Challenge Anneka
Opening title
Format	Game show/Reality
Run time	60 minutes
Creator(s)	Anneka Rice, Malcolm Heyworth
Starring	Anneka Rice, Dave Chapman (sound)
Channel	BBC One, ITV1 (from 2006)
Production company	Mentorn
Airdates	8 September 1989 – 1995,

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. It was announced in 2006 that the series is expected to make a remarkable return. It is scheduled for broadcast on Boxing day 2006. Image File history File linksMetadata Challenge_Anneka. ... Anneka Rice (born 4 October 1958 in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales) is a Welsh television presenter. ... Anneka Rice (born 4 October 1958 in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales) is a Welsh television presenter. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the primary channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... ITV1 is a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, employing 26,000 staff in the UK alone and with a budget of £4 billion. ... BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the primary channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The format of the programme involved the presenter, Anneka Rice, being given a task to accomplish within a certain period of time, usually two or three days. She would have no knowledge of what the task of each particular episode would be before it began, and would have to organise its accomplishment by persuading companies and people to contribute their time and resources for free. 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. Anneka Rice (born 4 October 1958 in Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales) is a Welsh television presenter. ...

The format was tested in 1987's Children in Need. 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. ...

Rice would be based during the 'challenges' in a large blue mobile home, and for her frequent trips to persuade companies and people to take part employed a small blue 'four-by-four' buggy. She was also distinguished by her frequent use of her mobile phone to organise the projects, years before they became common everyday objects for people in Britain.

Another trademark aspect of the series would be the frequent on-screen presence of Rice's soundman, Dave Chapman, part of the camera team who followed her around as she attempted to accomplish the challenges and who often found himself having to lend a helping hand.

Most of the popularity of the series came from the tension of whether Rice and her teams of volunteers would accomplish their tasks before the deadlines set. Sometimes they would fail, but usually on such occasions those who had agreed to help out would carry on the following day to complete the work.

Challenge Anneka is set to return in 2006 with three one-off shows to be broadcast on ITV1, the first of which is thought to be going out on Boxing Day and helping to rebuild a community in Sri Lanka after the Tsunami disaster. ITV1 is a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... Boxing Day is a public holiday observed in many Commonwealth countries on 26 December. ...

See also

• Get Well Soon: 500 Ways to Make You Feel Better

External links

• itv.com - Challenge Anneka
• UK Gameshows Page: Challenge Anneka
• Press Release about the new series
• Anneka Rice's Agent confirming the new series
• Challenge Anneka at the Internet Movie Database
• 'World Vision - Anneka's charity partner in the Sri Lankan challenge'