Twubble with your Ws is no longer an impediment

A speech impediment used to be just that, an impediment in one's life and career, writes Peter Rhodes.

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A speech impediment used to be just that, an impediment in one's life and career, writes Peter Rhodes.

Thankfully, times have changed and these days it seems an essential part of the CV for television presenters.

Wildlife expert Chris Packham wrestles with his Ws on Springwatch (BBC2).

The endearingly lovely Lucy Worsley, a lady for whom the word "cute" might have been invented, has tewwible twubble with the Pwince Wegent in Age of the Regency (BBC4).

National tweasures, both.