MATT Baker has revealed his "absolute nightmare" battle with severe dyslexia which could have derailed his TV career. The Our Farm in the Dales star admitted he'd gotten used to working in a "high pressure" environment in an attempt to survive in the industry.
Chatting to Mariella Frostrup on Times Radio ahead of the publication of his book A Year on Our Farm: How the Countryside Made Me, the pair discussed his challenges.
Mariella asked him: "Matt Baker, how did you ever, not because you weren’t good at it obviously, but how did you end up on television? "You talk about how you live in a practical world, I know as a presenter you have to sit and read autocue when you’re sitting doing The One Show - it’s a live programme.
Read more on thesun.co.uk