She also said that she got to watch television once and read one newspaper, and she didn't really know what else was going on outside in the rest of the world.

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She later told the court that, on the bus to Drimsynie, she heard that "the guy from Big Brother is going" but said that she did not watch the television programme.

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He breaks down every time he remembers the fights he had with her, mostly over the television remote control - she preferred to watch soaps and Bigg Boss was one of her favourite programmes.

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At first, she stayed put in remote Gaylord, observing her other widowed friends do little but watch soap operas on television, complain about aches and pains and seem to grow dottier with every passing day.

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"Television works like this - if there's a beautiful woman, people watch, " she said.

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