Classic television thats deserves another series (Challenge Anneka)

Member Name: luke1081

Product:	Challenge Anneka
Date:	09/01/09 (53 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Anneka Rice at her finest

Disadvantages: An hour just wasnt enough sometimes

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 play area.

There was no red-button; no live programme - just an hour of very carefully edited television every Saturday. It was fast-paced, action packed and kept the viewer involved throughout.

It was perefct TV and no, I dont have my rose-tinted glasses on. My only gripe was that you got the feeling there was more outside help than met the eye and some of the tasks seemed a bit too tidily completed, with little regard to "how" exactly she managed to obtain some goods in such little time. However, this is probably more to do with televisusal time constraints than anything else.

The show was eventually axed for reasons that I shall never fathom. If ever there was a show that should be brought back, it should be this. I miss the buggy more than anything else, which I heard was recently put up for sale on Ebay. Surely, the ideas are limitless with this show. Bring it back.

Summary: Bring it back