Alf Garnett & The TV Licence

Alf thinks it's ok to watch ITV without a licence as it's paid for by commercials, he then gets a visit from a goon who warns him unless he has a licence it's a either a year inside or £50 fine.

[@nervo6321]

My God...i have just realised i have grown up to be Alf Garnett

[@lammypie3561]

Haha same here (I'm 40)🇬🇧

[@jazmorrison9030]

Me too

[@johnstaley7640]

Could do with a few of his sort today

[@nervo6321]

@@johnstaley7640 I could not agree with you more...

[@emmajanewatts4388]

Think a lot of us have

[@patmccaffery1543]

Haven't paid for a TV licence since 1998..!!

[@garysiddons2157]

Best thing I did was get rid of my license

[@TheGrowler55]

Alf Garnett the best of British.

[@anthonymares5079]

"Arise Alf, Emperor of the Universe ! "

[@elgolondrima3499]

Brilliant! Remember watching this when I was a young lad! now I've turned into him lol

[@gabmod65]

Bang on Alf! Still relevant today!👍

[@fawkespopuli688]

The BBC vans were brought into Belfast, after 10 got burnt they were never seen again!

[@gyp3xp48]

I saw Una Stubbs outside St Pancras Station in London recently. God bless her. An icon of British comedy.

[@charlottenorman7237]

She is also a damn good actress.

[@marksimons584]

She was brilliant in Worzel Gummidge

[@mickmaphari6606]

@@charlottenorman7237 and such a sweet lady!

[@johnhoward2083]

Aunt Sally I also like cake

[@duncanmckenzie7532]

She omeless then?

[@Mazzastube0812]

Classic comedy! - this episode is so relevant to today it could have been made just yesterday!

[@wendydonovan1777]

Love him its so so true what he says

[@radiogramgramophonetoons5802]

Love the old radio, picture of Churchill and the flying ducks

[@Saxonpod]

The North Koreans get their properganda for free, we have to pay £150 a year for ours.

[@gailcrook2687]

£ 157.50

[@wanderingsoul7935]

I've not had a license or watched mainstream TV in almost ten years, I've never once missed it.

[@gweilospur5877]

@@wanderingsoul7935 I’ve heard a lot of people claim that and it never turns out to be true.

[@wanderingsoul7935]

@@gweilospur5877 Why claim it then? There is a whole world out there that is completely different from the way TV portrays it, it just messes with people's perceptions, so you see the world in a certain way, turn off your tv, free yourself.

[@gweilospur5877]

@@wanderingsoul7935 I probably watch TV for a couple of hours a week, mostly news, sports and occasionally a documentary. Well worth the enormous sum of £3 per week.You talk as though you think people do nothing except watch TV. How long do you spend wasting your time looking at cretinous stuff on KZbin? Is that “freeing your mind”?

[@charlottenorman7237]

Loved this programme.

[@daisytaylorjones3387]

After Victor meldrew my favourite man of all time

[@petergreen2552]

I'd put Fletcher,Rigsby and Basil Fawlty ahead of those two. Could not abide OFITG. Same old shite every week.

[@davidglow3]

Warren Mitchell was a very fine serious actor on stage and screen.He was an intellectual person and a lifelong THFC supporters.coys

[@petergreen2552]

@@davidglow3 Brilliant character. Only the idiots actually took Alf Garnett seriously. High time it was shown again. Sod the snowflakes. They get FAR FAR too much airtime

[@marklloyd4087]

I think I'm turning into Alfred 😂 😂 😂 It's great.

[@leecowan6366]

Couldn't agree more, watching Victor right now lol

[@stephenfox8685]

Apparently, I've heard all these have been released on dvd. About time.

[@snerper]

They have taken the piss for many years, and still continue to do so!

[@robertcatterall6514]

A British icon ... God Bless you Alf ..

[@malcolmabram2957]

In those days when the BBC dominated the media, programmes like this made the licence worth paying. Now the BBC is a small part in the volume of todays media and most of their output is junk. The licence is outdated, subscription only.

[@mohammaddavoudian7897]

A young Gordon Kaye ( Rene from ALLO ALLO ) !!! ( THE LICENSE MAN )

[@flybobbie1449]

rip gk

[@alisonwunderland9900]

And there's me thinking it was the woman with the glasses on

[@billwellington4339]

You stupid woman.....GK....RIP.

[@ER-gw2xz]

@@alisonwunderland9900 hahahaha superb response

[@jonathanphelan6627]

Thought it was Gordon, but wasn't 100% sure

[@tommyhemlock7915]

I’d forgotten how gorgeous Una Stubbs was.

[@johnsurrey7426]

I agree - she was so sexy!!

[@sebastiansaville2043]

I well remember the times we had tv licenses in Australia. If you didn't have one the lights would be out and the blinds closed. We'd all be sitting around in the dark. God what a life we lead. So funny when you think back on it. Also I think the license inspector was Gordon Kaye from 'Allo 'Allo.

[@Jack-fs2im]

I stopped paying the BBC licence (they get every penny) saved £300 spent it on food and heating,watch catch up,you tube,dvds,etc Radio is free,read all the press online.great

[@Jack-fs2im]

Yes it is,a licence is not required for any Radio.it finished in 1971.yo

[@andrewmatthews6861]

Jack good on yer jack

[@markojack15]

@SEAN INGRAM he's a tight bastard tut

[@anythingbootneck]

Jack Well done, me too!👍🏻😀

[@solidcake3401]

You're funding pedophiles by giving the BBC money

[@Magicalfluidprocess]

The BBC is a propaganda instrument we pay for our perspectives to be shaped ! Beautiful

[@iamrocketray]

The Law states you only have to pay a licence fee if you watch live TV broadcasts(any channel)or IPlayer, If they send you letters either rip them up or better still write return to sender and pop them into a letter box(they hate that lol). If they turn up on your door step, say "No thank you" and shut the door in their face or better still don't open it at all, but that's hard because you don't know who they are until you open the door. Remember these people are not BBC employee's they work for a firm called Capita on a self employed basis and get paid on your conviction(£20) or they will even try to sell you a licence for which they also get a £20 commission.They have no rights and can only enter your property if you let them in, and why would you let a cold calling salesman(which is what they are) into your house/flat. They also need you to sign a form(which is a statement of confession) to get a conviction. There are lots of details on you tube about TV licence Goons trying all sorts of dodgy practices to con you. There is even one of a guy who says yes i'm watching telly, now bugger off, and he slams the door in his face. Maybe that's going a bit too far because he might then get the police involved, but even so its his word against the Goons and even if the Goon does get the police in, and they obtains a magistrates warrant, as long as you don't have the telly actually on they are stuffed. The BBC are used for propaganda purposes and also harbored pedo's for many decades not just years, do you really want to support that, just to watch the occasional wildlife program(some of them are good i agree). They want you to think that a TV license is compulsory, Well its not and i refuse to support what the BBC has become. If its so good then it should do what other companies do and make it subscription based but of course we know its not that good anymore so they wont do that unless they have no choice. DON'T BE TIMID you don't need to watch live TV. Don't support an organisation that nurtures Pedo's and bombards us with propaganda, JUST SAY NO.

[@Mistersandyrobertson]

Ray Tillman Agreed - but not about the bit where you say if they come in and the tv isn't actually on they can't touch you. Not true - if the tv has an aerial connected that's likely to get the sods a conviction. And the bit at the end of the vid is wrong of course as you can now get done for watching catchup.

[@AbuRayyaanMusaOzil]

Cheers for this I had no idea

[@leetylr]

@@Mistersandyrobertson I had that years ago I never watched tv but because my ariel was plugged in for 3 months they fined me £80 😔

[@Mistersandyrobertson]

@@leetylr Indeed. I was horrified to find that my private pension from my old job is now administered by Capita, the same buggers who do tv licensing. Nooo!!!!

[@leeenglandland2978]

They can shove the law up their arse !

[@Danny-qq5nr]

Jimmy Savile never had a license

[@lesreed9269]

@@barrychuckleisdead7345 You fool...

[@lesreed9269]

@@cBearTV- Why do people make such sweeping, stupid statements?

[@boabraveero4017]

Jimmy never had time to watch TV!!!!!

[@ianholden7]

Neither did rolf Harris and a shit load more dirty pedo bastard's

[@stevecollier4741]

Or any bloody morals dirty low life

[@matthewconnor6817]

Not paid the BBC protection racket for 20 years.

[@nathelondon3719]

Before PC there was comedy. RIP Mr Garnett.

[@wisteela]

And his character was satire. I love when people don't get that. 🤣

[@davekochanski8756]

Elsie " a year !! With a big smile , brilliant 😀

[@michaelketley876]

Nice to see a young Una Stubbs...what a lovely woman. Great comedy

[@johnking5174]

The whole clip is from 2nd January 1974 "TV License" episode.

[@alexlazebat839]

probably recorded in 1973

[@kevinralph5305]

British comedy at its best

[@miyukishijisha8540]

Love Alf!

[@HulaBeulah]

You still can’t watch BBC iplayer or any BBC programmes if you don’t have a licence. Get a fire stick, get it “fixed” and then watch whatever you like.

[@FanVidder72]

She's holding a book of Green Shield Stamps. LOL.

[@phillipbeard640]

This was not 1984 or 1985 More like 1971 also I must agree the tv licence is the biggest rip off in Britain The sooner it ends the better

[@lesreed9269]

@D Brown He doesn't know, because he doesn't have one!

[@andrewmatthews6861]

Phillip Beard it's the bloody BBC and the so called government in league together to rip of ya general public bloody outrageous 👿

[@lesreed9269]

@@andrewmatthews6861 You and Philip Beard belong together - in the same loony bin!

[@royphillips8683]

First broadcast in Jan 1974

[@legionsmith5041]

ah...memories of having the TV licence man standing outside my flat with the police because I told him to fuck off the 1st time..and the police telling him that until I open the door..there is nothing they can do...needless to say the door stayed closed.

[@barrygibbens1900]

The irony if you got sent to prison today for not having a TV licence they give you a TV and you don't have to pay for a TV licence.

[@debbietaylor20]

🤣 true

[@peterlorimer3552]

Point of fact they stop you 50p a week for the telly...Bloke up the road told me.

[@frflinstone]

LOL

[@ElvarMasson]

​@@peterlorimer3552 "Bloke up the road" 😂

[@peterlorimer3552]

@@ElvarMasson Never let your left hand know what your right hands doing bruv.... Or something like that. Lol

[@johncarlin8755]

You can watch BBC all over the world but only need a licence in the UK , Give them nothing .

[@abaha9898]

Dandy niccols yay you ain't no silly moo

[@johnmunns5964]

Had forgotten how good this was😊

[@rebootthematrix]

Excellent video

[@paulbull5630]

Pure brilliance lol

[@englishmaninengland4591]

TV back then was worthy of a tv licence. Nowadays, It is not worthy to pay for a TV licence. Glad I stopped paying for a TV licence.

[@marcb9879]

Two TV aerials met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony wasn't that much but the reception was brilliant with two aerials.

[@lapisredux]

but if we don't pay the licence who will pay the massively talented gary lineker £1,750,000 every year??

[@youtubeviewer7030]

Australia abolished its television license in 1974

[@mickmaphari6606]

Australia has always had crap tv anyway - i mean, fucking 'Neighbours' Apart from Kylie an abomination!

[@mickmaphari6606]

@MusicMadMaurice It's the same kinda poms that lap up neighbours and suchlike who resent paying the licence fee and clamour for the BBC to be abolished - all those little Alf Garnets so skilfully satirised here by Warren Mitchel. Personally I don't have a licence, not because I'm anti BBC but because I choose not to own a TV set.

[@duncanmckenzie7532]

Thats why their tellys shite

[@alexmorgan3435]

So timely when the BBC has just scrapped free TV licenses for the over 75s! Back then you had to have a license if you OWNED a TV. However in 2016 the law was changed such that now if you watch live TV or record it on any device, as it is broadcast, any channel or watch BBC i-player then you need a TV license. But you can watch YT, Amazon Prime, Netflix, On-Demand services such as C4 and ITV hub without the need for a license and of course your own DVD box sets and videos if you still have such old tech. And you don't have to let them in either unless they have a warrant.

[@liuzhou]

The BBC didn't scrap free licenses. The Tory government did.

[@elainebenes3068]

Bloody marvelous innit

[@anneperry9014]

Loved him then, love him now, reminds me of Enoch. Both said the damned truth, refreshing!!!!!!

[@esseker6320]

And yet Warren Mitchell was a staunch Labour supporter too 🤗🤗🤗.

[@anneperry9014]

@@esseker6320 I don't give a flying crap what party he supported. The point is he said the Truth!!!!!!

[@TT-zc6gf]

Bbc bugging ?? Love to here his response to the Buggering British Children thats going on. Alf garnet a legend

[@lesreed9269]

Do grow up - you fool!

[@TT-zc6gf]

Les Reed at -70 iv seen this country’s males go from men to cock ass fucking pricks thats would stab there own mothers in the ass. To be British now is to to take in the ass.

[@MrMrh1958]

The chap from allo allo!😂

[@jadesmith2931]

listen to steve wright on radio 2 he always having guests on advertising there new books / dvds / tours etc not bad say they dont advertise

[@robclark4626]

Line timebase whistle!

[@366craigsmith]

Love it - and Gordon Kaye before 'Allo 'Allo

[@johnking5174]

RTE in Ireland is funded by both a licence fee and commercials. The Irish have to pay 160 euros a year for a licence , but RTE also receive commercial income (restricted though) as RTE could not survive in just the licence fee only due to the size of the Irish republic.

[@garyproffitt5941]

British Broadcasting Company with the detection Van, outrageous and Classic pure Comedy🤣👍

[@johnw2758]

When she said a year it looked like it was off the cuff 🙂

[@user-yq3nu5hd6n]

Unbeliveble BBC still here 2024😂😂😂😂 Out of date like the council tax I don't have a BBC licence since 1993 Peaceful ❤❤

[@stratpluslover8391]

That's the point I'm trying to make ain't I. I mean I could be up the pub there having a peaceful drink and I could get fined for watching the bloody tele and I'm not even in That's the greatest answer I've ever heard lol

[@Jlipnicki]

Written by Johnny Spieght. Left school at 14 did not go to University.

[@merc6026]

great show

[@strawman80]

Date in the introductory caption is wrong..clip is from 1975.

[@krakatoa1200]

Allo Allo,, got a TV licence. great sketch.

[@bucksguineapigtalks]

The TV Licence Man is Rene from 'Allo 'Allo !

[@stephenlees1691]

the best alf xxxxxxxxxxxx

[@wisteela]

I love when people don't realise his character was satire. "Propaganda" 🤣

[@annglaister]

Oh my gosh ..is that a young Renee ?…..😀

[@michaelmartin9090]

In Norway you have to have a licence whether or not you receive the national channel. Despite the fact you need a subscription to a sattelite or cabel provider to see the bloody thing.

[@geriatricmotorcars9516]

Class

[@marcusorangeboomivnone7490]

BBC Pedoganda

[@rickyj5547]

thank God for DVDs and blue rays.

[@JF-kv1gm]

Need a tv license in Italy too. Even worse tv with tons of advertising! Alf would be bleedin' livid.

[@bawhatever5260]

Your not obligated to open your door to anyone!

[@smallbustboy]

I think i will change my name to alf garnett.

[@robertroberts2666]

You don't have to invite the TV licencing frauds into your home nor the police, for that matter, unless they have a search warrant for drugs.

[@liuzhou]

Utter nonsense

[@Secret19977]

@@liuzhouyou can’t force entry

[@ianholden7]

July 2020 still ain't got a TV licence 🤫🤫🤫🤫

[@jeffersond4505]

Welcome to 2021🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

[@willalwaystelehandler8450]

It was a great show

[@johnferguson40]

No evidence from an alleged detecter van has EVER been used in a court of law. NEVER ONCE. Tells you something don't it.

[@treaclelester7285]

People don’t realise that many of of us have been objecting to TV licences and particularly the amount of people sent to prison or heavily fined, for decades. And it still isn’t gone! Cancel yours today and watch only on demand programmes through You Tube etc. We have physically removed the aerial and don’t miss live TV for a second. So much else to watch and without propaganda being rammed down your throat.

[@alexlazebat839]

this was recorded december 73, shown January 74

[@j0hnf_uk]

Sad to think that none of those who featured here are with us any longer.

[@dingopisscreek]

The late gorden kaye

[@lesreed9269]

Three of the five are dead!

[@duncanmckenzie7532]

Whst was he late for?....collecting the fine?

[@pturberville108]

Great comedy.

[@seanjonesy180]

Brilliant the irony being lost on people here not realising they're taking the mick out of non licence fee payers

[@steve7104]

Thank god you were here to ironise us

[@seanjonesy180]

@@steve7104 thank god you were here to sarcasticify me

[@marcokite]

@@seanjonesy180 - the point David is that the licence is immoral and whatever the motives of the BBC in making above prog is neither here nor there. having said that the point you are missing is that the BBC in this episode were spinning the lie that their 'detector' vans had equipment in them which they never did...the irony still seems to be contained in your comment.

[@bawhatever5260]

They couldn't tell what room it's in! They weren't that advanced! They just had a list of who ain't paid! And a poxy aerial stuck on the roof of the van

[@Alanwcum]

That is Rene from Allo Allo when he was younger!

[@rogeralsop3479]

So funny!

[@graceonline320]

Can't pay and won't pay.

[@user-tu5ej5lg2c]

Should be repeated on mainstream tv. Can you imagine?

[@abaha9898]

Cherrie old man

[@shortivan]

the tv licence man looks like a very young Gorden Kaye

[@bawhatever5260]

Hand held!! Transistor radio

[@Glendal1988]

This is gonna be me in about 40 years 🤦🤦🤦

[@manofweed1]

Some things never change.... They just get worse !!

[@barriereid9244]

Allo...I had forgotten all about Alf. My God how he could rant.

[@knicol46]

Monopolies are supposed to be illegal yet in the UK watch any live broadcast on any device the BBC demand you pay them a fee to increase the BBC directors luxury salaries. They are also sending the war veterans tv licence demands, greedy . They also fully supported Jimmy Saville - just look up his name.

[@charliebubbles9501]

There was a time you could take your tv to a tv engineer/repair man and have the bbc reception untuned thereby avoiding prosecution.

[@bar10ml44]

Charlie Bubbles You can easily avoid prosecution. Don’t watch or record live tv. I stream Netflix. I can of course listen to the radio but the BBC is not worthy of my attention.

[@lesreed9269]

@@bar10ml44 I see... KISS or LBC are better?

[@lesreed9269]

How do you untune something - better still, what does "untune" mean?

[@TelstarFirst]

@charliebubbles9501 What utter nonsense.

[@bawhatever5260]

They advertise on the BBC during news cast's! Books plays bands and technology programs

[@garyturner3761]

First clip isn't from 1985 try 1973 which this was from.

[@johnking5174]

The whole clip is from 2nd January 1974 "TV License" episode.

[@luisreyes1963]

Why do they still use licences for TV in Great Britain? Apparently, they've yet to adopt video streaming services.

[@gweilospur5877]

Most countries in Europe have a TV licence, and most pay more for an inferior product.