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Kevin Eldon reads TV Licensing excuses

"Sorry, I can't buy a licence because I'm giving CPR to my goldfish" is one of the many real-life excuses given to TV Licensing over the past year. Here, Adrian Holt tries to turn it into a poem.

Here's some more excuses:

I am Prince Harry's girlfriend

We got divorced

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TV Licensing gave Kevin Eldon the task of composing this selection of ridiculous poems, to coincide with National Limerick Day.

Around 94 per cent of homes across the UK are correctly licensed, but a small minority of people continue to offer TV Licensing Enquiry Officers flimsy excuses as to why they don't have a licence when caught evading. To find out more about when a TV Licence is needed, visit: tvlicensing.co.uk/info

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Kevin Eldon Adrian Holt

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