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Anneka Rice partners, reigning champion Kevin Clifton in the 17th Series of Strictly Come Dancing

Anneka Rice is back on our TV screens as one of the candidates in the new Series of Strictly Come Dancing - 30 years after The First episode of Challenge Anneka was broadcast.

the program, which The left saw a physical heritage That will match few TV shows during its run of Six Years , Rice persuaded to help volunteers and companies to complete their community project in just a couple of days.

Up and down the country, and even overseas, many of them are still in use, including a theatre in Gloucester, a boat house in Devon and a nursery in Leeds.

"The affection for it is epic," the TV presenter says. "It is overwhelming, on a daily basis. So many People were touched by the Series of People 's lives were literally changed. It was The Work of My Life , really. I never leave, because I'm still very involved with so many projects. "

The Show , which regularly attracts audiences of over 11 million euros, was. for the Rice , the already achieved fame on Channel 4 's Treasure Hunt

In this program, you would be constantly on The Move , to solve problems against The Clock , to bring an energy and a selection of jumpsuits, would also be a function of Challenge Anneka.

The First challenge, which was revealed live on Wogan, However, BBC bosses were not sure the new concept would work.

"in The First row, it was a whole new format, a" 60-year-old Rice says. "It was on a Friday Night and it was very much an experimental Series , without a lot of ambition in the projects, because we don't quite know how The Public would react. And Then we realized That actually we could do nothing, because The Public behind him. So the second Series of pow went '' - to a new level. "

In this Series , the projects include the construction of a pier for a remote island, the conversion of a chapel in a homeless shelter and the renovation of a rundown orphanage in Romania. You would usually a few days given to complete The Job .

"It was an arbitrary amount of time, and we would normally not ready in time. But we would always remain behind to ensure That it was done," she says.

"There was no entourage of make-up and wardrobe, as well as health and safety. I was there with the workers, so That we have really strong ties. The entire Challenge team say they have never worked on anything as it has affected so deeply. "

There were More Than 60 episodes of The Challenge Anneka, The team would often go abroad, often to difficult locations.

"We have a project in Croatia . and worked in a town called Pakrac and there was, literally, the Serbian snipers in The Hills with their guns on us, and we had to explains the protection in front of the United Nations ," Rice ,. "We All wrote Letters Home to our loved ones and left them in The Hotel in the event That Something Happened . "

The projects are often ambitious in scale, and sometimes not Everything goes according to plan. In a show, you were recommended to renovate the 19th-Century White Horse carved into a hill in Dorset. It was washed away in bad weather.

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"I'll pay you now, training for Strictly, because I she says had bad back problems as a result of heavy lifting and digging, we do [Challenge Anneka]",.

"I more or less just a generator for Six Years . "

Anneka Rice , pictured here in The Blue buggy used in The Show , says she is still engaged with numerous projects, Wadebridge pedestrian bridge, CornwallThe challenge: Build a 180ft (55m) pedestrian bridge over The River Camel in Three Days .

"Wadebridge was fantastic because you could really see the need for them, in That , if you lived on one side of The Bank , you couldn't get to The Other side, without a massive detour and a very busy road, the bridge," Rice explains.

"the two communities followed. If you see one of the programs want a special joy. It really is the size of the huge project, summarizes but also the fun we had as a team. We asked the construction People , how long The Project would take and they said six months, and we said to ourselves, 'OK, we can make it in six days".

"let's build a bloody Suspension Bridge !"

Diane Dingle had written for the BBC, after he made an appeal for new challenges.

"Everyone calls it Anneka's bridge now," she says. "It is so good and I feel so glad That what we did was so worth seeing - it has been endlessly beneficial to the city.

"I don't think they realized how big The Challenge was, or how wide The River is. We had helped so many People , and many of them worked in The Night . Although some of them gone now, it has come to us really something so special behind. "

Rice , and the sound-man Dave Chapman returned to Wadebridge for a 25-year celebration in 2016, the Romanian orphanageThe challenge: the renovation of a run-down state orphanage, which was the home of about 700 children living in appalling conditions.

"Every single person I seem to meet, remembers the Romania-challenge," Rice explains.

"I had People in a row in front of my door who want to adopt children. It is the extreme point, The Format of the program is illustrated. To do the use of The Power of television something good and create a legacy - this is Romania.

"It was so shocking what we saw. It was suffering, on such a terrible scale. The Children were not fed, physically, and most of them have Aids. They were tied, the three or four to a bed for children. She couldn't tell how old any child was because you were bald, you had the scabies, they were only the sick, the small children sit in their own waste without diapers, in The Dark there was no electricity.

"We were donated, aircraft, medical devices, bedding - Everything Under The Sun . The phone lines crashed, because there were so many People That flooded you. We had depots All over the UK-and the People would with construction materials and blankets and toys and the kids donate their bicycles. "

The Orphanage is now in ruins, but 80 of the residents supported by the Romanian challenge Appeal, which, by Monica McDaid Monica McDaid, a teacher who wrote The Letter That started The Challenge . She offered to stay, and is still in Siret 29 years later, with the establishment of seven houses, in which 80 of the original life of orphans.

"Anneka was a source of inspiration and catalyst for many of the volunteers refused to change the trip to Romania, to help and improve the lives of Young People to A Life of suffering, of loneliness and hunger, and were completely stripped of self-worth, and People ," she says. "She brought love, comfort, a sense of confidence and gave The Children hope for a better future.

"their commitment has continued with further visits to The Orphanage and take a personal interest in the development of so many lives. The Legacy of the programme was the promotion of volunteers to Siret and continue The Work , give Young People a voice and a sense of self-worth. "

Viorel and Mariana, who are in The Orphanage , now the Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre, west London, the neighbourhoods and The Challenge of Creating a riding hall, a school for disabled children married.

Prisoners helped to build Rice , the riding hall of the school "At one point, I Am with the buggy in Wormwood Scrubs prison and asked The Governor , if I could borrow a couple of Prisoners ," Rice explains.

"And I'm going back with The Prisoners in the back of the buggy with Dave the sound man and I go' what are you? "and the guy goes murder',' and I go, " oh, great!'. And they helped with the build. "

Sister Mary-Joy Langdon is a nun, founded the pony centre.

"It was absolutely fantastic," she says. "The enthusiasm and the energy of each incredible. I remember the JCBs, the whole night under halogen lighting works,- it was like a magical dance. I'll never forget it. Do you think That programs like this are Set Up , but That was not at All - they were still laying Asphalt, as the People were walking in.

"After the madness of the 72 hours, I sat there and took it All In . And I asked one of the kids who was totally blind, if he wanted to go. Watch him go to a safe and secure indoor space, in its own very special. Thousands of children have been through the centre and have changed their lives, and we are more popular than ever before. "

Sister Mary-Joy Langdon founded the Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre charity in 1989 brier quay, Isles of ScillyThe challenge: the construction of a New Quay for The Island and brier, which was accessible at Low Tide .

People say That Kai had declared a profound impact on brier "We have not be ready in time, because it is force 8 storm, but it was a wonderful project," Rice ,.

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