Sarah Colwill

Plymouth woman who woke up with a Chinese accent

A Plymouth woman who woke up one morning with a Chinese accent is the subject of a BBC documentary which airs tonight.

Sarah Colwill, 38, who began speaking in a Chinese accent two years ago, has been diagnosed with Foreign Accent Syndrome, an incredibly rare condition which has had only 62 recorded cases between 1941 and 2012.

The documentary which airs on BBC1 tonight,...