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Anneka Rice
2 years
I’m all for people doing work experience but not so keen when it’s the Gov …
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2 years
Honestly, if my series had been called Challenge Priti the series would have fallen off air in episode 1
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5 years
I wonder what David Cameron is doing today? Cotswold pub lunch? Golf?
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2 years
Dear Sons, Thank you for my lovely tea towel but what I really want is a daughter. Love Mum x
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2 years
“Did you hear about ⁦ @Channel4 ⁩? What the flying fuck are the Government doing?”
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2 years
A joy to start the day to Miriam Margolyes saying ‘Fuck you’ on Radio 4. I love her reliability!
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1 year
Today, 40 years ago, Treasure Hunt first aired. Changed the face of tv. First reality show. But, most importantly, it put a woman centre stage, driving the narrative. Powerful stuff. ⁦ @Channel4
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2 years
Except it bloody isn’t. It was discontinued,gone the way of my Madame Tussaud’s waxwork which was melted down to create Kim Kardashian’s left life is a list of discarded items. If they ask me to return my Rear of the Year trophy I’m going to live in a tree
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4 years
Instead of doing abs,bums and tums, thighs, pilates thingy and yoga whatsit crap nightmare, I opened a bottle of wine. Have a lovely weekend everyone...
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2 years
God I just read Boris Jailed’ and nearly fell in the river …
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2 years
Unfortunate lay out.
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8 months
Blimey … if ex-soldier Khalife only lasted 4 days, I feel my time on Celebrity Hunted wasn’t so shit. At least I got a suntan and a boat trip with Dire Straits. Hanging around in Chiswick is disappointing with all that military training. ..
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2 years
For some reason I am weeping for my Dad. We’d have stood together for the National Anthem. I hope you’re all ok as this will make lots of you feel very sad and untethered for all sorts of reasons. Loss, wherever it comes from, is a profound thing.
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1 year
Meanwhile … I have workmen in the house who are excited to recognise me. But i’m pretty sure they think I’m Michaela Strachen. Going with it. Googling my back catalogue quickly. Fun to have a new ouevre…
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8 months
Note for police! On Celebrity Hunted I hid in Richmond Park.Then a stranger drove me to the south coast.I hid under a large bass guitar at Dire Straits’ John Ilsley’s house. Then he took me in his speed boat to the Isle of Wight where I hid under some garlic. You’re very welcome.
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6 years
‘Dear Son. I transferred £80 to you today in a sunny weekendy moment of love except you’ll have realised by now my thumb juddered and I sent £800. This is not what I meant to do. Obvs. Please get in touch.’ Nothing. 😬
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4 years
Oh God, the joy and carefree innocence of this is beyond me
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2 years
Dear Sons, Could you pop round. I was trying the Madonna pose under the bed and I think I’m stuck. On the plus side I’ve found 2 chargers, a fiver and Son 3’s swimming kit circa 2004. On the minus side I can’t breathe. Thanks. Mum x ps I’m not in fishnets
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5 months
Dear darling Twitteroos, if you’re thinking ‘Oh God, everyone around me is so big and shiny and jolly and they’re surrounded by 250 friends tonight and I’m already in my pjs”, can I reassure you that probably the rest of their life is shit?
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2 years
Dear Sons, All I want for Xmas is for one of you to get the sodding printer working. Love you, Mum
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3 years
Oh fuck
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4 years
Son 3 has left the nest. That’s it. All done. I’m left with some twigs and a woolly bit of sock.
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5 years
“EXCUSE ME! WE’RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO LEAD THE COUNTRY?”
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5 years
Well.That was like running away to the circus.What an adventure! Thank you everyone for your support and special love to ⁦ @keviclifton ⁩ for unflinching loyalty & kindness. And patience like I’ve never seen! I’ve certainly discovered a new me. ⁦ @bbcstrictly #strictly
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2 years
Listen, I’ve got some lovely new followers. What’s the protocol? Should we do brunch or something?
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5 years
Removal guy has just asked if I’m Joanna Lumley...
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1 year
Son 3 worried I go to bed so early &surely not good to drink EVERY evening? Luckily we dropped in for tea with @Philippa_Perry at 4pm. She answered the door mid-nap, immediately offered us a drink, and said she wanted to be in bed at 9 with a good book. I love you philippa.
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5 years
OMG that night! That dress! The gin! The hangover! #strictly
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2 years
OMG Just found this.I was a 20 yr old journalist in Hong Kong, pretending to be 25, wildly out of my depth. The newsreader was taken ill and I volunteered to step in.Didn’t know a soul, lonely, terrified. No idea what to do. Tried to sound like Sue Lawley. My heart is exploding.
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5 years
“We’re getting out of here. Want to come?”
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2 years
Treasure Hunt ⁦ @Channel4 ⁩ first aired 40 years ago today! What a crew! What a bloody show!
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4 years
After decades throwing myself out of helicopters and climbing mountains, I think I’ve just broken my toe doing Pilates
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3 years
Why don’t we just change the date of Xmas? Feb 25th sounds good?
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2 years
Happy Birthday BBC! This is me on my training course in 1976. I must be one of your longest and most loyal employees. 46 years! I’m hanging in there by a thread on ⁦ @BBCRadio4 ⁩. Please don’t ever chuck me out! I’ve got another 46 years in me 😬
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5 years
I’ve got it! Let’s put Cameron, May, Corbyn, Cable, Bercow, Sturgeon, Johnson, Farage, and a sprinkling from all sides, into the Big Brother house. And throw away the key until they work out what the flying fuck should be done.
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5 years
Challenge Anneka is 30 years old at the beginning of September. This was the first outfit I wore. Black leather catsuit! #JustSaying
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3 years
Good luck everyone ...
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4 years
Monday morning. Feels odd. Don’t be overwhelmed by all those people out there being creative, resourceful and very sociable online. It can make you feel bleak. Sit and do nothing with me for a while...
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4 years
I can’t stop watching this ...
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Cary Cooper
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A 94 & 91 yr old!
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2 years
OMG!
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1 year
Oh God, just had the ‘weren’t you in gladiators’ question. That’s Ulrika in the mix …
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4 years
Not only the ignominy of my Madame Tussauds statue being melted down, but the rose named after me, the “Anneka”, is now discontinued. What next? Are you going to tell me I’m no longer Rear of the Year?? #RHSChelsea #harknessroses
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1 year
The funniest thing about bringing back Challenge is that everyone thinks it’s Treasure Hunt and I’ll be hanging out of a helicopter. So we thought sod it, and just amalgamated the two… #ChallengeAnnekaHunt
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Just found an excellent way of bonding with your new neighbour. He pulled up to park and I got in the back seat thinking he was my Uber….We were both a bit confused tbh
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4 years
“WHOOP! FIRE UP THE HELICOPTER. BOOK THE REMOVAL VAN! COME ON EVERYONE, LETS GO AND HELP!”
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1 year
I loved Happy Valley so much on Sunday I’m watching ep 2 again. Might even go for a third session. Masterclass of acting. That scene where @SarahLancsUK meets the Head Teacher…. #HappyValley
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4 years
Does anyone else long to be in #Callthemidwife ? It’s my guilty secret. Long to be on a bicycle, delivering babies, eating cake. With nuns.All at the same time
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4 years
Son 3 found a Treasure Hunt on Youtube, having never watched it before. ‘Oh my God it’s chaos!! You’re being arrested... Shit, you’re literally jumping off a helicopter into the sea?’
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3 years
TONIGHT! @romankemp has made a poignant film exploring the mental health crisis affecting young men. It’s personal and brave. Son 2 @joshallott directed it. Quite proud tbh. Of everyone involved. Not an easy film to make. Tonight 9pm @bbcone @twofourtweets #OurSilentEmergency
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1 year
Hang on … wait. One of them has just said their mum loved the show where I was hunting for treasure ….with a metal detector, finding gold. No mention of a helicopter. Who the hell am I!!
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1 year
Happy Christmas dear Twitter family. I’m live at 10am on Radio 2. Please join me. (By the way, this is a very old photo, I look shit this morning, very hung over)
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3 years
I haven’t the flying fuck what’s going on but enjoying it very much anyway #LineOfDuty
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4 years
Son 3 has now watched 3 Treasure Hunts on Youtube. He thinks it’s possibly the weirdest thing he’s ever seen on television, especially when I landed on a submarine and was run over by a horse. I’m thinking Skyrunner 2020? He’s easy on the eye and likes a swim”
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2 years
Excited about seeing Son 3 for lunch today …
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2 years
“Hello epic women of Ukraine? We are in awe of you and your courage and can’t wait to welcome you here in the UK” #InternationalWomen ’sDay (GOV, WHAT’S THE FRIGGING DELAY? )
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@neilrobinson_88 I kept Keith the pilot in the basement for years
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1 year
Blimey, it really is happening … ⁦ @channel5_tv ⁩ ⁦ @twofourtweets
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3 months
The thing about Steve Wright …he was a most generous host. I used to love being a guest on his show. You knew you were in for a dazzling dollop of fun and kindly inclusivity … ☹️
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4 years
#MeAt20 The cigarette was obviously thrust into my hand ...
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1 year
As we hurtle towards Treasure Hunt’s 40th birthday here’s a high octane compilation of ‘endings’. Aw… Kenneth Kendal 💙 and many contestants who aren’t with us anymore …⁦ @Channel4
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3 years
@teddybearladies ⁩ Last week I shed a tear for the teddy you saved. He made me pine for mine, who I lost about 40 yrs ago. THEN at the weekend my sister brought a crate down from her loft randomly & there he was. Joyously spooky! He must be 60. I am ridiculously happy..
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4 years
OMG just turned on tv and it’s Den and Angie!!! It’s the 80s. I’m literally in a jumpsuit. I have no children! I can land a helicopter on a submarine! I can do a cartwheel! #eastenders
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5 years
ps...Am mortified. I actually wore my Spanx back to front for the dress rehearsal. Being Strictified is taking time
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4 years
I wasn’t going to drink tonight and then I did
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4 years
Going for a new pink profile this year... let’s see how long it is before I put the tool belt back on ...
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1 year
In case you’re having a fraught day, here’s a gentle painting I did to take a virtual dip in… 💚💙
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1 year
Miss my panto days. Got excited recently when a producer called me about Peter Pan. I was excited. I thought, ‘I can do this! Zip wire thru the auditorium’. Nope. Mrs Darling. Fair enough. But just shows how in your head you never grow up …😬
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Cancel the 40th anniversary Treasure Hunt party! I was given duff info, it’s 2022! Anyway now I’ve opened the helicopter nostalgia door I can’t shut it cos of the downdraft, so I thought I’d show you what it’s like being surprised by a Harrier jump jet. Happy New Year everyone 💙
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1 year
I buckled at the tea break. The men utterly baffled. I slunk away….
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3 years
Listen, if you’re on your own this eve, don’t despair! Lots of us are. .What shall we do? I might last till 9pm? Anyone else pulling out all the stops till 10? I don’t believe you if you say midnight. Anyway, Happy New Year everyone. You’ve been a delight.
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2 years
What would you say to your teenage self? My advice would run to several volumes…
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3 years
11am @BBCRadio4 The Reunion -Romania. Remember our Challenge to renovate an orphanage? 700 ‘incurables’: children 3 to a cot, in the dark, abused, forgotten. That desperate rocking. The story of what happened over next 30 yrs is a humanitarian miracle.. Viorel is 35 now!
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5 years
Devastated for @WillBayleytt having to pull out of #Strictly . He is such a hero and has shown us all how he makes the impossible possible. He is a force of nature and an inspiration. Get better soon darling Will.. 💙
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3 years
Dear Sons, On the subject of Lilibet-gate, please don’t call any future children after my childhood nickname. ‘Pudding’ should stay on the plate. Love Mum xx
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Making me BLUB watching Kate Bush on BBC2 singing Wuthering Heights. Her first ever appearance on Top of the Pops. She was 19. So was I! I watched it from the gallery as a young BBC trainee, utterly transfixed… Blimey. That nostalgia button is STRONG…
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Colours for #Ukraine 💙💛
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3 years
Sorry to swear, but fuck this is tense…
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3 years
Found myself crying surprising deep snotty tears over the news of #PrincePhilip #dukeofedinburgh
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1 year
My family is restyling me! Sharp jackets. Big glasses. Slightly panicking at the lack of Lycra …but suits my next project (more to follow).
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A quiet moment before a rope ladder falls from the ceiling and 58 wind machines attack me. This photo shoot malarkey is time consuming. Could have built a scout hut by now … #ChallengeAnneka
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3 years
If you’ve woken up feeling anxious and weird, so have I
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2 years
@philiptigerrice @joelgolby Oh no! You should have told me. I’d have dropped by for the egg and spoon!
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1 year
Thanks if you’ve watched so far! We always knew we were on a “floating schedule” so might be bumped off at any moment. We’ll keep you posted.The main thing for me is the projects are all up and running and I love & salute our army of volunteers who made this possible.Thank you 💙
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Shit. They’ve just asked me to sign their t-shirts when they leave. I’ve got about half an hour ….
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2 years
This is a troll. You wedge it on top of your pencil and its hair wafts around while you do your maths homework …
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Aw Una Stubbs. I loved being a regular on Give Us a Clue with her in the 80s. I had a real girl crush on her. I would watch mesmerised as she leapt to her feet with that huge beaming smile and then proceed to act the socks off all of us…
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Basically all I’d love in life is to be a presenter on Countryfile. Diving for scallops ✔️ Wandering around remote Scottish islands ✔️Talking to hunky farmers/vets/fishermen about puffins/dolphins/sheep ✔️✔️ Sitting with John Craven on a hill somewhere judging a calendar ✔️
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4 years
I’m going to lockdown in #lockdown to try and finish this bloody painting which has been on the boil for too long
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Am about to cut Son 1’s hair. Have been nominated as most capable potential hairdresser in house. I am skipping with pride. (But how the effing bollox do I do this? HELP!)
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I LOVE #TheRepairShop . Everything about it. The craftsmanship, the gentleness, the sheer humanity. I’ll shut up now and go and bawl as I always do …
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Aw Happy FAther’s Day if you’re a dad or if you have one. Mine is currently in an urn on the mantelpiece but we might go out for a drive ...
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PS … I LOVE BEING A GAY ICON
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5 years
Argh. I’ve been Strictified. I asked to wear trousers... hmmm. Think the memo got lost. #Strictly #ChallengeAnneka30
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Treasure Hunt’s 40th birthday is on Dec 28th. 40 bloody years! I mean… Should we have a party ⁦ @Channel4 ⁩ ? I may drop in. Anyone else want to come?
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1 year
Hey Dave. We’ve got 24 hours to find a new home. #ChallengeAnneka
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I’m trying the yoga again this afternoon, without the yoga, just the gin and tonic, as that bit seemed to go very well yesterday…
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