Anneka Rice (born Anne Rice^[1], 4 October 1958 in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan) is a Welsh television presenter. October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cowbridge (Welsh: Y Bont-faen) is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. ... For other uses, see Vale of Glamorgan (disambiguation). ... The Welsh (Cymry) are an ethnic group or nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language, which is a Celtic language. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who is known for introducing or hosting television programmes. ...

Career

Rice started her TV career as a trainee PA working on The World Today for the BBC World Service ^[2] . At age 19, Rice moved to Hong Kong where she presented the news on English language television station TVB Pearl. Upon returning to the UK three years later, she worked as a secretary in the BBC Children's department. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasters of radio programming, transmitting in 33 languages to many parts of the world. ... TVB Pearl (無綫電視明珠台) is one of the two free television services in Hong Kong that mainly broadcast in the English language, the other being ATV World. ...

In 1981, she appeared as Annie Rice in the TV series Frankie Howerd Strikes Again. In September of the following year, she appeared in an episode of Strangers, also credited as Annie Rice ^[3] . Frankie Howerd Frankie Howerd OBE (born Francis Alex Howard in York, England, 6 March 1917 - not 1922 as he claimed; died in London, 19 April 1992) was a distinctive English comedian and comic actor. ... Strangers was a UK police drama that appeared on ITV between 1978 and 1982. ...

In 1983, she landed her first major TV job as the jump-suited, constantly-in-motion skyrunner in Treasure Hunt which was hosted by former BBC newsman Kenneth Kendall. Cameraman Graham Berry was nominated for three BAFTA awards for his camerawork on Treasure Hunt, of which he won one in 1985 ^[4] . Helicopter pilot Keith Thompson went on to become a minor celebrity, as did Berry ^[5] . Rice left the show in 1988, to be replaced by former tennis player Annabel Croft ^[6] . Treasure Hunt was also nominated for a BAFTA award in 1986 in the category "Best Light Entertainment Programme". A woman in a ski jumpsuit (what could also be called a one-piece skisuit). ... Treasure Hunt was a popular UK game show, based on the format of the French show La Chasse au trésor, which appeared on Channel 4 between 1983 and 1989 and was revived by BBC Two in 2002 and 2003. ... Kenneth Kendall (born August 7, 1924) is a British broadcaster and journalist. ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Annabel Croft (born 12 July 1966 in Farnborough, Kent, England) is a former British tennis player and television presenter. ...

In 1986, Rice was awarded the "Rear of the Year" award via The Sun newspaper ^[7][8] ; an unsurprising award, since her posterior had featured so much in the lens of Berry's camera. Rear of the Year is a British award given by Rear of the Year Limited for people with a notable posterior. ... This article is about a British tabloid. ...

After hosting the BBC's Children In Need appeal, Rice launched her own programme Challenge Anneka in 1989, a series which was to run for another 5 years. Pudsey is the teddy bear logo of Children in Need, created by designer Joanna Ball and named after Balls home town, Pudsey, in West Yorkshire, England. ... Challenge Anneka is a British television programme, produced by the independent production company Mentorn for the BBC and aired on Saturday evenings on BBC One from 1989 until 1995. ...

During an appearance on Noel's House Party, Anneka was famously gunged whilst pretending to speak on her mobile phone. Noels House Party was a BBC television light entertainment show broadcast live on Saturday evenings throughout the 1990s hosted by Noel Edmonds. ... Insert non-formatted text hereGunge is a British colloquial term used to describes a runny substance, similar to [[paint] == Headline text ==] that is often featured in game shows and charity events. ...

Career break/personal life

In the mid-1990s, Rice decided to quit TV to spend time with her husband, showbiz producer Nick Allott, and two children Thomas (Tom) (born 1990); and Josh (born 1991). Allott and Rice later broke up, and from 1993 she dated TV executive Tom Gutteridge. But they split up six months after her third son, Sam, was born in 2000^[9]. This article is about the year. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Rice concentrated on her duties as a mother, and spent five years studying painting at Chelsea College of Art. So total was the mum-of-three's disappearance that Madame Tussaud's even melted down her waxwork. Most recently she has been linked to writer Simon Bell. The former Royal Army Medical College (north block shown here), is being absorbed by Chelsea College of Art and Design. ... Madame Tussauds and the London Planetarium Madame Tussauds is a wax museum in London, with branches in Amsterdam, Hong Kong ( Victoria Peak), Las Vegas, Copenhagen and New York City. ...

Return to TV

As a result of her owning the rights to "Challenge Anneka", Rice returned to TV in a co-producer role in September 2001 when she was approached by the ABC network in the USA to produce a new series based on the same format, where it was renamed "Challenge America" hosted by Erin Brockovich ^[10]. This article is about the year 2001. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Erin Brockovich-Ellis (born Erin L. E. Pattee June 22, 1960 in Lawrence, Kansas) is a legal clerk who, despite the lack of a formal law school education, was instrumental in constructing a case against the $28 billion Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E), of California in 1993. ...

After finishing her art degree, in 2003 Rice returned to presenting on the Five show "Dinner Doctors" alongside the relationship advisor Jenni Trent Hughes. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Jenni Trent Hughes is an American life strategist, coach and agony aunt, who specialises in relationships and family issues. ...

British comedy sketch-show, The Fast Show, included a sketch in one of their episodes entitled Memories of Anneka Rice, in which "close friends" failed to remember her, and gave conflicting views of this seemingly-forgotten Z-lister. It has been suggested that Scorchio be merged into this article or section. ...

As well as all her TV and radio work, Rice has also written books on skiing and scuba-diving. In 2005, she endorsed a line of anti-aging products which claims to make you look 10 years younger ^[11] . 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Returning to the limelight, Rice had the lead role in The Vagina Monologues which played at Birmingham Hippodrome from 31 January to 4 February 2006. The Vagina Monologues is an Obie Award-winning episodic play written by Eve Ensler which premiered Off-Broadway in 1996. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...

Anneka returned to ITV1 in June of 2006 to co-host the new Sunday morning cookery show, Sunday Feast.She also took part in the ITV programme Extinct presented by Sir Trevor McDonald and Zoe Ball which saw Anneka and seven other well known celebrites visit endangered animals in their natural habitat and try and plead their case so that the viewers would pick up the phone and vote for their animal to recieve a large sum of money to try and save them from extinction. Anneka's chosen animal was the Polar Bear. Anneka did not win as the money went to the Bengal Tigers and their celebrity Pauline Collins. ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... Sunday Feast is a cookery show on British television channel ITV1. ... ITV (Independent Television) is the name popularly given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. In England, Wales and southern Scotland, the network has been rebranded to ITV1 by ITV plc, the owners of... In biology and ecology, extinction is the ceasing of existence of a species or group of species. ... Sir Trevor McDonald presenting News at Ten, on 5 March 1999. ... Categories: People stubs | 1970 births | British television presenters ... Natural is defined as of or relating to nature; this applies to both definitions of nature: essence (ones true nature) and the untouched world (force of nature). Natural is often used meaning good, healthy, or belonging to human nature. This use can be questioned, as many freely growing plants... Look up habitat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up phone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Voting is a method of decision making wherein a group such as a meeting or an electorate attempts to gauge its opinion—usually as a final step following discussions or debates. ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera Subregnum Eumetazoa Placozoa Orthonectida Rhombozoa Radiata (unranked) Ctenophora Cnidaria Bilateria (unranked) Acoelomorpha Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata Hemichordata Echinodermata Chaetognatha Xenoturbellida Superphylum Ecdysozoa Kinorhyncha Loricifera Priapulida Nematoda Nematomorpha Onychophora Tardigrada Arthropoda Superphylum Platyzoa Platyhelminthes Gastrotricha Rotifera Acanthocephala Gnathostomulida Micrognathozoa Cycliophora Superphylum Lophotrochozoa Sipuncula Nemertea Phoronida Ectoprocta Bryozoa... Economics offers various definitions for money, though it is now commonly defined by the functions attached to any good or token that functions in trade as a medium of exchange, store of value, and unit of account. ... Example EU engergy label According to an EU Directive most white goods and light bulb packaging must have an EU Energy Label clearly displayed when offered for sale or rent. ... The Dodo, shown here in illustration, is an often-cited[1] example of extinction. ... Binomial name Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774 The polar bear (Ursus maritimus), also known as the white bear, northern bear, or sea bear, is a large bear native to the Arctic. ... Trinomial name Panthera tigris tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) The Bengal Tiger or Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is a subspecies of tiger found through the rainforests and grasslands of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, China, India and Nepal. ... Pauline Collins (born September 3, 1940) is a British actress working extensively in movies and television. ...

On 9 June 2006 it was announced that Challenge Anneka is returning, but this time on ITV1. The first of three specials was broadcast on Boxing Day 2006^[12][13]. June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Challenge Anneka is a British television programme, produced by the independent production company Mentorn for the BBC and aired on Saturday evenings on BBC One from 1989 until 1995. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...

Shows

• Wish You Were Here...? (presenter)
• Good Morning Britain (presenter)
• Aspel & Company (guest - March 1986)[10]
• The Grand Knockout Tournament
• Challenge Anneka (presenter 1989-1995) [11] nominated for two technical BAFTAs in 1991
• KYTV (guest - June 1990)
• 2point4 Children (guest appearance - September 1992)
• So Graham Norton (guest appearance - February 2001)
• I Love 1980's (guest appearance - March 2001)
• Celebrity Ready, Steady, Cook (guest - June 2001)
• A Question of TV (guest appearances - August 2001)
• Remotely Funny (guest - July 2002)
• RI:SE (breakfast show guest, 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 I Been Here Before? (May 2005)
• Our Survey Says: The Ultimate Game Show Moments
• The Big Call (guest - June 2005)
• The Wright Stuff (guest panelist - September 2005)
• Holiday (presenter)
• Passport
• Sporting Chance
• Driving Force
• Capital Woman
• Combat
• Come Dine With Me (Celebrity Special - July 2006)

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References

1. ^ Changed her name when she joined the British actors union Equity, as somebody had already registered birth name
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9. ^ http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/sundaymercury/features/tm_objectid=16617187&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=anneka-spice-name_page.html
10. ^ http://www.tvfetish.net/Who_AnnekaRice.htm
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13. ^ http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/tm_headline=anneka%2Ds-back-side%26method=full%26objectid=18275886%26siteid=62484-name_page.html

The British Actors Equity Association (now called Equity) is the British actors trade union. ...

External links

• Anneka Rice at the Internet Movie Database
• Challenge Anneka at itv.com
• Bio at TV Fetish