1 SEPTEMBER 2001, Page 55

Q. Time was when broadcasters bleeped out the 'f' word.

Now that they do not I find telly-watching rather exhausting — for someone of my generation it is like being repeatedly hit. Does an electronic device yet exist which can be attached to one's own set to bleep out 'f' words for one?

WG., Bourton on the Hill A. If such a device does not already exist, it must be a simple matter to produce it, but! must ask readers to supply me with information as to how to purchase one.

Mary Killen