[parmnion]

Get an illigal stick fgs


Paedo licence fee..

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

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.]

Originally Posted by parmnion

Get an illigal stick fgs


Paedo licence fee..

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

Moral Superiority - nil.

[parmnion]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

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

Moral Superiority - nil.

Marsh 1

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

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

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

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.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Oh yeah I forgot about MOTD and MOTD2

Gavin and Stacey

[GoldHeart]

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

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

[Maxxie.]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

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]

Originally Posted by Rob!

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.]

Originally Posted by Livia

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

Very true!

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Livia

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

100% say . 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

[Kazanne]

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

[Cherie]

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

[Rob!]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

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.

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Cherie

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.