{"id":23753,"date":"2022-10-13T20:30:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T18:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1721949"},"modified":"2022-10-13T20:58:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T18:58:22","slug":"challenge-anneka-reboot-will-revisit-familiar-faces-from-original-series","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/challenge-anneka-reboot-will-revisit-familiar-faces-from-original-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenge Anneka reboot will revisit familiar faces from original series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 13 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Channel 5\u2019s upcoming reboot of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/challenge-anneka-channel-5-return-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Challenge Anneka<\/a> is now full swing in production, and star of the show Anneka Rice has teased that the show will be revisiting some familiar faces from the original series.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking exclusively with <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> from the red carpet at the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/national-television-awards-2022-date\/&quot;\">National Television Awards<\/a>, Rice teased that she often visits \u201cold projects\u201d with Dave the Soundman, and when asked whether any of these would feature in the new series, she simply said: \u201cOh yes, yes we do, very much so. There\u2019s a lot of old faces that show up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Challenge Anneka reboot was first announced back in May of this year, with Rice breaking the news of the revival on her <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnekaRice\/status\/1528641136625127424&quot;\">Twitter<\/a> account.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about it on the NTAs red carpet, Rice said: \u201cWe\u2019re back! Which is why Dave and I have literally come off location for tonight. We\u2019re in the middle of the series \u2013 it\u2019s extraordinary actually, 30 years on it\u2019s as if nothing\u2019s changed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;und&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">OMG! <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/NHjGietSIC&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/NHjGietSIC<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Anneka Rice (@AnnekaRice) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnnekaRice\/status\/1528641136625127424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">May 23, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>\u201cIt\u2019s just the same at the end of the day, the issues are the same, it\u2019s about people who are in need and a community coming together. Which is great, it\u2019s so nice!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s two things different with this series \u2013 one is the weather because we\u2019re filming in the Autumn, and the other is the recession. You know, it\u2019s biting. So we\u2019re making a very ambitious programme at a time when people are really struggling. So it\u2019s different on that level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rice was speaking from the National Television Awards red carpet, with the ceremony taking place tonight (Thursday 13th October) for the 27th annual awards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/joel-dommett-host-ntas-2022-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Joel Dommett<\/a> will be overseeing proceedings at the ceremony, held at The OVO Arena Wembley from 8pm, which will be broadcast live on ITV and ITV Hub.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s ceremony was originally set to take place on 15th September, but was <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/ntas-2022-rescheduled-newsupdate\/&quot;\">delayed<\/a> following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p> <p>The ceremony will be opened by a performance from <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/eurovision-song-contest-2023-uk-tickets\/&quot;\">Eurovision Song Contest<\/a> 2022 star Sam Ryder, while another performance is expected from Lewis Capaldi.<\/p>\n<p>Nominees looking to win big this year include shows such as <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/line-of-duty-season-7-release-date\/&quot;\">Line of Duty<\/a>, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/peaky-blinders-season-7-release-cancelled-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Peaky Blinders<\/a> and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/heartstopper-season-2-release-date-netflix\/&quot;\">Heartstopper<\/a>, as well as stars such as Graham Norton, <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/ant-dec-not-at-ntas-2022\/&quot;\">Ant and Dec<\/a>, Cillian Murphy and Kit Connor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow our <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/national-television-awards-2022-live-updates\/&quot;\">National Television Awards 2022 live blog<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Lauren Morris.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The National TV Awards are airing on ITV from 8pm on Thursday 13th October. <\/strong><strong>Find something to watch with our\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>TV Guide<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0or visit our\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Entertainment<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-safelink=\"&quot;true&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By James Hibbs Published: Thursday, 13 October 2022 at 12:00 am Channel 5\u2019s upcoming reboot of Challenge Anneka is now full swing in production, and star of the show Anneka Rice has teased that the show will be revisiting some familiar faces from the original series. 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