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Challenge Anneka Returning on Channel 5

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  • MaccaMacca Posts: 18,527
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    I hope she remembers to take her zimmer frame.
  • Brummie Girl Brummie Girl Posts: 22,629
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    Macca wrote: »
    I hope she remembers to take her zimmer frame.

    63 is no age. Nick Knowles is 4 years younger than her and does a similar type of show, would you have made that same comment about him?
  • sherisgirlsherisgirl Posts: 2,413
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    Watched avidly back in the day.

  • briggsy1briggsy1 Posts: 10,112
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    edited 23/05/22 - 16:33 #5
    I'd rather have a revival of Treasure Hunt.
  • NewAroundHereNewAroundHere Posts: 699
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    briggsy1 wrote: »
    I'd rather have a revival of Treasure Hunt.

    "STOP THE CLOCK" :)
  • MaccaMacca Posts: 18,527
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    Brummy Girl wrote: »
    Macca wrote: »
    I hope she remembers to take her zimmer frame.

    63 is no age. Nick Knowles is 4 years younger than her and does a similar type of show, would you have made that same comment about him?

    Yeah, why not, it’s not a sexist remark.
  • fredthe3rdfredthe3rd Posts: 3,304
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    briggsy1 wrote: »
    I'd rather have a revival of Treasure Hunt.

    I have much fonder memories of Challenge, I don’t know if that’s just because I was that bit older and better able to appreciate it.
  • briggsy1briggsy1 Posts: 10,112
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    edited 23/05/22 - 18:30 #9
    Treasure Hunt is classic tv. Anneka running around in a yellow jumpsuit, Kenneth Kendall as host, clues that make those on 3-2-1 look straight forward and that classic tension building tactic of having a clock ticking down to zero..
    Oh and the contestants had to look stuff up by reference book - there was no Google in the 1980s!
  • hallchallc Posts: 200,311
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    Good grief no .
  • alan29alan29 Posts: 34,635
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    Oh I do love a bit of creative original thinking.
  • steepdropsteepdrop Posts: 7,175
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    Nice of Radio 4 to give her a slot to promote it on the Today programme together considering it's no longer on the BBC.
  • martinu464martinu464 Posts: 294
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    briggsy1 wrote: »
    Treasure Hunt is classic tv. Anneka running around in a yellow jumpsuit, Kenneth Kendall as host, clues that make those on 3-2-1 look straight forward and that classic tension building tactic of having a clock ticking down to zero..
    Oh and the contestants had to look stuff up by reference book - there was no Google in the 1980s!

    In the Suzi Perry / Dermot Murnaghan reboot of Treasure Hunt, they had to impose various restrictions (I forget what) because technology (eg Google) existed which would have made things too easy.

    I'd like to see a modern version of Treasure Hunt come back. It's a shame that the Suzi Perry version was canned after five episodes all based in Kent, and a series of foreign episodes which I tend to disregard in TH because they are set in places I don't know (I always preferred the ones set in the UK).
  • martinu464martinu464 Posts: 294
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    I wonder if the Channel 5 series will still see her driving the VW buggy, accompanied by Dave the soundman. And will there still be the enormous artic as the "operations centre"? I imagine they won't have the catchy title music - much like the Suzi Perry version of Treasure Hunt didn't have Zac Laurence's Peak Performance title music.
  • JakeGfriedmanJakeGfriedman Posts: 890
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    I saw this and my heart filled with Joy.Its one of the defining memories of my childhood this. I watched many old episodes of this during the last year since I lost my beloved father in June. Its brought me great comfort
  • Gary HallidayGary Halliday Posts: 873
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    I doubt that Treasure Hunt could be made today. Health and safety and other regulations, the cost of flying a couple of helicopters, crowd control at landing sites etc. etc.
  • slade1slade1 Posts: 2,375
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    Macca wrote: »
    I hope she remembers to take her zimmer frame.

    Have you seen her?
    She looks fantastic for her age and well fit!!
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