Challenge Anneka

Description: BBC / Game Shows / Anneka Rice has to accomplish a task withing a given time frame and persuade people and companies to ... more

Challenge Anneka ... assist her with her challenge. The task would usually be in aid of a charitable cause, for example building a play area for children within the local community, or something similar.

Newest Review: ... included obtaining building materials, toys, food and other expertise. A huge Challenge Anneka lorry would travel across the country, and Anneka also had a buggy that she sometimes drove in. Maybe the most memorable challenge was to rennovate a Romanian orphanage. It was very upsetting seeing the conditions that these children had to live in. The job that Anneka and her team did in this ... more

... episode was terrific and all involved deserve tremendous acclaim for this. Challenge Anneka did return in 2006 and 2007 for 2 special editions on ITV1, but has not been aired since. This is a shame because in my opinion, the programme used to be great ...more

Read Reviews for Challenge Anneka

Challenge Anneka: Charitable Challenges (189 words)
by - written on 20/04/09 (Useful, 39 readings)
Rating:

Challenge Anneka was a programme screened in the late 1980 and early 1990s, featuring Anneka Rice. Each week, she was given a challenge to complete. The challenges were always for charitable causes. Some challenges include renovating a homeless hostel, organising a skiing trip for the disabled, renovating the playground at Birmingham Children's Hospital and creating a new Mencap Nursery. To complete the challenges, Anneka had to ask for other organisations help. This included obtaining building materials, toys, food and other expertise. A huge Challenge Anneka lorry would travel across the country, and Anneka also had a buggy that she sometimes drove ... Read the complete review

Classic television thats deserves another series (290 words)
by - written on 09/01/09 (Very useful, 52 readings)
Rating:

A spin-off of Treasure Hunt, BBC's Challenge Anneka was TV at its finest. Anneka Rice running around in a shell suit trying to accomplish a seemingly impossible task week-in, week-out. The tasks were usually done for charity, with the most famous being the emotional building of an oprhange in Romania. They just don't make TV like this anymore. This was reality TV for the late 80s and was the first in a plethora of programmes that eventually led to the dire likes of DIY SOS and Ground Force. Anneka was made for the role and we got to see more shots of her backside as she ran around asking for help putting on a lame theatre production or building a children's ... Read the complete review

Read 2 reviews

Write a review