S28·E23 Buyer Beware: Retirement Properties

Episode recap

Task: Write a 280-380 word episode recap for Tonight S28E23 (Buyer Beware: Retirement Properties).
Constraint 1: Use ONLY verifiable facts from the provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
Constraint 2: No invented titles, names, dates, counts, awards, ratings, box-office, viewership, or plot points.
Constraint 3: If a detail is not in the material, omit it.
Constraint 4: Write original, neutral, encyclopedic prose in plain text.
Constraint 5: No markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points.
Constraint 6: Length must be 280-380 words.
SYNOPSIS: "Richard Gaisford investigates leasehold retirement properties, and hears from owners who claim high services charges have effectively made them unsellable."
SOURCE [1]: Tonight (1999) is a series of compelling current affairs stories. Cast includes Julie Etchingham (Self - Host, Tonight) and Jonathan Maitland. Total episodes: 559.
SOURCE [2]: Irrelevant (Hans Zimmer/Dune).
SOURCE [3]: Irrelevant (The Hardacres).
SOURCE [4]: Irrelevant (Johnny Carson).
SOURCE [5]: Irrelevant (Conan O'Brien).
Series: Tonight
Episode: S28E23 (Buyer Beware: Retirement Properties)
Subject: Leasehold retirement properties.
Investigator: Richard Gaisford.
Key issue: High service charges making properties unsellable.
Participants: Owners who claim high service charges have made their properties unsellable.
The synopsis is extremely brief.
The word count requirement is 280-380 words.
The constraint "If the synopsis is sparse, stay concise rather than guessing" conflicts with the "280-380 word" requirement if there is nothing to say.
Self-Correction/Refinement: As an archivist, I cannot invent details to meet a word count. However, the prompt asks for a 280-380 word recap. If the provided information only allows for ~40 words, I cannot fulfill the word count without violating the "never invent or guess" rule.
Wait, looking at the prompt again: "If the synopsis is sparse, stay concise rather than guessing." This instruction takes precedence over the word count instruction if the word count cannot be met without violating the "verifiable facts" rule.
However, I should try to expand using the series information provided in Source [1] to add context about the show itself, while remaining strictly factual.
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