Anneka Rice is a broadcaster and presenter from Wales. She is well-known as the host of the long-running game show Treasure Hunt. She rose to prominence as a contestant on the reality shows Hell’s Kitchen and Celebrity Mastermind.

What is the Net Worth of Anneka Rice?

According to Indeed.uk, a broadcaster’s typical annual pay is between £24,000 and £26,000. Anneka Rice earns good amount of income as a broadcaster and presenter.

Early Life and Education

Anne Lucinda Hartley Rice was born in Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, Wales on October 4, 1958. She grew up in Surrey. Her father served in the Royal Air Force as an officer. Rice took the name “Anneka” when she joined Equity, the British actors’ union, because her true name had already been registered with them.

Cricket, she once commented, is as boring as fishing to her. Dunrobin School in Limpsfield, Surrey; St. Michael’s in Surrey; and Croydon High School in England were among her schools.

Professional Life and Career of Anneka Rice

Anneka Rice began her career with the BBC World Service as a trainee. She relocated to Hong Kong, where she worked as a news anchor for TVB Pearl. She also did English dubbing for Kung Fu movies there. Anneka Rice returned to England after three years in Hong Kong.

Then she joined Channel 4 as the “sky runner” for the popular game program Treasure Hunt, dressed in a jumpsuit. She established her own show, Challenge Anneka, in 1989, which aired on BBC One and lasted for five years. Furthermore, in 2001, she returned to co-produce the show Challenge Anneka Rice as a co-producer. The show, however, did not succeed at the time and was revived in 2006, although only for one season.

She’s appeared in a number of reality shows since then. She hosted a variety of shows, including Hell’s Kitchen, Celebrity Mastermind, and Celebrity Hunted. In 2012, she joined Joe Swift (a TV garden presenter) and Phil Tufnell as co-hosts of BBC One’s The Flowerpot Gang.

Reality Television Shows

Anneka appeared on Richard Osman’s House of Games and in 2017 took part in Celebrity Hunted for Stand Up to Cancer. She was a celebrity guest on the dancing reality show Strictly Come Dancing in 2019, when she partnered with legendary dancer Kevin Clifton, however the pair was eliminated. She dubbed for Kung Fu films in English while working as a news presenter in Hong Kong. She’s also worked as a radio personality.

Honors and Awards

In 1986, she received the “Rear of the Year” award. Her show Treasure Hunt was nominated for a BAFTA the same year.

Body Measurement and Social Media

Rice is a blonde with blue eyes. Her height is 5 feet and 8 inches, and she weighs 60 kilograms. Anneka has over 17.6k Instagram followers and 39.9k Twitter followers.

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