Anneka Rice 1988, being replaced by former tennis player Annabel Croft. Rice hosted the BBC's Children in Need appeal in 1987 and tested an early version of her next project, "Challenge Anneka". This had been devised by Rice herself and was launched in 1989 on BBC 1. It ran for a further five years. On 9 June 2006, it was announced that "Challenge Anneka" would return, but this time on ITV. The first of three specials was broadcast on Boxing Day 2006. A further episode was aired on 6 June 2007. As a result of her owning the rights to "Challenge Anneka"
Anneka Rice 2017. From 1 April 2017 Anneka took over the midnight-02:00 slot on Saturdays presenting a show called "The Happening" which showcases the best of Radio 2 from the previous week. When Outspan agreed to sponsor the England Cricket Team ahead of their campaign in the 1999 Cricket World Cup, Rice was picked as a celebrity to launch the partnership, although she admitted that she found cricket as boring as fishing. Rice was married to theatre boss Nick Allott, with whom she has two sons. Allott and Rice separated in 1992. She subsequently had a relationship with TV executive Tom Gutteridge;