Normal People Discussing The TV Licence Fee

[@mrobo9037]

So much news on KZbin now, you really do not have to use MSM anymore.

[@d3fenc367]

Not had a TV License now for 3 years. I got fed up of hunting for anything decent to watch on mainstream TV and I was becoming enraged with the woke and political slant. So no more live TV for me. It has been an epiphany. The only purpose mainstream media serves to me is it collectively captures the market for sh1te TV and keeps it in a toxic location I no longer have to access. If one of the mythical TV licence detector vans sat outside my house, I'd consider it a badge of honour and do a little dance.

[@mikehipperson]

Don't worry mate, the detector vans are rarer than rocking horse 💩!

[@BedsitBob]

Haven't had a licence in nearly 14 years.

[@d3fenc367]

@sMansGuitars bravo! I get a lot of satisfaction knowing that I'm depriving the BBC and no longer contributing Gary Linekar's salary - meaning he has to cut down on buying buttplugs.

[@H4WK6969]

Been trying to convince my mother for years to get rid of her tv licence, i introduced her to this channel and she finally done it. Cheers bud!

[@paulthompson8613]

Now ask her for more pocket money Good luck with that one 😀

[@allandudson9684]

About 10 years ago, I got a visit from a goon who told me I need a license. I told him that I didn't watch live T.V. and he told me that I needed a license just for owning a T.V. He lied to me so they owe me about 5 years of licence fee. I will never give them criminals another penny and I have been legally unlicensed for the last 5 years .

[@G-ra-ha-m]

Just two words: "Not Interested" and shut the door. Nothing more.

[@dps8435]

3 years tax free now mate thanks to you,now get threatening letter every month,straight in bin after little smirk ,wankas.

[@evi6199]

The fact mums net is still around much like the BBC is funny in itself

[@DrJams]

Feminist Net

[@pjcnet]

If people love the BBC then pay for it, the problem is forcing others to pay that only want to watch other channels. An even bigger problem is governments only ever talk about alternative ways to fund the BBC instead of making them compete like every other channel with subscriptions and/or Ads. A forced tax will be much worse than a TV licence if like myself I choose not to watch live TV or BBC iPlayer.

[@danimayb]

Oh yeah that will go down well! They probably stupidly think the public will see things better without paying for a licence and not question or not notice the added tax somewhere else. We will basically go from a semi-forced tax for watching broadcast TV, To a forced tax where it won't matter if you use any service related to TV licence or not.. You still pay for it. If TV licence itself isn't kicking up enough stink, That dumb move will ! I can't see them getting away with it in this country tbh considering the way emotions are heightened and current financial situations. Having said that, We never kick up a fuss big enough to make the government stop anything of financial importance to them.

[@evelbsstudio]

Last I heard they where thinking of including the license in your broadband bill.. It's just a tax pure and simple they get enough out of us simpletons keeping us poor via tax

[@danimayb]

@@evelbsstudio That would be the top sneak of all sneaks! Because they can say "you don't have to pay for broadband", But almost every household wants or/and needs broadband lol

[@thepicard83]

Solution is simple. Simply scramble the damn BBC channels and send a smartcard to those who want to watch it. You have to pay for a subscription to watch Sky etc so why not do the same with BBC?

[@runstyle253]

Just last month we went out with some friends and a conversation started about the rubbish on TV so I told them all just cancel your licence but they all think that you need one if you own a TV. The conversation got a little heated while trying to explain to them so ended up advising them to look up your channel as I was banging my head against a brick wall.

[@DavidWilliamGeorgeNeul]

I was in that same situation with a friend of mine last year, they still pay their tv license, I've been license free for 2 1/2 years now

[@jmills1549]

£318 saved so far, don't miss bbc at all

[@MikeEves]

Stop paying your licence (it's a subscription anyway) and use the £159 for other things (food, heating etc).

[@markmanc-zw3td]

Or, be brainwashed another way & pay a hypnotist to do it personally 👍😁

[@nickerrison-davey9099]

Um...it's not a subscription

[@englishciderlover7347]

@@user-ss9ph9xb5k It really annoys me when I see East Enders written as if it's one word. Coming from East End stock, I know how to write it, but I blame the BBC for not writing it the correct way.

[@MikeEves]

@@nickerrison-davey9099 Yes it is. I don't subscribe so I don't pay. Once you've paid, you've paid. There are no other terms and conditions or misuse of a licence. The BBC use the word 'licence' as it sounds authoritative. The BBC have no authority, nothing, they are impotent.

[@MikeEves]

@@user-ss9ph9xb5k And the monthly letters from the BBC are a nice reminder of how much you are saving by not having a TV licence(subscription)

[@mrobo9037]

Labour and Starmer will keep the TV TAX.

[@HA05GER]

🤦

[@robtheplod]

Any party will keep it except reform.

[@englishciderlover7347]

I'll keep not watching TV and not paying the tax.

[@mrobo9037]

@@robtheplod Agree

[@MikeEves]

Not from me

[@Mark-Dixon-1]

I’ve been license free since 2016 I have a letter every month and never had a visit

[@ohnoitisnt]

Most people are government trusting news believers so being willing to pay the TVL comes as no surprise

[@youngwt1]

Showing ads fundamentally changes the nature of a channel. The ad companies become the customer and you become the product!

[@Mister_Rosco_to_you]

I'm surprised Mumsnet is still going. An ex of mine used it many years ago. DC = Darling Child, DH = Darling Husband, and DP = Darling Partner. It was a weird community.

[@anonnemo2504]

Forget the BBC ever showing adverts. They don't want to. They'd much rather have their money given to them than work for it and no government would ever allow it, anyway. Mostly thanks to CJ for setting out the facts so clearly, I've been licence free for a few years now. I found it easy, though, to pay it for just one month, at about this time last year, when the Rugby League Cup was being shown on BBC, and nowhere else. Before it started, I started to pay the licence fee and, when it ended, I just cancelled my direct debit.

[@paddygilman6873]

Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to educate us on the TV licence. Keep up the good work and many thanks

[@ianfisher7360]

Cancelled mine yesterday!

[@frankbrodie5168]

5 years divorced. Never had a TV or watched anything requiring one. Shed loads of letters. No visits. It would be beyond pointless them attempting to visit in this particular area anyway. All sensitive let flats. Buzzer intercoms. Housing association so 4 inch thick doors with chains on. That's where the TVL tax is unfair. We could all be watching what we wanted and be safe from the bottom inspectors. But you live in a house with street level windows and you're borked if you watch stuff on an actual TV like DVD's that don't actually require a TVL. Because they will move heaven and earth to fit you up.

[@robtheplod]

That initial letter probably caters for 80% of how people are.... just realise they dont use it, but wary about cancelling due to historic 'fear factor' due to being ill informed about the law. Businesses that rely on fear are illegal unless backed by the Government!

[@infinitenumberofrats]

Bloody kids. Told them we only had a TV licence because they had a TV in the daughter's room. Then she tells me "we haven't watched TV since the rabbit chewed through the aerial cable a couple of years before it died" which itself was 2 years before. FOUR YEARS unnecessary licence fees! 🤣

[@peterward3965]

My licence is in my 92 yr old mums name, once she's gone I'll never pay for another that's for sure. My mate had a visit, he told them to stop sending BBC signals to his TV aerial and closed the door 😅 i thought that was quite funny. Thats over a year ago, he hasn't heard anymore.

[@garyrichards6079]

The Fear !! Is been stitched up and havin' to prove to a court your not breaking the law .. I think that's what frightens ppl .

[@MikeEves]

You don't have to prove anything

[@TheJase8566]

Years ago I stopped my licence because I didn't have the physical TV any more. Goon showed up and I let them in. They went away. I won't do that again. Next time they can lie to get a court order, then I can raise a complaint about them lying to get a court order

[@TheJase8566]

@goingoing it was an old CRT, it was only used for live TV, none of these fancy VGA connectors

[@pauldurkee4764]

I have heard in a lot of cases they don't have the name of the occupier, if so it's a helluva job proving the occupier is watching live TV. If someone did knock the door, you could be a friend waiting for the occupier. As far as I know they can't demand your name, so they are toothless.

[@valkyriedd5849]

Keep up the good work Jon, you're fighting decades of misleading disinformation. 👍

[@keithdenton8386]

What I hate about the BBC is that you have to know someone who works there to get a job. From the presenters to the cameraman, right down to the tea lady. Its jobs for the boys, and if there is no job for someone's cousin then they will make one up. It not their money.

[@englishciderlover7347]

There are probably a lot of other places where that applies. The old print rooms on Fleet Street were also notorious for nepotism. My dad once had the chance to get a job as a printer on Fleet Street, but he chose the motor industry instead.

[@johnbrotherton338]

It beggars belief! I get at least one letter a month telling me that I am under inspection from the tv licensing twits. I do not watch live tv, nor any other method that the bbc deem illegal. Why do I have to declare it to them. I should maybe call the police every morning to inform them that I have committed no crimes the previous day. If I don't watch tv, then why should i declare it to the bbc! It just doesn't make sense. Another thing that amazes me is that they are endeavouring to push students into buying a licence, even though, when living in multiple person accommodation, the property owner should be liable for the licence. Surely, only one accomodation should be liable for the theft by the bbc. I'm stumped!

[@gytosas]

It is the fear that controls gullible minds in society and they make it the norm for you and me to go online and claim innocence.

[@jong3461]

When I cancelled the only show I was watching at the time was doctor who, so thought cheaper just to get the box sets when they came out.

[@jonkerr7667]

You can still watch BBC or any channel live ! .

[@jong3461]

@@jonkerr7667 I could have but that was only thing I watched live, so was not worth the license fee, when at the time box set is only £20, and usually got them anyway.

[@mygreatbigfoot1679]

Got mine today, announcing an investigation is underway….so another one on the pile. They don’t show any ads and they don’t show any good programmes either.

[@Gary85Paul]

I had one of their goons turn up the other day. I declared that I don't need the licence a few years ago, and did so again when I moved. Stopped receiving the near daily threats shortly after. So I was surprised that one turned up. I was working from home and hadn't composed myself since getting up. Asked for me by name. I made known that it wasn't a convenient time and that I cancelled it years ago. He then asked something about my TV. Wasn't sure whether it was do I have one or do I watch it. I said no. He thanked me and skulked off. Are these visits something to worry about? I had music on in the background. Could've sounded like live TV I guess. Should I be worried that this is a prelude to something more?

[@johnhooton8299]

As far as I can remember at the end of each program on the BBC they would show "what's coming next" just a slot in which you could fit a few paid ads? but if this trend of cancellation of the licence continues, I would think advertisers would have second thoughts about spending any money with the BBC, so by 2027 this may not even be an option left open to them.

[@dazgreensmoker669]

We haven't watched live TV for a couple of years now so we cancelled our direct debit 2 months ago,we got our threatening letter this morning

[@0skar9193]

We just cancelled our TV licence. I cancelled the direct debit at same time. Didn't call the licence people. Just did olit online. This morning we had £79.50 paid back in to our bank account fro TV licensing.

[@Galerak1]

Hey Jon have you ever looked into the use of BBC Bitesize without a licence? My daughter's school sets her homework and tell her information can be gained from BBC Bitesize, when I looked into whether I required a licence for her to use it I found a BBC webpage discussing it. First paragraph states :- "Do I need a TV license to access this content? As with all BBC broadcast and iPlayer material, the new education content will only be available to those who hold a valid TV license.". So from reading this I assumed that no, she can't access Bitesize when she is at home. Then I continued reading and the second paragraph states :- "Some families from low socio-economic backgrounds can’t afford a TV licence. Can they still use the shows on iPlayer and Red Button? We appreciate this is going to impact a small number of viewers, however the licence fee is what allows us to adapt and make this content available in the first place. All BBC online content - including everything on Bitesize Daily Lessons - is available without a licence fee." That last sentence is interesting don't you think? "All BBC online content, including everything on Bitesize Daily Lessons, is available without a licence fee.". So, not only does that contradict the first paragraph, it also states ALL BBC online content, isn't iPlayer classed as 'online content'? Trust the BBC to write something so badly it's as clear as mud 🤣

[@jasonudall8614]

One might wonder if that is deliberate....

[@jasonudall8614]

One might wonder if that is deliberate....

[@icouldbewrongicouldberight]

Cambridge: Available A2. able to be bought or used

[@smiffy6788]

My neighbour introduced me to a Roku box, thirty pound one off. I've still not gone through it all there's so much, subscribed to a couple of channels, loads cheaper than licence, loads of free stuff, when I'm used to it will probably bin Sky so will save even more!

[@Xj72b]

There’s so much confusion . Yesterday I watched the kings speech (on catch up), but not8ced the whole program carried a banner across the screen saying “LIVE” . Which it certainly wasn’t when I streamed it some 4 hours after the event. 🧐

[@icouldbewrongicouldberight]

They like spelling/talking backwards. Hth

[@jrosam9569]

I'd like the licence fee to be kept so I can avoid it. The problem is when the government decide to fund it via a internet tax or other taxation.

[@hermankatnip]

Those on the left see it as some kind of betrayal of their beloved bbc not paying the licence fee. Its definitely a class thing also.

[@englishciderlover7347]

There's no snob like a middle class, Guardian-reading snob.

[@twistybeard4703]

I cancelled mine in March. I got my refund and have NOT had any letters or visits to date.

[@dshar9351]

i am very happy with the licence as it is now , THE MUGS CAN PAY IT

[@MikeEves]

The mugs always will

[@colinreece3452]

On one of your last videos there is people posting saying 'If you have a TV you need a Licence' they are wrong but there is a some saying it and ppl believe them thinking you are wrong. It was the vido about 'Evading' which I also posted on have a look.

[@margaretgill4330]

Don't watch live TV or news or soaps etc..plus I have bad transmission where I live...so stopped TV licence this year. The threatening letter's and a call to the house.😮 But I didn't answer the door.

[@ianherd569]

I like the term "Normal" , " Ordinary" is used by those who do not think that they themselves are "Ordinary". However, I still think that the licence fee/tax/levee has had its day and our society has had its day in this regard!

[@shanehall98]

Well there isn’t really such a thing as normal

[@englishciderlover7347]

In this case, it's 'levy', not 'levee'.

[@Deekm69]

I've got to tell you what I done this morning to STOP my licence. I got my renewal letter so phoned them saying there isn't a part on the form to say I don't need one, he asked the usual questions and if I thought I'd need one 2 years later, then to ignore any letters and I was good to go. I'm LICENCE FREE NOW, if anyone wants to know more, please contact me? Oh and I'm not really Frank Gallagher. Thanks for giving me the courage to do this, should have done it years ago. Thanks Chilli 🌶

[@MrScotchpie]

What gets my goat is that I have to pay the licence fee because we do watch live TV. Except its not UK TV. We stream live TV from Japan as that is where my wife is from. We checked this out and I even wrote to my MP and yes I have to pay. The reason was that the fee also funds broadband updates and rollouts to rural areas throughout the country.

[@derektaylor7844]

And if you were in Japan you would have to pay their licence to view the BBC and other UK services and services from rest of the world , the uK is one of many with a licence , The Japanese is cheaper however , About £ 76 pounds for terrestrial and £133 for satellite ,

[@MikeEves]

Ho would they know you watch live TV? Clue: they don't.

[@jabezhane]

I tried to cancel on the website but went round in circles. So cancelled the DD but still got a refund.

[@davebrown5539]

Don't pay, won't pay, simple

[@pauleff3312]

I don't have any children - why should I pay to educate yours? I am not a woman - why should I pay for gynaecology services? The BBC is part of the fabric of the country - undoubtedly WE need more control of it though. That said, it has to be paid for by someone somehow. I think it should be put on the council tax where far fewer can evade it AND Capita get done away with entirely. A band D property will probably pay only £100 a year more than now (but no licence, remember). This process of persecuting people watching telly who don't have a licence because they have no money and really cannot pay is absurd.... But those of us who can pay for the BBC ought to - just like I am happy to pay to educate your children and offer gynae services to your wives.... These services are part of the fabric of the country. Stick it on the council tax, end of!

[@gytosas]

and that tax will never go away even in 50years when people won't know what a TV is. remember that road tax scandal with 12bln unused for road repairs? They just called it a different tax and keep collecting. and your examples do not match - education and medicine are crucial - TV or any other entertainment not so much.

[@pauleff3312]

@@gytosas With respects The BBC *is* part of the fabric of this country. It IS NOT perfect (I have never said it is). In fact there is a stack wrong with it. So make its board subject to election so that we get a say on how the poxy thing is run! The BBC - something for everyone is true! Now, how do we pay for it as a society? Personally, I think that a broadcast tax precept (which covers the national radio stations too) should be put on the council tax. Just like the fire brigade, the police, the ambulance service. Those with bigger houses pay more. Those alone, on benefits pay less. No one who _CAN_ pay evades it making the rest of us who also CAN and DO pay pay more. The BBC is part of this country's culture. We have to pay for it. And I repeat, if you think you can dispense with what I view as a part of society, why should I pay for what you see as a part of society? Why do you expect me to pay for your children and wife's medical bills when I have neither of these obligations myself but you expect me to pay for your viewing or listening habits too? THINK ABOUT IT!

[@Galerak1]

If BBC iPlayer required a current TV licence number to sign up for the service then there wouldn't be any problem with VeryQuaintIrene (or anyone else for that matter) watching it whenever she was in the States (or anywhere else in the world). I can't see the BBC doing that though because it would give them less chance to catch out the unwary licence free population when being questioned about what they watch.

[@sameoldrecord]

Recently stopped paying the fee - had 1 email to remind me and then just 5 minutes ago a text from BBC encouraging me to watch iplayer with multiple links saying “watch now”. Entrapment ?

[@icouldbewrongicouldberight]

It's an instruction, to get your download 🤖

[@sameoldrecord]

@@icouldbewrongicouldberight thank you

[@robl5833]

Cancelled my licence. All I watch is the news and that's catch-up.

[@MatthewLenton]

Just Googled and it says DC on Mumsnet means Darling Child

[@ChilliJonCarne]

This is why I'm not a mumsnet user

[@Sheffield_Steve]

Funny how advertising on the Beeb wouldn't work, but funny how the shows that the mugs pay for get put on UKTV channels which "Auntie" receives 100% of the revenue (after paying Channel 4 to assist with admin & ad placement), so don't need them at all whatsoever. P.S. Have you seen the new TVL ad that just made its debut on KZbin w/c 13/11/23, stating in its cuddly, happy go lucky tone about if you'd like access to up 400 live TV channels B.S. yet?

[@johntate5050]

Sending me a letter to try and get me to pay the tv licence is like sending an orangutang a letter to get it to pay for repairs to the Eiffel Tower. Utterly futile.

[@brimkathstampex2306]

So can someone tell me, if you don't have a TV licence, yet watch TV as much as I like, what can the BBC, Capita or anybody else do about it? Anybody who knocks on the door and says "Hello, I'm from TV licensing" would get the standard response. As far as I can see, there is absolutely nothing they can do. Or am I missing something?

[@jonkerr7667]

They can't do a thing , we've not had a licence for 12 years .They send a letter once a month & we ignore them at the door .

[@derektaylor7844]

You decide for yourself , currently home office , department of justice figures show 2000 cases not a typo 2000 , on average each week with 97% of those being found guilty , I help at a legal advice centre dealing with all sorts of of different offences and up to yesterday Wednesday we have had 21 come in for help with licence summons , That’s in a small town with just over 1800homes ,

[@gytosas]

@@derektaylor7844 your comment does not math

[@margaretgill4330]

​​@@gytosashe is saying...2000 per week in a village of 1800🤔🤔🤔🤔 I'm crap at maths..but that would be 8000 per month in a village of 1.800 people ... That's the way I read it...😮😮 P s I only noticed because of your comment 😉

[@derektaylor7844]

⁠@@gytosasin what way , 2000 each week taken to court or 21 people from a village of just 1800 homes needing help ,

[@laceandwhisky]

I go on many sites inc one on Facebook bbc tv licence free or something like that, too many people with incorrect information about what you can can't watch too many people encouraging wayching live without a licence too many liars but thats social media. Helped many though only if i get to be first to reply, 😊

[@eoinwestman6222]

I haven’t watched live tv in ages and only discussed this with my wife the other day. I’d rather not have it but herself watches a fair bit

[@Maggy47]

My husband s same as r wife 😮

[@stevegee8010]

She could still watch almost everything she does now legally licence free just by using catch up services, in as little as 30 minutes after the live broadcast.

[@eoinwestman6222]

@@stevegee8010 I know I’ve told her this. Being my wife she doesn’t listen 😂

[@stevegee8010]

@@eoinwestman6222 Ah yes, I know what you mean.

[@eoinwestman6222]

@@stevegee8010 😂

[@TheJase8566]

I've deleted my old iplayer account, just so they wouldn't claim I watch via it

[@abcd1239me]

Don't you need a antenna to get live tv? What if you take the antenna or dish down from your house?

[@evelbsstudio]

They where talking about including it with your broadband bill as one option they where fond of

[@gytosas]

I believe internet is the main mean and reason not to watch tv

[@MidlandBulletRiders]

I suspect the BBC already know how they are going to be funded.

[@chriscooper761]

De fund the BBC and scrap the TV licence!

[@MikeEves]

Scrapped it years ago

[@richardjames3022]

I don't think that any party will change the BBC funding model because there are more important things for them to be getting on with, such as the cost of living. Whichever party is in power, may, decriminalise none payment, but that's all

[@Ian-ev5tg]

I really don’t get this being plugged into the mains rule. What has being plugged in to charge a device have to do with the bbc? Surly if anything being connected to a non licences properties internet to watch live tv is worse? A power cable in itself isn’t capable of receiving live tv. Are we saying busses need a tv licence if you watch iPlayer while charging on a bus? It’s mental

[@derektaylor7844]

It’s been around for a long while originally introduced when the licence was managed by the GPO , , bit outdated now , was originally intended for students in halls of residence whose parents had a licence at home to use battery powered portable TVs , they just not bothered remove ,

[@dh2032]

one program, if that, and now thee bbc doing the deals, for showing the progams anyway, needing a licence, is is it still nessasery and how are going supile everdence, it was not watch on bbc anything

[@TeriWilde]

it needs to stay the same!!... them that need to pay it, pay it. Them that don't need to pay it, don't pay it.... I would be apocalyptically annoyed if I had to pay it by way of a Media Tax on my Council Tax of some other stealth way.

[@derektaylor7844]

That’s the problem, can’t be added to council tax but could be collected through the council tax system showing as a separate payment , Every country that has stopped actual licenses have introduced other ways , France a dedicated local property tax , others such as Greece 2% levy on electricity , Germany a fixed €18 euro tax monthly on each household and so on , At least the current licence can be legally avoided ,

[@handofbeech]

Ads are awful. Subscription is the answer.

[@Avfc-m4w]

Not had a TV for the last 6 years just had a letter saying they have started a investigation 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅.

[@LoftechUK]

6:43 if your in another country use a VPN you don’t need a licence as far as I know cough lol😂

[@barrypetcher8542]

Why can the BBC show "Product Placement"?

[@jong3461]

Concerned the friends said they rarely watch live tv, so they do watch without a license.

[@jonkerr7667]

We ain't had a licence for 12 years and get sent a letter every month . We enjoy watching live TV including the BBC , there's less than zero to be concerned about .

[@newbymick1]

My wife pays for it and still watches all the channels (That I subscribe to) on the ROKU. I keep telling her to stop paying it. Still, she keeps saying that she only has it for the Tennis and one or two other pieces of shit that the BBC throws out, which are most likely 20-year-old programmes or some fricking nut eater talking about climate change whilst watching Badgers trying to kill cows with TB because she doesn't want to go to prison. I then pour another glass of cheap Merlot and watch another 20 minutes of some idiot racing around in an EV or how America is eating itself. Cheers.

[@Glasgowjack515]

Do the same rules apply for Scotland?

[@derektaylor7844]

The rules regarding what you can and cannot watch without a licence are the same but enforcement is different , the Procurator Fiscal decides on prosecution,

[@dmcallister1506]

Just one question, John. Do I need a TV license if I use my TV service to listen to digital radio? I don't use it to watch Live TV

[@derektaylor7844]

No you don’t , using TV just for radio is legal without a licence ,

[@BedsitBob]

DC - Darling Children.

[@suzieb8366]

dc stands for daycare on Mumsnet.

[@LoftechUK]

I use bbc sounds everyday for the news and certain hosts

[@iian0]

I wish I could start and stop paying when I wish! To much hassle having to pay 3 months in advance. I'd rather use Netflix or britbox cancel when I choose.. So I decided not to watch live TV and use many catch up Services excluding BBC.

[@JasperDaniels-w5f]

What's with the smiling lady on the BBC website when you click on an article, asking you to subscribe? It's like she's laughing at you. I usually click off at that stage and use a different news website.

[@GundamGir1]

If they show adverts and are sponsored they arent allowed to be in eurovision.

[@derektaylor7844]

Not all bad news then ,,

[@ronlarratt9642]

The government gave us a referendum on Europe why can’t they give us one on the dreaded BBC LICENCE

[@rachelsmith2850]

Hello there I have a leaning disability so could I get the reduced tv license from Rachel

[@philipgreen6085]

We never watch TV not for at least 5 year’s, we still pay the TV license

[@mpol701]

Why do u pay for the licence?

[@jonkerr7667]

Well that's rather stupid.

[@Jamie-j6o]

LETS BE HONEST, MOST OF, STUFF, ON THE BBC, HAS BEEN REPEATS, FOR YEARS ANYWAY!! WHO, THINKS ITS OK, TO REPEATEDLY, PAY FOR THE SAME PROGRAMS, YEAR UPON YEAR??! I DONT, &, NEVER LOOKING BACK! BEST THING ABOUT, THE BBC, IS RADIO 1!

[@stevvieb]

somebody educate these people there are more than 2 parties to vote for,but i guess they watch the bbc for thier news

[@LeeStewart]

Jon, why do you have two mics attached to your cardigan? 😂

[@ChilliJonCarne]

Testing a new one, didnt want to risk it not working properly so used the old one as a backup

[@stevegee8010]

I'm sure that's one mic and a clip to hold it in place.

[@ChilliJonCarne]

@@stevegee8010 no there is 2. The small one is the standard lavalier mic that goes in to my laptop and recorded with audacity. The larger one is a hollyland lark m1 wireless mic that goes right in to the camera. Just didnt fully trust the new M1 mic, so doubled up for safety

[@VXGaming]

Cancel your TV lie-cence.

[@HA05GER]

Bbc do show ads byt only there own shite so addding paid ads wouldn't make mucch. Difference

[@james51453]

I wasn't aware of this strange license thing you poor folks have...don't think it would work here in the US as far as the goons coming to our doors (500 million guns).

[@nigelreadon8381]

I think ticking all the boxs the ballet paper would be better.

[@josephberrie9550]

sure it wasnt the opera paper

[@waynestockton8953]

Chilli, if the TV licence is scraped and it ends up getting added to a bill will you start a KZbin channel to bring back the TV licence? 🤣

[@MikeEves]

You take it off the bill. It's simple

[@jfdomega7938]

Lol.

[@Stringandsealingwax]

It would be interesting if you contacted Labour & Tory Party HQs to get them to tell you their policies. Don't do it anonymously, though, tell them you run this web site and how many viewers you have. It might focus their minds!

[@weAreNotAloneHere]

I think because your in the ball game of trying to educate people who are willing to be programmed , then that might be the type of mindsets that may walk off a cliff if they where told too

[@nickerrison-davey9099]

ChilliJon,spelling and Grammar isn't a big thing on t'internet period. 🤔

[@kevinmulligan9055]

Its the ones that pay it, which is fine but then are angry at those that dont pay it. For some reason they feel your the reason they are paying so much and they cannot get in their heads you dont owe nothing. These are the very people that will be demanding its added to general taxation. Ie they want me and you to pay for their tv enjoyment. Well aint happening pal, if they add to council tax i will refuse to pay it, if they add to general taxation i will be sure to fiddle my taxes so i remove that cost. Under no circumstances of any way am i paying fir others viewing pleasure unless of course tgey want to order me a pizza from the local takeaway once a month in return. Its pepperoni thx

[@neil_st6073]

DC - darling child/children ....DH -Darling husband. etc ....cringe internet abbreviations.

[@mikecawood]

The licence fee aside, the BBC represents very poor value for money.

[@JasperDaniels-w5f]

The tories have got GBNews now so don't need the BBC.

[@chrisgironde6669]

If you have a U.K. mobile you can access iPlayer via your mobile or other device you connect to a hotspot set up on it This can be done at least in France

[@mpol701]

If i the uk you'd still need a licence as licence covers any device

[@chrisgironde6669]

@@mpol701 yes this is known about Watch the video again about the U.K. person with a TV license and unable to watch when in US You will then understand my comment

[@mpol701]

Ok on that