Anneka Rice

The original Challenge Anneka, which aired on BBC1 for six series from 1989 to 1995, had a peak of 12 million viewers - and it's is back on our screens this ...

Anneka says was nervous about reviving the show during a recession and winter. “The orphanage was unlike anything I’d seen, home to 700 neglected children. “We made a commercial for the British Paralympic Association 30 years ago, when little was known about disabled athletes. There are cheers in the truck-office when someone offers to help for free. Challenge Anneka created so much public nostalgia she thought she may as well do it again for real. “Raw sewage ran along open drains in the corridors. Burly builders were weeping. “This was the moment I knew it was right to bring the series back.” “The programme shines a spotlight on the disenfranchised and harnesses the power of television as a force for good.” “When my waxwork hung in Madame Tussauds, I was hanging off a winch in a jumpsuit in the foyer. “At the end of the day, it’s a programme about communities and volunteers. “Most of the time I look like a Teletubby, layer upon layer of thermals.”

The reality programme, which originally aired on BBC1 from September 1989 to October 1995, will be making its way back on our screens as its set to premiere on ...

She added: "30 decades on, the issues may look different but at their core they are the same; they’re about people and communities. Speaking about the new series Anneka has said: “I can’t believe this is actually happening. #TheOneShow."

TV star Anneka Rice has hailed her 'Treasure Hunt' series as a landmark moment for women on television.

Loveable presenter Anneka Rice has warned fans that she will be "bookending her career" with the reboot of her hugely popular evening TV show, ...

[here](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/). [BBC One](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/bbc) makeover show Challenge Anneka which cemented its name in TV history back in the 1990s. [The One Show's Gethin Jones sets straight relationship with Alex Jones after jibe](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/tv/one-shows-gethin-jones-sets-29449916) For more of the latest showbiz and TV news from the Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters [The One Show](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/the-one-show). Sitting down with the loveable presenters, the mum-of-three looked back on her TV career as one of the first female TV presenters in makeover shows.

But viewers were left baffled after it emerged the reality TV show aired 30 years ago. The show kicked off in the mid-nineties - and was massively successful. " ...

The original Challenge Anneka, which aired on BBC1 for six series from 1989 to 1995, had a peak of 12 million viewers. I worked as a runner on season 5. Don told Anneka on Twitter: "Great to see you on telly tonight. "I saw you on the show, it was like being in a time warp! "@AnnekaRice you haven’t aged!!" BBC The One Show viewers say they can’t believe Anneka Rice’s real age as she appeared in the studio tonight.