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Tim Dowling: my TV contract has run out – and so has my patience

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PUBLISHEDAug 29, 2026, 5:00 AM
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<p>I need to buy a smart television big enough to read ransom notes – and I’m taking no prisoners </p><p>Fourteen years ago, I received a text from my eldest son claiming he’d just found the TV face down on the sitting room floor, destroyed.
I didn’t entirely buy his theory about the dogs being responsible – I…
Main source: Tim Dowling
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