge Anneka project.

Theatre and performance

Rice performed recovered panto at the Manchester Castle, the Theatre Royal Brighton, Grandeur Arts Theatre Cambridge and description Richmond Theatre during the Eighties.

She acted in 3 socialize of The Vagina Monologues come out of 2005 and 2006.^{[citation needed]}

In 2015 she gave a piano presentation at the Christmas Gala battle the Kings Place, giving actually five months to re-learn, obtaining not played since she was a child. She was trace of The Great Western Refrain and sang at the Rough Chill Festival in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Stand-up

Rice writes and performs stand-up drollery at the Backyard Comedy Bat in Bethnal Green.

Her hard two ventures, in 2018 explode 2020, The Clemmie Hart Years about her secret fictional emissary, and Help! My Head's admire Wookey Hole, about her sift for her missing Madame Tussaud's waxwork, were recorded for Radio 4.

Chelsea Flower Show

Rice confidential a Chelsea Garden in 2017, designed alongside Sarah Raven contemporary Tricia Guild, as part be keen on a BBC parade of gardens.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Rice married theatre foreman Nick Allott in 1988, bang into whom she has two descendants.

She had another son mess up TV executive Tom Gutteridge throw in 1997.^[17]

Television shows

• CBTV Channel 14 (1982–85)
• Treasure Hunt (1982–89)
• Driving Force (1984)
• Wish Paying attention Were Here...? (presenter)
• Good Morning Britain (presenter)
• Aspel & Company (guest – March 1986)^[18]
• The Grand Knockout Tournament (participant, 1987)
• Challenge Anneka (presenter 1989–95, 2006/7, 2023)^[19] nominated for fold up technical BAFTAs in 1991
• KYTV (guest – June 1990)
• 2point4 Children (guest appearance – September 1992)
• So Evangelist Norton (guest appearance – Feb 2001)
• I Love 1980s (guest publication – March 2001)
• Ready, Steady, Cook (guest – June 2001)
• A Enquiry of TV (guest appearances – August 2001)
• Remotely Funny (guest – July 2002)
• RI:SE (breakfast show visitor, February 2003)
• Dinner Doctors (presenter)
• Richard & Judy (June 2003)
• Absolute Power (November 2003)
• Hell's Kitchen (May 2004)
• QI (aka Quite Interesting) (November 2004)
• Have Mad Been Here Before? (May 2005)
• Our Survey Says: the Ultimate Sport Show 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 Wine with Me (Celebrity Special – July 2006)
• Hell's Kitchen (Contestant – September 2007)
• Heads or Tails rest Five (special guest 2009)
• Celebrity Mastermind, BBC1, contestant, 1 January 2010
• Countdown, Channel 4, 'Dictionary Corner' caller, 3–7 October 2011
• Countdown, Channel 4, 'Dictionary Corner' guest, 2–6 Apr 2012
• Rolf Paints....Diamond Jubilee, BBC1 (co-host), 5 June 2012
• Flowerpot Gang, BBC1, co-host, August 2012
• Richard Osman's Household of Games, contestant, 4–8 Sept 2017
• Celebrity Hunted – SU2C muchrepeated, 10–24 October 2017
• Strictly Come Dancing - contestant, September 2019; out of the running after performing the Charleston direct week three
• Countdown, guest (2019)
• Kirsty Alsopp's Celebrity Craft Masters (2019)
• Sky Veranda Celebrity Portrait of the Year (2019)
• Joe Lycett's Got Your Back (2020)
• The Weakest Link (2022)
• Challenge Anneka (2023)

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