DO YOU watch or listen to the BBC?

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Its a £154 quid a year and we dont have a say in it, how do you consume it - if at all?

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[Liam-]

Strictly, Greatest Dancer, Eurovision and Drag Race, I think that’s it

[Holly Christmas]

Strictly and Eastenders. Thats it.

[Cherry Christmas]

Generally Dramas currently the trial of Christine Keeler, Blue planet, countryfile, Strictly

I watch iplayer on my ipad as well as normal tv

[Cherry Christmas]

Its a £154 quid a year and we dont have a say in it, how do you consume it - if at all?

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Netflix is over 100, think the Beeb is great value

[Christmas Dynasnow]

A bit of TV perhaps like Dracula, Radio 2, a bit of radio Scotland for football

[ChristmasNeeve]

I watch it sometimes, Graham Norton is must see TV tbf..... Obviously don't pay towards it though being in Ireland and all but I have to pay the Irish TV licence of course

[Cherry Christmas]

A bit of TV perhaps like Dracula, Radio 2, a bit of radio Scotland for football

I am sure you watch Eurovision and Strictly :suspect:

[smudgie]

Yes. Watch it every day.
Plus I use iplayer

[Cherry Christmas]

Watching DOI last night I put it on delay as there has to be half an hour of ads now during the show?

[Christmas Dynasnow]

I am sure you watch Eurovision and Strictly :suspect:

Yes to Eurovision and NO to the awful Strictly

[Rob!]

The licence fee honestly does not bother me. I think it's more than worthwhile considering what we get.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

The licence fee honestly does not bother me. I think it's more than worthwhile considering what we get.

Do you feel the BBC are politically bias or even handed?

[LukeB]

Only watch strictly on bbc one and eastenders, drag race and killing eve on bbci player.

[Maxxie.]

Netflix is far better value than the BBC, I'm in my parents house atm but when I was a student I didn't have a license but I did watch iPlayer (there's a loophole around it!) but yeah if you don't watch BBC then there's always catch up when you can legally watch programmes from other channels as well not to mention there's Netflix/nowtv/amazon prime so yeah I definitely think living without a tv license is perfectly doable for me anyway.

[Maxxie.]

besides if you just turned a vpn on and watched bbc shows online I don't see how it would even be possible for them to find out (and probably very unlikely if it was)

[Shaun]

Off the top of my head I watch the following regularly: QI (BBC2), Fleabag (BBC2), Killing Eve (BBC3, I think?), Drag Race UK (BBC3), Graham Norton Show (BBC1), Match of the Day [2] (BBC1), Strictly when it's on (BBC1), News 24/Breakfast in the mornings (BBC1)

Sometimes if I'm in the mood: Only Connect, University Challenge, Masterchef (and its variants), David Attenborough's stuff, Line of Duty, Sherlock and Would I Lie to You?

And will listen to Radio 1 or 2 occasionally on the way to/from work.

Used to like Pointless but it's so impossible to win now, and The Chase is just better.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Oh yeah I forgot about MOTD and MOTD2

[Shaun]

Are they bringing back that latest Alan Partridge vehicle? The one that was basically a spoof of The One Show?

[Marsh.]

I watch it sometimes, Graham Norton is must see TV tbf..... Obviously don't pay towards it though being in Ireland and all but I have to pay the Irish TV licence of course

Where does the Irish licence money go?

[Marsh.]

Watching DOI last night I put it on delay as there has to be half an hour of ads now during the show?

I'm sure the channels are getting more like America and it's more than once every quarter of an hour they run ads now. More like every 5 minutes.

[Marsh.]

Netflix is far better value than the BBC, I'm in my parents house atm but when I was a student I didn't have a license but I did watch iPlayer (there's a loophole around it!) but yeah if you don't watch BBC then there's always catch up when you can legally watch programmes from other channels as well not to mention there's Netflix/nowtv/amazon prime so yeah I definitely think living without a tv license is perfectly doable for me anyway.

besides if you just turned a vpn on and watched bbc shows online I don't see how it would even be possible for them to find out (and probably very unlikely if it was)

I honestly don't know how you can moan about whether it's "value for money" when you don't bother to pay anyway and consume the products illegally.

Kind of renders any point you made moot.

[Dogeatdog]

I do enjoy watching TOTP2 on BBC Four :laugh:. Other than that I only watch MOTD, Graham Norton and stuff like Blue Planet when it’s on.

[FaLaLaLand]

I regularly watch BBC1 and also regularly find myself on iPlayer binging a series or watching a movie.

[Livia]

Its a £154 quid a year and we dont have a say in it, how do you consume it - if at all?

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People pay a LOT more for Sky... how much say to they have, hmmmm?

[Parmy]

Get an illigal stick fgs


Paedo licence fee..:nono:

[Livia]

I watch it sometimes, Graham Norton is must see TV tbf..... Obviously don't pay towards it though being in Ireland and all but I have to pay the Irish TV licence of course

I adore the Graham Norton show. He has some great people on.

[Marsh.]

Get an illigal stick fgs


Paedo licence fee..:nono:

But you'll still watch the paedo programming, just illegally.

Moral Superiority - nil.

[Parmy]

But you'll still watch the paedo programming, just illegally.

Moral Superiority - nil.

Marsh 1

[ChristmasNeeve]

I adore the Graham Norton show. He has some great people on.They always seem to have a great laugh as well

[Kizzy]

Sky isn't *allegedly compulsory :idc:

[Cherry Christmas]

I'm sure the channels are getting more like America and it's more than once every quarter of an hour they run ads now. More like every 5 minutes.

Feels like 5 minutes followed by 7 minutes of ads

[Tony Montana]

Sometimes when I'm in the mood.

[Cherry Christmas]

Oh yeah I forgot about MOTD and MOTD2

Gavin and Stacey :hehe:

[Christmas Lights]

I don't really watch much BBC , I watch clips from greatest dancer & strictly on YT .

Occasionally watch miscellaneous stuff on there :shrug: like house of games , mastermind etc .

[Maxxie.]

I honestly don't know how you can moan about whether it's "value for money" when you don't bother to pay anyway and consume the products illegally.

Kind of renders any point you made moot.

All I've actually admitted to doing is watching iplayer in uni halls and student flats without a license which IS legal as long as your parents address has a license and your device isn't connected to the mains. Same goes for live TV.

[Withano]

Apprentice and Eurovision. Waste of money really.

[Amy Jade]

£154 isnt much over a year, they let you pay in small instalments too don't they?

I do think pensioners should get to watch for free though.

[Amy Jade]

I watch Strictly, Casualty, Drag Race, The Apprentice, Eastenders and Eurovision

[Maxxie.]

I presume its 154 per household and not per person?

[Amy Jade]

idk my mum pays but when I do move I'll happily pay it

[Mitchell]

The licence fee honestly does not bother me. I think it's more than worthwhile considering what we get.

This

[James]

I rarely watch the TV channels now, apart from the odd live football match. I used to watch Pointless but haven't been recently. The shows just don't interest me.

I sometimes hear Radio 2 in the car, and sometimes listen to Five Live. However I visit the news and sport website everyday. What I like about the BBC is that they do try to be balanced and look at both sides of an issue.

They are good for covering national events also.

[Cal.]

Of course I do I’m a big fan of EastEnders

[Cal.]

People pay a LOT more for Sky... how much say to they have, hmmmm?

Very true!

[user104658]

People pay a LOT more for Sky... how much say to they have, hmmmm?

100% say :think:. You say "I don't want Sky any more" and then you stop paying them, and you don't get Sky any more, and no one gets threatened with fines, jail, and magic vans.

We were "cord cutters" for a few years, though I do have a TV license now because Sky TV, Broadband AND TV license worked out cheaper than JUST broadband with BT (which is mad) and BT and Sky are the only half decent fibre operators where I am.

I don't watch a lot of BBC (or much over-the-air TV in general...) just the occasional documentary on iPlayer and to be fair I am partial to a bit of Graham.

It's not even that I think the cost is excessive, or that I don't think people SHOULD choose to pay it, it's objectively a decent deal for the volume of content on offer... I just have major issues with the compulsory nature of it and the way they conduct it (threatening letters, threats to send round the heavies to come into your house?). Like "technically" you can opt out and not watch over-the-air, like I said, we did for years and I still watch very little on Sky... but "opting out" involves having the nerve to tear up the legal threats every few weeks and a lot of people will simply pay up for peace of mind. Like a bloody protection racket :umm2:

[Kazanne]

I watch it mainly for EastEnders,Strictly and some documentaries .

[Cherry Christmas]

It's literally the price of a one Latte a week, maybe payment should be collected in a different way though

[Rob!]

Do you feel the BBC are politically bias or even handed?

To be honest, I tend to watch ITV for news. I think the idea of the BBC being politically biased probably has some merit, but it's no more than any of the other channels.
Channel 4 especially is extremely left wing and ITV tends to lean more that way too. I always felt that the BBC was more the other way, and I do get the argument as a public paid service it should be more biased, but then anybody who watches the news and feels like that channel is delivering a message they personally don't agree with is going to see the bias more than others.

[user104658]

It's literally the price of a one Latte a week, maybe payment should be collected in a different way though

I think you should send me £150 a year Cherie.

[Cherry Christmas]

I think you should send me £150 a year Cherie.

:joker: