To pay for a tv licence

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Not really but goddamn it's gone up by £3 this year , feel like I'm the only person who even pays.

Thanks, Peach and Owlina. I listen to R3 in the car, too (bit obsessive, I fear). Not sure exactly what the DC watch, but thought it would be risky not to buy a licence, even though I dislike the BBC (irrational, I now realise thanks to this thread, given my R3 habit).

I'm very happy to pay the licence fee. Knowing that I can stick on cbbc for the kids and whatever is on will be at least vaguely OK and won't be full of adverts. Documentaries that are more firmly trying to educate and inform rather than sensationalise and shock like the docs on the commercial channels. Just the fact that they keep Dr Who going. Also 2 or 3 times a year they make a decent original series that's worth watching. I think it's decent value for money for what it is, and it's fine to opt out if you don't want it.

Not true its only bbc catch up! You can watch itv on demand etc without a license

I admit I used the BBC website till a couple of years ago till they
revamped it. The traffic reports used to be really good, Ive not been on it for at least 5 years. Google maps traffic is so much better

Yes I get the irony it’s from the BBC website I claim not to use, blame Google

www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldwide/2017/annual-review-results

The impact of Blue Planet 2 alone justifies the cost of the TV licence for me. There's a fab video with Attenborough explaining it.

Great point SciFiFan

Documentaries that are more firmly trying to educate and inform rather than sensationalise and shock like the docs on the commercial channels

yes, yes, to this ^

Three whole pounds!? It's definitely worth it, I listen to lots of Radio 4, and 6 Music (I'm middle aged, don't you know) and watch some telly too. I love having advert free programming, especially for little kids. We've also had amazing things like one of the family orchestras in our region, which was a fabulous experience. Let's hope the extra enables them to get a better weather provider next time round 😁

Detector vans don’t work any more, they used to work on detecting the magnetic field of old CRT TV’s . Flat screens don’t give off a magnetic field and can’t be detected

I like BBC programming, though don't watch a great deal of it in the scheme of things. Mostly watch Netflix or other apps. No prime though (did a trial and nothing I wanted to watch).

I'm currently enjoying on BBC

University challenge
Eat well for less (when it's not been bumped!)
Keeping faith
Who do you think you are?
Inside the factory

Also not currently running but I watch when on
Death in paradise
Only connect

Looking forward to
Lenny Henry birthday show
Celeb masterchef
Bodyguard
Abc murders with John malkovich
Mrs Wilson
Wanderlust
Killing eve

I also enjoy history documentaries and other social history programmes like Back In Time for Tea so hoping for more of that.

However - all that said, with current tech available, there's no excuse now why the BBC (and other channels - it's not just BBC gets licence funding) can't set up a licence based access code mechanism (could use licence number) so people who genuinely don't watch can opt out of paying while those who do can prove they've paid.

The license money doesn't alll go to the BBC.

I too would be happy to pay double. I really believe in the BBC. They have excellent variety, true scholarly documentaries that don't just landed to stock and awe, and some great drama. Why do people dislike the BBC? Genuine question, I don't get it.

I dont watch tv but get letters from tv license around once a month.

I lived in the Isle of Man for a bit and decided to not get a TV so I could finish my MSc. The licensing inspection people came round, would I mind letting them in. I said sure... come in. He came in and slipped on a book in the lounge (my stuff was scattered about) and fell over. They never bothered me again.

I have just opted out as we very rarely only put cbbc on. Now I just use youtube and netflix instead.

If you genuinely don't watch any BBC channels or listen to any BBC radio then you do not need a licence. I know of people that don't have a licence and haven't had for a number of years.

I watch lots of things on BBC1 and 2 and BBC4 also has some great programmes including the foreign crime dramas that me and DH love

No licence fee. No bbc radio 1 2 3 4 5 6 plus extras. No bbc commissioned productions so stop bitching about Dr Who etc on netflix as without the licence fee it wouldnt exist. If bbc lost the licence fee the loss to all of us would be immeasurable. Its an absolute bargain.

I pay for one.

We have one because we very rarely want to watch BBC Iplayer (when there is a family mner on so literally twice a year max). Take advantage of the other stuff on there because we're paying for it but the offerings are slim. As the BBC appearances are becoming fewer and fewer I'm considering just not renewing it.

Don't listen to BBC radio either, utter nonsense.

@Tothappy the reporting standards have dramatically slipped the past few years, the radio stations mostly play a combination of mindless chatter and rubbish pop music/very haphazardly selected jazz/classical on radio 3. I used to really enjoy BBC programing but now the only BBC show I have watched in years is poldark (and only because it is so pretty). The BBC used to be really good, I think a lot of people dislike it because it just isn't what it used to be.

Yes I get the irony it’s from the BBC website I claim not to use, blame Google

Can only assume they're paying Google a lot of money or lot of people are still sucked in by the brand name for the website to still appear at the top of Google searches so often.

Oh and the move north hasn't helped. I can't understand what half the presenters say anymore because they play up their accents (I'm forgein, they might as well be speaking a dialect, I can only pix up one word out of three and have to fill in the gaps)

If you genuinely don't watch any BBC channels or listen to any BBC radio then you do not need a licence.

I will always need a licence, because I watch live sport. It doesn't matter what channel it's on. (Sky and BT usually.)

Sorry, my point wasn't clear: you need a license to watch live TV, it's irrelevant whether or not it's BBC.

I do pay for mine, even as a student, but I wish I could unfund their shoddy news journalism at the moment.

I definitely get my money’s worth:
Doctor Who - watched by the family together at Christmas £10
Blue Planet £10
Archers £1 per week
BBC radio in the car in the morning so I don’t have to listen to adverts for carpet shops £1 per week (probably worth more in terms of sanity).
Radio 4 random interesting programs £1 per week.
BBC tv news 50p per week.
Episodes £10
Other random series through the year £10
Coverage of events like the olympics £10
Etc etc.
When it costs the best part of £10 to go to the cinema for a few hours the BBC is a bargain.
Sometimes I watch BBC programs indirectly but if the BBC didn’t exist then neither would those programs.