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The Guardian - UK
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Robert Peston's fear of falling flat

Robert Peston
BBC business editor Robert Peston: 'quite a prominent figure'. Photograph: Richard Saker for the Observer

Robert Peston says he was quite cross with the BBC after his first broadcast apparently made him look like a "stuttering idiot". The Daily Telegraph reports that the corporation's uniquely pitched business editor said in an interview with Big Issue magazine: "I was quite cross with the BBC on my first broadcast. I'd been quite a prominent figure in print journalism for years so a lot of my old colleagues would have been watching, probably hoping I'd fall flat on my face." No room for false modesty, clearly.

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