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How did the T.V. stay on for 3 years?


I read through some of the comments but I couldn't find out how did her t.v. stay on for that long? Was it explained in the documentary? I'm sure the electricity had to have gone out at least once, but I'm assuming she had an older t.v. that would come back on when the electricity came back on. In the U.S. you have to manually turn the t.v. back on. Maybe it's different in England and especially at that time.

People were discussing this on Facebook today and were asking that question.

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She may have paid her TV licence and electricity bill by direct debit (you must have those in the US) so they just keep on being paid. They broke in due to rent arrears so something must have gone wrong with the DD for the rent. Maybe her social security was reduced or stopped. It's such a sad story, to end up like that.

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