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COLLECTION · Series · 1989

Challenge Anneka

The programme that tries to make the impossible possible. Each week Anneka Rice is set a challenge by a member of the public and, using only her giant Challenger truck, has to beg, borrow and otherwise persuade people to help her complete the task on time. All challenges aim to achieve something of lasting benefit, and Anneka has no idea what lies in store until the fateful moment when the challenge arrives.

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Creators
Anneka Rice · Malcolm B. Heyworth
Countries
United Kingdom
Studios
BBC One · ITV1 · Mentorn Media · Chatsworth Television
Release
08/09/1989
Score
0.0 / 10
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
1 episodes · 1987
Episode 1. Children in Need Symphony Orchestra
1987-11-27 · 80 min

As part of the Children in Need appeal, Anneka Rice is challenged to put a volunteer symphony orchestra in the middle of the River Thames by Tower Bridge, playing an open-air performance of the 1812 Overture with a firework accompaniment.…

Series 1
10 episodes · 1989
Episode 1. The Playbuses
1989-09-08 · 40 min

Ten double decker buses need to be converted into playbuses for the National Playbus Association, and Anneka Rice and her team of volunteers have just 3 days to do it.

Episode 2. The Playground
1989-09-15 · 40 min

No synopsis

Episode 3. The White Horse
1989-09-22 · 40 min

No synopsis

Episode 4. The Football Field
1989-09-29 · 40 min

No synopsis

Episode 5. Ray Cooney Farce
1989-10-06 · 40 min

Anneka has just 2 days to produce and record a new farce for the Calibre Cassette Library for the blind.

Episode 6. Walled Garden
1989-10-13 · 40 min

No synopsis

Episode 7. Kent Railway Restoration
1989-10-20 · 45 min

No synopsis

Episode 8. Recycled Joke Book
1989-10-27 · 45 min

No synopsis

Episode 9. Disabled Skiing Trip
1989-11-03 · 45 min

No synopsis

Episode 10. Series 1 Highlights
1989-11-10 · 45 min

Anneka Rice has tackled a variety of daunting tasks during the series, from building a railway line in a weekend to producing a radio play in an afternoon. In this episode she looks back at the successes and failures of the series - at…

Series 2
10 episodes · 1990
Episode 1. Children's Parties
1990-11-10 · 50 min

Anneka Rice returns to face new challenges set by viewers, relying simply on her giant Challenger and public goodwill. In this episode she has to get into the party spirit with 11,000 children. The problem is, she has to be in four…

Episode 2. Seal Sanctuary
1990-11-17 · 50 min

To undertake this challenge, Anneka is going to need 4,500 gallons of water, 18 tons of concrete, a set of Scottish bagpipes and a plateful of herrings!

Episode 3. Buxton Riding Centre for the Disabled
1990-11-24 · 50 min

No synopsis

Episode 4. Isles of Scilly Jetty
1990-12-01 · 50 min

No synopsis

Episode 5. Thames Barge
1990-12-08 · 50 min

No synopsis

Episode 6. Lighthouse
1990-12-15 · 50 min

No synopsis

Episode 7. Romanian Orphanage
1990-12-22 · 60 min

Anneka faces her most daunting challenge ever - to restore a Romanian orphanage into a home for 600 children in just one week. This specially extended episode reveals what happened, and how through sleepless days and nights her team…

Episode 8. Pantomime
1990-12-29 · 50 min

Two sisters, a ballroom, and magic shoes are on Anneka's shopping list as she races against the clock.

Episode 9. Reminiscence Centre
1991-01-05 · 50 min

No synopsis

Episode 10. Homeless Hostel
1991-01-12 · 50 min

No synopsis

Series 3
11 episodes · 1991
Episode 1. USPCA Dog Kennels
1991-09-14 · 50 min

Anneka Rice returns to face a new series of challenges set by viewers. In this episode Anneka has a massive home improvement job on behalf of Northern Ireland's stray dogs.

Episode 2. County Durham Road
1991-09-21 · 50 min

Anneka's challenge in this episode is to organise a street party. She'll need 1,000 tons of stone and 600 tons of tarmac!

Episode 3. Paralympics Commercial
1991-09-28 · 50 min

Anneka's challenge involves an orchestra, a choir and a sports stadium.

Episode 4. Gloucester Theatre
1991-10-05 · 50 min

Anneka enlists the help of an undertaker, a town crier, a blacksmith and dozens of scaffolders to help with this episode's challenge.

Episode 5. Mitcham Parish Church
1991-10-12 · 50 min

Less than three days to prepare a full-blown white wedding and renovate the 13th-century church? On behalf of an extremely trusting young couple, a breathless Anneka has to rustle up dresses, organise a reception complete with cake,…

Episode 6. Monkey World
1991-10-19 · 50 min

Anneka gets up to monkey business in Spain as she races against the clock with hundreds of volunteers to complete this challenge.

Episode 7. Birmingham Children's Hospital
1991-10-26 · 50 min

Last July, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh gave Anneka Rice a special challenge to mark his 70th birthday. Will she get the royal seal of approval?

Episode 8. Children's Holiday Camp
1991-11-02 · 50 min

Some fireworks, a septic tank and a giant lawnmower are just some of the things Anneka needs for this episode's challenge.

Episode 9. Childline Calendar
1991-11-09 · 50 min

Anneka's challenge this episode is to organise a photography exhibition in just 73 hours. Childline, the free national helpline for children in trouble, want to produce their 1992 calendar, Children at Play. She must collect photos of…

Episode 10. 180-Foot Bridge
1991-11-16 · 50 min

Anneka needs to build an 180-foot bridge in just four days!

Episode 11. Return to Siret
1992-01-03 · 40 min

A year ago, millions of viewers saw Anneka Rice and a team of volunteers rise to the challenge of transforming the lives of hundreds of children living in a huge, decaying orphanage in Siret, northern Romania. In five days, hot and cold…

Series 4
9 episodes · 1992
Episode 1. The Best of Challenge Anneka
1992-09-11 · 60 min

A nostalgic review of the last three years of the series, with Anneka Rice recalling some of the highlights - including the group of disabled people who learned to ski in two days - and some of the disasters - such as when the entire…

Episode 2. Heeley City Farm
1992-09-18 · 60 min

The return of the series which sets out to make the impossible possible. This week Anneka ends up in the mud - and a lot worse - as she takes an army of volunteers down on the farm in Sheffield.

Episode 3. Tommy's Tape
1992-09-25 · 60 min

In this episode Anneka has to create an album of nursery rhymes in just two days, for pregnancy and baby charity Tommy's.

Episode 4. Ilfracombe Library
1992-10-02 · 60 min

It's a moving experience for the team in this challenge, as they try to shift Ilfracombe's public library all the way over to the other side of town. It needs two teams of builders to succeed, one to dismantle the old library and another…

Episode 5. Albrighton Angling Centre
1992-10-09 · 60 min

In this episode Anneka needs to get hold of archaeologists and 200,000 gallons of water to go fishing in Shropshire.

Episode 6. Mencap Nursery
1992-10-16 · 60 min

Anneka has to produce 25,000 charity Christmas cards in time for the opening of the new Mencap nursery in Leeds - but then she finds that the nursery has yet to be built.

Episode 7. Red Sea Diving
1992-10-23 · 60 min

Anneka is set a very fishy task when she finds she has to go diving in the depths of the Red Sea with a group of disabled people. But first they must learn to dive - in just a few hours.

Episode 8. Cumbrae Sports Centre
1992-11-06 · 60 min

On the island of Cumbrae off the Ayrshire coast, Anneka finds she needs 1,000 cyclists, a demolition squad and some help from Glasgow Rangers.

Episode 9. Malawi Medical Centre
1992-11-27 · 60 min

The last challenge of the series is one of Anneka's most daunting: she has to equip a new medical centre serving up to 100,000 people in the Luwani refugee camp in Malawi, southern Africa. The refugees have fled Mozambique because of war…

Series 5
8 episodes · 1993
Episode 1. Challenge Anneka Special & Croatia Appeal
1993-08-27 · 60 min

Celebrating five of years of her entertainment series, Anneka Rice presents a live edition in which she goes back to check out the results of some of her toughest tasks. She has been set a variety of problems and has completed more than…

Episode 2. Boathouse
1993-09-04 · 50 min

Anneka Rice returns with another series of the show that makes the impossible possible. In the first episode, the Exmoor Calvert Trust in Devon challenges Anneka to turn a derelict barn into a boathouse for use by disabled people.

Episode 3. Soup Kitchen
1993-09-11 · 50 min

In this episode Anneka needs a new kitchen and thousands of steak pies as she tackles a challenge to help London's homeless.

Episode 4. RNIB Maze
1993-09-18 · 55 min

Anneka hits weather problems when she tackles a challenge from the RNIB College to build a giant multi-sensory maze in Worcester.

Episode 5. NCH Commercial
1993-09-25 · 55 min

Anneka attempts to make a video about the work of the National Children's Home charity, to be shown at the gala premiere of the film Super Mario Bros.

Episode 6. Disabled Bungalows
1993-10-02 · 55 min

Anneka's challenge in this episode is to stage a housewarming party for two hospital patients with spinal injuries. But first she has to build their homes.

Episode 7. Fashion Range
1993-10-09 · 50 min

Anneka has less than three days to launch a new fashion collection, in this challenge set by the Cope Children's Trust Rainbow Appeal. Will she make it?

Episode 8. Croatia School
1993-10-16 · 55 min

In the last episode of the series, Anneka faces one of her most daunting and dangerous challenges. She travels to the village of Pakrac in Croatia, which has been completely destroyed in the war. Her task is to renovate a primary school…

Series 6
7 episodes · 1994
Episode 1. Wormwood Scrubs Riding School
1994-09-03 · 50 min

The first of a new series of challenges in which Anneka Rice sets out to "make the impossible possible" with the aid of enthusiastic and energetic volunteers. This week she needs the assistance of an international building company, to…

Episode 2. Burnham-on-Sea Lifeboat Station
1994-09-10 · 50 min

The town of Burnham-on-Sea has a Marine Rescue boat on standby, but because there is no boat house on the shore the boat is stored miles inland in the Somerset countryside. Anneka's challenge is to build a new lifeboat station, but she…

Episode 3. Patti Pavilion
1994-09-17 · 50 min

Anneka is in Swansea with Pedro the dog and they have to stage a concert in the new arts centre. But before they can begin to think about putting on a production, they have to rebuild the theatre.

Episode 4. Playboats
1994-09-24 · 50 min

This episode's task is to convert two fishing boats into play spaces. To achieve her goal Anneka has to find one of the largest cranes in the country, hampered by fog and a fire on board.

Episode 5. Recipe Book
1994-10-01 · 50 min

Anneka attempts to publish a cookery book within 48 hours, and become a master chef for a celebrity lunch to launch the book. But before she can put the book together she has to gather 100 celebrity recipes and have them tested.

Episode 6. YCTV Studio
1994-10-08 · 50 min

Anneka has to get Britain's newest TV channel, YCTV - Youth Cable Television - on air. It's the first studio to be created as part of a nationwide initiative to keep inner-city children off the streets and allow them to make TV rather…

Episode 7. Romanian Hospital
1994-10-15 · 50 min

In one of her toughest and most dangerous challenges, Anneka undertakes to move an entire hospital casualty unit from Dunfermline in Scotland and rebuild it 1,830 miles away in a remote town in central Romania. If she succeeds, the unit…

Series 7
8 episodes · 1995
Episode 1. Sheffield Circus
1995-08-27 · 50 min

Anneka Rice returns with a breathless series of taxing tasks to be completed against tight deadlines. In this episode the Challenge Team arrives in Sheffield with a brief to convert an old church into a circus skills centre. One of the…

Episode 2. Royal Albert Hall Deaf Concert
1995-09-03 · 50 min

Anneka finds herself in the middle of the Royal Albert Hall with no audience, no show, and just 28 hours in which to find both on behalf of the Royal National Institute for Deaf People.

Episode 3. Bathgate War Memorial
1995-09-10 · 50 min

Anneka and the team have two days in which to move a war memorial from the top of a hill to the centre of town so that Bathgate in Lothian can celebrate VE Day.

Episode 4. WRVS Book
1995-09-17 · 50 min

In this challenge from the Women's Royal Voluntary Service, Anneka and the team have 52 hours to publish a book listing 500 ways to make people feel better while they are in hospital.

Episode 5. County Antrim Meeting Place
1995-09-24 · 50 min

The Challenge truck arrives just outside Ballycastle in County Antrim, where Anneka and the team have just 74 hours to knock down a building and replace it with three new ones.

Episode 6. UK Blood Transfusion Service
1995-10-01 · 50 min

Anneka's challenge is to get all the country's eligible donors to pledge to give blood - and the target is 100,000 pints!

Episode 7. Birmingham Homeless Mothers Hostel
1995-10-08 · 50 min

Anneka and her team battle through one of the hottest spells of the year to create ten homes in just two days for homeless people in Birmingham.

Episode 8. Kent Lion Sanctuary
1995-10-15 · 50 min

In the last episode of the series, Anneka rescues two African lions from Athens and has just 61 hours to create a new home for them in Kent.

Series 8
2 episodes · 2006
Episode 1. Sri Lanka
2006-12-26 · 50 min

No synopsis

Episode 2. Hospice CD
2007-06-06 · 70 min

No synopsis

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