[Kizzy]

It's not a 'fee' ...it's a tax, that's why we all have to pay it. It's a 'idiot box tax'

Sit and watch 'can't pay we'll take it away' This week Albert from Bolton (83) is thrown in the slammer for non payment of his TV licence.

( This episode is dedicated to Albert of Bolton who died during the making of this programme)

[bots]

can you imagine the uproar there will be if someone over 75 ends up in prison for failure to pay the license

[arista]

[arista]

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by arista

Obscene is the only description.

[arista]

[arista]

[user104658]

I think with the rocketing popularity of streaming services since lockdown 1.0, the writing really is on the wall for the BBC license fee. They need to transition to a subscription-based service, probably work out a deal with Sky/Virgin to be built into available subscription packages. And they need to start the ball rolling NOW, before they miss the boat entirely.

[Beso]

Nobody is coming to your houses...cancel that subscription.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by parmnion

Nobody is coming to your houses...cancel that subscription.

That's a good point you know - how would they prove you have a TV these days?

"Can I come in, I suspect you have a TV and are not paying licence fee."

"No **** off it's Covid times get away from my door."

[user104658]

That said - they don't come and check anyway. We genuinely didn't use live TV for over 18 months a few years back (just Netflix, Amazon, YouTube etc.) and after about 4 months of letters and threats of "coming to check", they just stopped sending them. No one ever turned up at the door and I highly doubt they ever would.

[Beso]

I'm 50...51 in march and have never paid for this ****e.

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by parmnion

I'm 50...51 in march and have never paid for this ****e.

[arista]

[arista]

[Nicky91]

the neverending pathetic hate towards BBC continues


i'd say just put a few ad breaks in, i don't mind ads (i mean in my country the national tv channels NPO1,2,3 also got a ''ad break'' called Ster, after each program, but not between programmes) so maybe BBC could look into doing something like that


license fee remains the biggest problem here i think


the news content i find good

the game shows i quite like

the drama series, movies content is also improving (becoming more topical, current into modern times regarding BLM or LGBTQ+)

reality shows such as The Repair Shop, Money for Nothing, DIY SOS also remains fun to watch

shame though they axed Crimewatch as i also did watch that all the time

[Alf]

Defund Strictly!

[Alf]

[Withano]

I don’t have the licence, I can’t justify spending that money to watch The Apprentice and literally nothing else.

[arista]

BBC have loads of younger reporters
get rid of this old tired one.

[arista]

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by arista

This is disgraceful. Greedy bastards.

[The Slim Reaper]

Well leave.eu have a solid record for truth telling, so I'm on board.

[The Slim Reaper]

it's no coincidence that all these far right groups and commentators want the BBC to be scrapped, just as they introduce British Fox Propaganda network over here.

The BBC has been pretty bad the last few years for their failures to report truthfully about Brexit, and fawning all over Johnson etc, but they will be needed to offset some of the crazy that is about to hit our airwaves.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

it's no coincidence that all these far right groups and commentators want the BBC to be scrapped, just as they introduce British Fox Propaganda network over here.

The BBC has been pretty bad the last few years for their failures to report truthfully about Brexit, and fawning all over Johnson etc, but they will be needed to offset some of the crazy that is about to hit our airwaves.

Which far-right groups? What are you talking about?