[Beso]

should we pay the paedophile supporting bbc a fee to watch tv?

[user104658]

I personally don't pay it but then, I also don't watch regular television any more. But apparently at some point they're going to make it compulsory anyway. Sigh.

That will make me pretty angry, we genuinely don't watch that sort of TV, including "catch up". People are like "but you should still pay if you watch iPlayer!!". OK, fine. I don't. I have no interest in any BBC crap.

We have Netflix and Amazon Prime. Other than that, I tend to game more than watch, and wife prefers going online in the evening. Eldest daughter tends to watch YouTube or films (over and over and over...). We waved bye bye to broadcast television over 6 months ago and I've not missed it at all .

[arista]

No


Get rid of this TV License
Take it from the Tax.

[billy123]

I haven't paid Nonce tax for 20 odd years and withdrew implied right of access to the TV licensing bods years ago meaning they arent allowed to step foot on my property or knock on the door. They dont even send letters anymore.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by arista

No


Get rid of this TV License
Take it from the Tax.

Nah; Scrap the BBC. Everyone else can put up with lots of nice ads, until they join the 21st century and ditch broadcast television completely. Streaming is the future of television.

[joeysteele]

Oh I better not get started on this one, I detest the very idea of a TV licence, it is time this dinosaur of a charge on people no matter their incomes and people being prosecuted for not having one, was sent to the dark depths of history for good.

I begrudge every single penny of it and would support anyone who wanted to get the pathetic thing and the arrogant people employed at TV Licensing too cleared away with for good.

Shocking to have to pay this at all in my view.

[Mystic Mock]

The problem with the TV License is that my household pays for it just for Reality Shows and Game Shows mainly.

We hardly watch any scripted TV Shows on there.

[Cherie]

The Night Manager was worth every penny of the 3.00 a week

[smudgie]

Rather pay the fee than have to watch adverts on all sides.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Rather pay the fee than have to watch adverts on all sides.

Yep

[Cherie]

Did you watch the Night Manager Smudgie?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by smudgie

Rather pay the fee than have to watch adverts on all sides.

That logic might have been OK when there were only 5 terrestrial channels.... Ł12.50 a month seems a little bit steep to have no ads on two out of 100+ channels.

Especially for those of us who no longer find anything of worth on the BBC. Cheaply made drama, unfunny "comedy" and biased "news" and documentaries? I'll pass thanks...

[MTVN]

The BBC is brilliant: its tv channels are the best, their radio broadcasting is second to none, their news coverage goes wider than other outlets and all that is because of the license fee. They're not as beholden to commercial interests so they don't have to obsess as much about what's affordable and what will make them money. They can afford to broadcast shows and cover stories which wouldn't be worth their time otherwise.

Find it strange that people will whinge about Murdoch dominating the press, tv having too much reality crap, bias of channels like Fox news, or the cost of sky television and then at the same time they will slate the BBC which acts as a bulwark against all that.

[Crimson Dynamo]

wait, you have to pay for it?

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

That logic might have been OK when there were only 5 terrestrial channels.... Ł12.50 a month seems a little bit steep to have no ads on two out of 100+ channels.

Especially for those of us who no longer find anything of worth on the BBC. Cheaply made drama, unfunny "comedy" and biased "news" and documentaries? I'll pass thanks...

If you never watch the BBC how can you possibly judge what the quality of programming is? Cheaply made drama? The NM cost 3m an episode

[waterhog]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

wait, you have to pay for it?

this thread has given me a idea - I might bring in a poetry licence - fortunate for you lot - you won't have to pay because=use you have got me

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Cherie

If you never watch the BBC how can you possibly judge what the quality of programming is? Cheaply made drama? The NM cost 3m an episode

Plus War and Peace, Wolf Hall etc. most of the best British dramas in recent years have been by the BBC

[Mystic Mock]

I'm just checking the IMDB scores of all the BBC Shows that I've liked over the years.

My Family - 7.6/10
Life On Mars - 8.4/10
Merlin - 7.9/10
Doctor Who (2005 series) - 8.8/10
Total Wipeout UK - 6.0/10
Weakest Link - 5.5/10
Strictly Come Dancing - 5.9/10
The Voice UK - 6.4/10
Atlantis - 6.7/10
Arthur - 7.5/10

IMDB are so harsh.

But yeah I've watched a lot more shows on the BBC than I'd realised, including ones that I hadn't included in the IMDB scores because they didn't seem to register a score because they didn't have enough reviews.

[bots]

I think the BBC is great and worth every penny of the license fee

[Cherie]

MOTD was rubbish when it moved to ITV as well

[billy123]

As long as you lovely people keep paying it the boat wont be rocked too much for those that dont so please carry on and thank you

[arista]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Nah; Scrap the BBC. Everyone else can put up with lots of nice ads, until they join the 21st century and ditch broadcast television completely. Streaming is the future of television.

yes they could try
Morrisons Sponsors Eastenders BBC1HD and soon 4k

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bobnot

As long as you lovely people keep paying it the boat wont be rocked too much for those that dont so please carry on and thank you

I don't mind I feel I personally get value for money, I don't mind carrying you along with a few pensioners

[Niamh.]

You lot should be happy that the BBC don't have adverts, our national channels do and we still have to pay a licence

Also, The Voice is on BBC so

[Cherie]

If the Beeb raise the age that pensioners receive a free licence to raise revenue, how will that sit with your social conscience Bob