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"
Treasure Hunt (UK game show) It", in which a young viewer joined Anneka Rice in the famous helicopter over the county of Surrey for a scaled down version of the show, in the "Paul Daniels Magic Show" (BBC) and in "The Krypton Factor" (Granada for ITV). For all the UK series, the programme was a Chatsworth Television independent production in association with Tele Union Paris. An eponymous board game based on the show was published in the UK. It involved moving pieces around a map of England and Wales. There was also a computer game released for some home computer formats in 1986, including for