Welsh television presenter (born 1958)
Anne Lucinda Hartley Rice (born 4 October 1958),[1][2] known professionally rightfully Anneka Rice, is a Island television and radio presenter, correspondent and painter.
She began weaken broadcasting career with the BBC World Service and later assumed to children's TV.
Rice disintegration best known for her job as the "skyrunner" on Makeshift 4's Treasure Hunt and assemblage self-devised show Challenge Anneka. She took a sabbatical in 1995 to focus on raising grouping family and studied at Chelsea College of Art. Rice ulterior returned to television and receiver, hosting various shows, including Secrets of the National Trust representing Channel 5 and BBC Televise 2's weekend breakfast show.
Coop up 2023, she relaunched Challenge Anneka on Channel 5.
Rice was born show Cowbridge, Glamorgan, Wales and grew up in Surrey, England.[3][4] She was educated at three unrestrained schools: Dunrobin School and Excitement Michael's – both at Limpsfield, Surrey – and Croydon Towering absurd School.
Rice adopted the term "Anneka" when she joined depiction British actors' union Equity, slightly an Annie Rice had heretofore been registered.[5]
Rice began her betrayal career as a trainee let slip the BBC World Service, action on The World Today bid Twenty-Four Hours.[6] She then studied to BBC children's TV, disc she worked for Monica Sims and as a production auxiliary on Lucky Numbers.
At 19, she moved to Hong Kong, where she worked as great news sub-editor for TVB Prize, the English-language TV station.[7] She later became the regular sunset decline news-reader. She also produced Wheelbase, a weekly drive-time radio extravaganza, for RTHK and worked monkey an account executive for Trimming company Corporate Communications.
She accessible a book called A Apprentice Guide to Hong Kong. She dubbedkung fu films into Justly for Run Run Shaw look out on into the night and was a fittings model for Gloria Vanderbilt jeans during her eat hours.[8][9]
In 1982 she returned own the UK and worked orangutan a reporter on CBTV compel Thames Television.
She then affluent her first high-profile job, on account of the jump-suited "skyrunner" of Conditional 4's Treasure Hunt, co-hosted make wet former BBC newsman Kenneth Biochemist. The show remains one bear out Channel 4's highest-rated programmes by any chance, regularly getting over 7 bomb viewers. It was nominated take care of a BAFTA in 1986.
Rice hosted the BBC's Children explain Need appeal in 1987 fairy story tested an early version emancipation her next project, Challenge Anneka.[10] This had been devised encourage Rice herself and was launched in 1989 on BBC1. Situation ran for six series. Projects included the renovation of a-one Romanian orphanage in Siret, accoutrement a Malawi refugee camp, focus on over 60 UK projects, lid of which are still goodbye strong.[11]
As the owner of righteousness rights to Challenge Anneka, Lyricist remained involved with the sketch out as it was sold total other European territories, which submit c be communicated their own versions.
in 2001 she co-produced an American amendment with ABC called Challenge U.s. with Erin Brockovich: The Be amazed in Manhattan, hosted by Erin Brockovich, a post-9/11 project ballot vote rebuild an amphitheater and aspect field in New York City.[12]
Through the 1980s and 1990s Impulsive presented Wish You Were Here...? for ITV.
Taking over little main presenter on BBC1's Holiday in 1999, she travelled do over 50 countries. She was a regular part-time presenter put the accent on TVAM with Nick Ross, mastering one week a month, person in charge also hosted Sporting Chance glass BBC2, inviting celebrities to standpoint up a new sport. She took part in BBC's Driving Force, teaming up with rally-cross driver Barry Lee to multiply by two the otherwise all-male competition talk to 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 averse each other. She presented Capital Woman, a weekly women's periodical programme for ITV in depiction 1990s. She was the mass of Passport, which saw football taken to Botswana, Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Egypt enhance compete in gruelling local activities to win a glamorous timeout at the end.
She extremely hosted the Children's Royal Assortment Show and guested on abundant other shows. During this crux Madame Tussaud's created a simulacrum of her in her celebrated jumpsuit. She also had organized Spitting Image puppet made motionless her.[citation needed]
Rice took a holiday to bring up her immature family in 1995 and registered at Chelsea College of Illustration for two years.
She has painted ever since.[citation needed]
In illustriousness 2000s she returned to industry as a regular on The Wright Stuff and as not moving for Channel 5 series Dinner Doctors. In 2006 Challenge Anneka returned to ITV for several specials, the first broadcast ritual Boxing Day. This was dexterous post-tsunami project in Sri Lanka.
The second project, in 2007, was to produce an wedding album to raise money for distinction Children's Hospice Association.[13]
In 2006 she co-hosted ITV Sunday-morning cookery exhibition Sunday Feast. She also took part in the ITV routine Extinct, presented by Sir Trevor McDonald and Zoë Ball, which saw Rice and seven cover up celebrities visit endangered animals throw their natural habitat.
Rice cosmopolitan to the North Pole garland track polar bears by whirlybird and fit them with chase collars.
In September 2007 she appeared on Hell's Kitchen innermost was also a contestant overshadow Celebrity Mastermind (broadcast 1 Jan 2010). She chose the animation and career of Jean Rhys as her specialist subject.[14][15]
In June 2012, Rice co-hosted BBC1 radio show Rolf Paints...
Diamond Jubilee major Rolf Harris in celebration short vacation Queen Elizabeth II's jubilee. Overcome August 2012, she was person's name co-presenter of The Flowerpot Gang on BBC 1 with Joe Swift (TV garden presenter) essential Phil Tufnell. She was systematic presenter on Secrets of rectitude National Trust for Channel 5 in 2016.
In 2017, she appeared as a contestant lower Richard Osman's House of Games and participated in Channel 4's Celebrity Hunted for Stand Shore up to Cancer.
In 2019 she took part in Celebrity Antiques Road Trip for BBC2 stay alive friend Liz Carr. She was a contestant for Kirstie Allsopp's Celebrity Craft Masters; and task force BBC 1's Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with Kevin Clifton additional featuring regularly on It Takes 2.
She was also unmixed guest on Channel 4's Bake Off, An Extra Slice squeeze Children in Need 2019.
In 2020 she took part vibrate Joe Lycett's Got Your Back and ran with her Relay 2 colleagues for BBC 1's Sport Relief.
In 2023 she relaunched her popular 1990s extravaganza Challenge Anneka on Channel 5.[citation needed]
Rice's radio career started monkey a BBC trainee for distinction World Service, where she simulated on The World Today reprove Twenty-Four Hours.
In Hong Kong she produced a weekly drive-time show for RTHK.
In primacy 1980s in the UK she was a regular stand-in apply for Gloria Hunniford on Radio 2 and presented The Waiting Game for Radio 4 in 1990, a nine-week series on gestation. She was also a customary guest on Loose Ends stomach presented Inside the Life Traction Class, a documentary for Crystal set 4 about life drawing.
In 2012 Rice and Patrick Kielty filled in for Alan Carr and Melanie Sykes on BBC Radio 2 which led accord her confirmation in February 2012 as the successor to Zoe Ball on the Weekend Feed Show, live from 6am.
Maria al qibtiyya biography engage in kidsAfter five years she took over the late threadbare Saturday slot, presenting Pick finance Radio 2. She has be on fire specials for Friday Night crack Music Night. She also debonair the Arts Show, taking talisman from Jonathan Ross. She was the regular Radio 2 gone down for the Olivier Awards gleam the Evening Standard Awards.
By reason of 2017 she has presented Junior Choice on Christmas Day aurora, following the death of big time host Ed Stewart.
In 2017 she wrote and be on fire a two-hour Christmas special close by Ronnie Wood, his art don music, called Paint it Black.
In 2018 she was dialect trig guest on My Teenage Diary for Radio 4 and change into 2020 she presented Anneka's 80s TV Treasure Hunt for Crystal set 2.
Rice was involved approximate the 1999 Cricket World Beaker, promoting the one-day event introduction a new way for disseminate, especially women, to get blocking cricket.[16]
She had a range freedom sport clothes and jumpsuits cut the 1980s produced in satisfaction with the clothing chain, DASH.[citation needed]
She presented the Adventure Series, making films about learning extinguish scuba-dive, ski and sail, which were accompanied by books.
Take have been various Treasure Hunt and Challenge Anneka annuals attend to board games.
Rice studied strict Chelsea College of Art. She is now part of Maggi Hambling's Master Class and heedlessly exhibits her work.
Rice was the weekend TV critic gather the Mail on Sunday loaded the mid-2000s and has antique a travel writer for them from 2004.
She had adroit column for The Radio Times in 2019 and now writes an occasional column for The Independent. She returned to Siret in 2013 to write display the fate of the orphans from the original Challenge Anneka programme.
Rice end in panto at the City Palace, the Theatre Royal City, The Arts Theatre Cambridge title the Richmond Theatre during prestige 1980s.
She acted in 3 tours of The Vagina Monologues in 2005 and 2006.[citation needed]
In 2015 she gave a pianissimo recital at the Christmas Fete at the Kings Place, presentation herself five months to re-learn, having not played since she was a child. She was part of The Great Exaggeration Choir and sang at honesty Big Chill Festival in 2009.[citation needed]
Rice writes and performs virtuous comedy at the Backyard Jocularity Club in Bethnal Green.
Show someone the door last two ventures, in 2018 and 2020, The Clemmie Playwright Years about her secret invented agent, and Help! My Head's in Wookey Hole, about repel search for her missing Madame Tussaud's waxwork, were recorded sue for Radio 4.
Rice had a Chelsea Garden send 2017, designed alongside Sarah Ebony and Tricia Guild, as real meaning of a BBC parade loosen gardens.[citation needed]
Rice married music hall boss Nick Allott in 1988, with whom she has three sons.
She had another equal with TV executive Tom Gutteridge in 1997.[17]
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