Julia Hartley-Brewer: What is the future of the BBC licence fee?

[@talktv]

How should the BBC be funded?

[@narinderpal61]

Ask China or the EU...

[@thebigredwagon]

WE......DONT.......FUCKING.....WANT...IT

[@ben31uk]

talkRADIO BBC should be a Netflix model

[@gavinbissell8847]

Advertising, not the public. Let them sink or swim

[@yurekandsnakes]

It shouldn’t be funded. It is not needed in this day and age.

[@jonathanwilson8951]

Cancel the BBC. Easy. Debate over.

[@fredforsythe8310]

Make them earn their keep. Why should they have the privilege of free money for a service that most don't want.

[@WildPhotoShooter]

@@fredforsythe8310 People power is what will defund the BBC. We can get 99% of live TV on catch up and streaming almost immediately after it is broadcast. I can t understand why the BBC demands a licence fee from us for watching live tv from Sky ( and other broadcasters) when the content has nothing to do with the BBC. That is like paying Tesco to shop at Asda !!

[@TheHead9999]

@Dave Smith BBC lives won't matter if it purges. So you can burn your placards snowflake.

[@jonathanwilson8951]

@Dave Smith Why does it have to be replaced?

[@roncollins3078]

Jonathan Wilson I'm on your side Jonathan, if the BBC goes self funded, adverts as they do already with UKTV etc. We have a choice then and if they squander the income they can go to the wall...

[@kpnut59]

The BBC has plenty of money, they could save millions by cutting down on wastage & spending on racist schemes - Ed Vaizy is a Pratt

[@redprince3158]

I agree entirely

[@GasFinger1]

Get rid of Norton and lineker and local joke radio and radio 1

[@Iamtilersscreeminganger]

Steve Wright in the afternoon on bbc radio 2 get rid, third highest paid in the bbc, he just isn’t funny anymore. Jeremy vine left wing propaganda show on bbc radio 2 get rid can’t stand the patronising prick.

[@a.d.c.1056]

Yep Vaizy is a Remoaning PC Fool, a typical Snowflake Politician! He fought against Brexit too.

[@robertadams1054]

Tony c. Vaizey is a real EU lover prat. Why doesn’t he going to live in EU.

[@aucourant9998]

The government will never get around to defunding the BBC. We have to do it ourselves; cancel your licence fee. I did six months ago and wish I had done it earlier.

[@liveloud9894]

aucourant Quite right and you can bet that’s exactly what the government are hoping will happen Anyone who doesn’t want to pay should just cancel their licence, it’s easy and there’s nothing to fear I haven’t bought a licence for 10 years

[@Chandra355]

@EmceeDoctorB Gosh, did not know that, do you have source for that info?

[@Schuey_M]

Those of you who have cancelled your TV licence fees, have you had any ramifications for doing so?

[@peanutdust1053]

Schuey, Nope...few letters over the years that I’ve used to butter my toast on..They might knock once every couple of years but i look out the window before opening the door any way, if I don’t know who it is I don’t answer..It’s not like I’m going to win a big cheque or anything lol.

[@rationalmartian]

@@FightCollective Roughly nine years here. Still get the letters mythering. They go straight in the recycling bin. Dunno if I've had a visit. I didn't answer if so. Though If I do answer to one, he'll be less than delighted when he gets the thick end of my tongue. But it is best to ignore them entirely. If you do inadvertently newer the door, simply politely say not today thank's, and shut the door firmly if thier face. They have no powers, and it is still I believe a civil matter. Unless they can claim some kind of threat, the police can't, or certainly shouldn't be involved at all. To be candid, I find it incredible that any intelligent, rational, educated adult can sit watching the banal, vacuous, stultifying, intelligence insulting, biased dross and cack that comprises the vast majority of programming for the past decade or more. Unless one was into sport/s. That is really the only argument I see as remotely reasonable. Though I'm not into anything but a few Motorsports myself. It is time the Beeb was left to fund itself and stand on it's own. Likely to die out soon after.

[@kathleensmith644]

Just get rid of it. No one watches it any more.

[@concretecaliban]

BBC: 'Sorry OAPs, but we've got to get our £100 million to spend on diversity somehow... So pay up!!'

[@JRobbySh]

“Diversity”. AKA “Balkanization"

[@charman3630]

Well said.

[@peterpyke1213]

PEOPLE MAKE BETTER SHOWS WITH THEIR MOBILE IN A KITCHEN THAN THE BBC.

[@GasFinger1]

True that !

[@srspower]

@Phil Exactly, so why the fuck should he pay for it? You like the BBC? Great have at it, you can pay for it. I'm quite partial to the writings of Carl Jung should I force you to pay for my audiobooks? If not why not?

[@truthseeker6923]

Very true. Alex Belfield does just that, in his kitchen. He detest the BBC also like any right minded person!

[@ben31uk]

Defund the BBC. Cancel your direct debit In canceling your BBC license Do not pay £160 saved

[@AchtungEnglander]

...........Ben, stop being naughty !

[@williamquinn5491]

Done that over 2 years ago

[@Sowbert]

that's exactly what i did 6 months ago

[@arahant69]

never give them anything your name or details just shut door in there face.

[@Jimmy-1867]

Learn to spell licence

[@stanleysparkle6951]

Vote with your wallet. Don't watch it, don't pay for it. Walk away.

[@wendysmith2255]

Everybody stop paying the licence fee pensioners and all come on.

[@savannahcatchat]

Wendy Smith we are buying a smart tv so that we can watch everything but the bbc without a lic. Fee.

[@arfurwitt6221]

These people just do not get it. This is not a TV license but a BBC funding tax. If people want to watch the BBC they should subscribe to it. I subscribe to Sky and Netflix and should I ask BBC supporters who do not have these to pay another fee to Sky and Netflix to subsidise me? No! If you want to watch it then you pay for it.

[@47nrubreddew]

The government will never get rid of the bbc, as usual the government never listen to the public, large numbers of which seem to hate it.

[@47nrubreddew]

The bbc I mean.

[@WatchingtheWorldBurning]

I haven't paid the licence fee for over 5 years. I don't watch the BBC. I will never support them again. Hopefully, more and more people will do this. Just stop watching TV. It's all crap anyway.

[@peanutdust1053]

MadManRob1 Who gives a shi)t? Keep ya rules.

[@patriciahopewell5291]

I agree. However my husband loves to watch sport. Have tried to watch BBC but am dismayed to find everything is repeated, not once, but three/four times. The BBC used to be held in such reference years ago. Now it is a load of left-wing propaganda, in my opinion. I rejoice in the fact that I receive just over seventy pounds weekly in pension, savings gone years ago. If I do have any spare money ( 😀😀), I buy a book/audible. Fed up with this stupid world in many ways-----a cantankerous old woman!

[@pmp1665]

@MadManRob1 Next they'll be telling us that we need a TV licence to go to the cinema!

[@tezzarrific2897]

@MadManRob1 only live broadcast, netflix does not play live programming and youtube does not come under the licence either.

[@omegaman6171]

I'm waiting for this woman to ask the most fundamental question that is what makes the BBC see so special why is the BBC so fundamental and what gives the BBC the right to demand a fee from people that don't even use their product why have they got such a broad licence to act in this way

[@peterpyke1213]

THE WHOLE COUNTRYSHOULD CANCEL LICENSE AND STILL WATCH IT.LETS SEE THEM DEAL WITH THAT.

[@graveperil2169]

why become criminals just cancel it and stop watching it

[@terryantony8531]

Agree , how many out here 60 million how many prisons, 50 100?? One license per address how much money would that be?

[@alpal482]

Cut Graham Norton and all other over payed “stars”. BBC needs to get very humble and stop being so elitist.

[@GasFinger1]

Norton should pay the bbc hes shite

[@Stormcrow_1]

How does the over 75's cost the BBC extra to broadcast to them? what do the transmitters need extra power to broadcast? or do re runs cost extra to broadcast to over 75's? please explain what this extra cost is.

[@DianeHosler-hh1mv]

Stormcrow it’s cos thousands have stopped paying their licence fee and they are losing g around £70million a year so they need to get some back, it should be a subscription fee like Netflix and sky! They won’t do it as they say it’s too expensive to charge over, this licence tax came about when there were limited channels over 60 years ago, times have changed in this 21st century, BBC get with the times

[@nickc6583]

The BBC throwing their toys out their pram it looks like to me!!

[@smartcookie9159]

The BBC knows it's living on borrowed time. C'mon Boris, pull the plug now.

[@47nrubreddew]

Will anyone pull the plug?

[@smartcookie9159]

@@47nrubreddew The trouble is that the most recent charter took effect on 1 January 2017 and will run until 31 December 2027. That's another 7 years of the awful BBC. Unless the government can find a way to revoke the charter, we're stuck with it until 2027.

[@47nrubreddew]

@@smartcookie9159 omg, 😬😬

[@pmp1665]

@@smartcookie9159 All that is needed to revoke the charter is an Act of Parliament.

[@mickwilson9180]

Is it my fault that the BBC broadcast on a frequency that my television picks up defund the BBC now

[@RpattoYT]

Let's go one step further. Why should the BBC have the exclusive licence to broadcast on those frequencies, take away their broadcasting licence and put it on the open market.

[@ExplodingPiggy]

Yes TV can be a lifeline to people, however the BBC is not the only broadcaster in the UK!

[@jameslowry1]

YES exactly if you want the news you can get on ITV channel 4 and channel 5 you don't need to go anywhere near the BBC

[@ExplodingPiggy]

James Lowry I don't touch them either, just as bad. Channel 4 is as bad as the BBC!

[@jameslowry1]

@@ExplodingPiggy YES that's as maybe but channel 4 doesn't force you to fund it like the BBC and that's my point

[@alanbodell2050]

Well done Julia for not allowing him to bully you, you can see how things have always worked at that organisation by watching his performance here.

[@pmp1665]

What a nasty stuck up piece of work he was, I hope lots of people cancelled their TV licence after listening to his salty winge.

[@mediterraneandiet2483]

PM P •BBC Neo Marxist Broadcasting HQ.

[@RonaldShea5680]

The bbc fails to recognise how loathed and despised it is by the majority of the British population.

[@Sowbert]

the day is fast coming when they find out they are hated with an absolute passion

[@bilbo7872]

The FOR BRITAIN party will scrap the BBC TV licence.

[@Carl0690]

I scrapped it years ago.

[@DavidBrowne-wx7cm]

Why should the tax payers have to pay for something which does not represent all citizens. The BBC is a giant sandwich which nobody cares to eat.

[@lkr8720]

Brilliant show julia hartley brewer. You talk common sense. Thank you

[@arfurwitt6221]

I forgot a key point. When the BBC is defunded it needs to be sold off and the money refunded to the taxpayers. We own all of the assets including the historical and current content plus the laughable goodwill of the valuable name. This name must be changed as it purports to be “British” and representative of our nation which it is definitely not. Alternatively it becomes licensed by the government to the operator and Content controlled by a non political Management team

[@tozmom615]

Got rid of my license two years ago. Haven’t watched it since- I’m happier and fitter than ever. I had no idea just how much the bbc had, like a cancer, soaked into my being. I don’t miss any tv channel at all.

[@RpattoYT]

fyi, If the scroungers come knocking, it's not just the BBC channels the licence fee covers. If they "find evidence" you've watch any terrestrial TV channel, radio or any of the BBC's online services they'll accusing you of using their services without paying the bill and try to fine you. Best practice is, don't let them in, don't allow them to see into your household, as they will use any excuse.

[@tozmom615]

rpatto92 Yeah. My tv is disconnected from an aerial. Only connection is to DVD player.

[@matthewcb1970]

Vince Cable - how did that giveaway of the Post Office work out? Lined your pockets well enough, didn't it?

[@leeenglandland2978]

If they (the BBC) think it's acceptable to pay a football pundit £140,000 A MONTH !!!!! to read an autocue once a week then I think it's quite acceptable not to give the BBC one penny .

[@poodle559]

To be fair, i have no idea why people would pay in the first place?

[@TheOffroader7458]

I've stopped paying for mine,

[@beradogs922]

I nearly fell off my chair the other day when the BBC news page had an article about Newquay in Cornwall. It was almost the last paragraph before they jammed in a ethnic minority reference.

[@jamiebrooks3864]

What did they say about them pale gingers, the biggest minority on earth. My guess nothing as they think the majority world wide are a minority

[@jonathanwilson8951]

12:17 What a cheeky git. He spoke over Julie determined to stop her form making her point and then 15 secs later has the gall to accuse her of interrupting as she attempts to get a very reasonable question in. The guy is an ideologue and will blindly defend. edit: the to she

[@eddieb8337]

Tim has something of the snowflake about him...

[@Signals927]

BBC should go commercial

[@elingles2854]

Julia you really wasting your time with these Toffs. They,ve realised that the masses are finally waking up.

[@zerosomeone2200]

Like every commercial station on the planet.

[@terryritchie6148]

Bolshievic Broadcasting Company.

[@markbowden7238]

Christ man, read your history. The Bolsheviks overthrew the Western backed monarchists in the 1917 civil war.

[@wavydavy4138]

tim was upset oh dear how sad never mind.

[@spm36]

He talks over Ian Dale when he's on and didn't get away with it with JHB...Nice one Julia

[@matthewrowe9903]

I know that bit was great pompous prat and a whiner going after her through her boss what a coward glad she outed him over that

[@sandyabbott4267]

It's not 'a tax for having a TV' as Julia said. It's a tax for watching or recording live TV broadcasts. You can have a TV in your house and still be exempt from the TV Licence.

[@lennyrobinson7321]

This is the one that broke the camels back I am not paying my BBC Licence end of

[@CHIL2903]

Bin your licence, get rid of your aerial and watch Netflix, Amazon Prime and KZbin instead. Watch what you want to watch when you want to watch it and without the PC preaching.

[@Grk149]

Exactly. Anyways, at this day and age radio waves are so 1990s

[@DavidPirouet]

All the TV transmission by TV mast should end it's a huge waste of resources all send up to the satellites, job done terrestrial broadcast television is totally obsolete BBC commercial or bust, no tax or licence fee money should go to the BBC and the licence.

[@Eagle-eye-pie]

They’re basically a British version of CNN at this point. The fact you have to pay THEM to watch any live broadcast even if it isn’t BBC is completely unjustified.

[@rgs6236]

Lisence fee is dated and I will no longer be paying for one 😁

[@veronicaedmonds-brown1432]

Profligate organisation, spending public money without due diligence & such waste. Could easily cut costs. Personally dont watch live TV so why pay for a license for something not using, that goes for radio as well. We pay for other services like Prime & Netflix even Sky, so why paying for what is not being used!

[@nemosays6337]

Cut the salaries and stop all those lavish lunches, block buying of the bloody Guardian and all those bar tabs!

[@yayascake2390]

They brought this on themselves when they decided to take a political side.

[@jean-pascalheynemand3271]

Decriminalisation would have the effect of a referendum. The results would clearly demonstrate the actual desirability and appreciation for the current BBC funding model.

[@Nickle314]

This is why we need the right of consent in law. People can then decide for most parts of the state, if they want it, will pay for it, think its value for money. That sends back a clear message on policy to MPs as to what people think. You would quickly discover that lots of people don't want the BBC. Of course that comes with a consequence, which is they don't get to watch the BBC. If you don't pay, you don't get.

[@graveperil2169]

Decriminalisation just means that the government will not prosecute you not that the BBC can not do so you will still officially have to pay the licence fee

[@Nickle314]

@@graveperil2169 How will they get search warrants? How will they jail people? How will they fine people?

[@zarquon5957]

£352,485,000 lost revenue 2,238,000 ditched the TV licence from 2016 to 2019 798,000 in 2016/17, 860,000 in 2017/18 and 580,000 in 2018/19 How many will there be for 2019/20

[@Grk149]

Hopefully at least a million

[@aucourant9998]

I think this year is going to see a huge increase in numbers leaving. They doubled down on their Left-wing propaganda in response to complaints about their bias, and this has made them even more intolerable to many viewers. It's a vicious circle. People are genuinely really angry to the point of rage.

[@Nickle314]

@@Grk149 Problem is they are trying to force more with the over 75s

[@zarquon5957]

@@aucourant9998 Agreed, I can no longer rely on the BBC reporting news accurately. It was reported by the BBC that at a blm protest in London A mounted officer knocked herself of her horse which then stampeded into the crowd injuring a protester. A report from Sky news on the same incident explained that missiles including a bicycle were thrown at a mounted officer knocking her of her horse, both the officer and a nearby protester were injured. "She knocked herself of her horse" How is that even possible

[@andrewstafford-jones4291]

So the settlement of £157.50 included the over 75's money to be paid in the License Fee by every License fee contributor. If the over 75's are to be denied the facility, the License Fee needs to be reduced accordingly. The BBC are the highest paid TV organisation in the world with a £4 BILLION plus income, the BBC are completely insane!!

[@Azurantine81]

Wow these people really don't like it when the mother of fraud-casters is called into question haha, brillient, simply brilliant.

[@RonaldShea5680]

The sickening greed of the bbc and it's employees is truly nauseating.

[@quaesitorluminis9445]

Send you to prison for not paying the tv license? Then go to prison and watch tv all day. 🥴

[@patriciahopewell5291]

😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@ShoshiPlatypus]

Let’s have an end to this ridiculous endless discussion and abolish the licence fee altogether - or better yet, get rid of the BBC itself!! They have proved themselves to be a waste of space. If they must continue, let’s have them run on a subscription basis like Netflix. Keep up the good work, Julia! You don’t let them get away with anything! Love the way you put that guy in his place.

[@krpkrp3033]

Quality programming ????? it's mostly repeats, and they have to find 125 million of savings, then don't spend 100 million on diversity which isn't needed.

[@pmp1665]

As far as I'm concerned, the more money they thow away the better. Every penny mispent helps the BBC get closer to their own demise.

[@yurekandsnakes]

If it is to stay, get rid of all the ridiculous channels such as BBC Persian, BBC Japan, BBC Food and the rest of the garbage no person living in the UK watches. Why do we have to pay for this tripe around the world? It should be BB1 and BB2, that’s it. And make them completely impartial not the current Marxist mouth piece it is. Trim the fat. Don’t get me started on the radio stations.

[@RpattoYT]

I will never pay a TV licence. I do not watch Terrestrial Television at all, nor listen to Radio, nor use their Web or any other Services. Anything produced by the BBC that I watch is paid for directly via a direct purchase service. In fact I do not even have a working TV, or radio.

[@JSamson007]

Brilliant, nailed it and nailed Dim Tim!

[@ClarenceFlanagan]

Eww, Vince Cable.

[@plottwist1733]

Yeah, the balding little goblin.

[@TheBigBlue22]

How about stopping spending millions on wall to wall coverage of Glastonbury and sending thousands of staff to do it? It is literally incredible how much they spend on this utter shite every year..

[@Nickle314]

Not this year. They will still be paid.

[@welshdragon2672]

I accidentally watched the BBC once.... The longest twenty seconds of my life and twenty seconds I'll never get back

[@personalbjw]

cut presenters fee jeremy vine on millions and all the rest

[@rosscop.coltrane2747]

How about put something decent on and maybe we wouldn’t mind, but all you get are repeats.

[@markohawker7926]

Yes its called a repeater station.

[@jenxsterz4496]

This whole thing is an absolute joke julia. Where is the mention of the amount of money the bbc pays it's overpaid presenters, staff etc. Not one of the interviewees was against the means test proposal. The bias that is push constantly in our faces. just under 600.000 people have cancelled their licence fee in 2019 alone plus recently two MP's. I don't watch any BBC programs and yet I have to pay for it!

[@onemanwithGodbegins]

Get rid of the BBC no one uses it anymore there old times

[@RedRupert64]

The BBC waste no end of money, so they could make up the shortfall by being more careful with the money they've got.

[@sirtinley-knot2944]

keep doing what you're doing Julia! 😂 they don't like it up 'em do they! 😂 🤣

[@enlightened4382]

It’s a tax we don’t have a choice. If you want to use the BBC pay for the BBC as a subscription service.

[@peterpyke1213]

LOVED THE BIT AT THE END X

[@Qwertycritical]

Slowly, but surely everyone will stop paying the TV tax. They will be going downhill soon to oblivion.

[@shaunp4946]

Its a propaganda channel....

[@Redparrot47]

why do these people call pension a benefit,it is not it is an entitlement GET IT RIGHT!

[@lawrencestone8488]

simple answer,it hasnt got a future, the fee nor the BBC,its time for us to do some cancel culture of our own

[@ronscorey2731]

Defund it NOW. Let them work for the money they spend.

[@streetcat666]

Haha this lady is fantastic!

[@ksjm73]

Who on earth was that Tim person? He managed to make himself sound utterly ruddiculous. Well done to Julia for standing up to his nonsense. The number of times folk have said to me "you don't understand" when i have entirely understood every word, but simply disagreed. A manager in HSBC for example, trying to sell me an endowment mortgage back in the 90's - Which i disagreed to and went for capital and interest instead. He said I didnt understand. I bloody did !!!! And thank goodness I ignored him. They assume you can't understand because you haven't got the intelligence required.

[@mariaxxx9690]

My license in the bin xxx you've been talking crap for along time , leaving out 3/4 of the story out xxx

[@silverfoxdude7]

16 thousand BBC employees working from home on full pay ???????????

[@kenclark9743]

What is outrageous, Vince, is the BBC telly tax in itself.

[@spm36]

Let it die off..

[@LeeKirkman88]

I have'nt watched BBC in 20 years. Yet im a lisence payer because i've had sky for 15 years. And virgin Media for the last 5 years. I have to pay for the channels i want to watch but still have to pay the bbc for channels i DONT watch. Theres something REALLY wrong about this. It should'nt be means tested at all it should be a subscription and a FREE CHOICE. I pay it because im law abideing and i dont want the hassle and bullying i've witnessed especially for my wife.

[@Lesfac]

C'mon get it done I don't want to pay the BBC. It's ludicrous to have to pay the BBC if you don't watch them but want to watch live tv from another service that you pay for. It's immoral. HURRY UP BORIS.

[@bombardierbeaumont8351]

Well done Julia for putting down that BBC upstart.

[@peterbrown9662]

The BBC are funded to the tune of millions of pound a year from the EU and Bill Gates

[@Isobel31Swan]

Scrap the fee and make it subscription only.

[@claymore2of9]

the BBC is not "TV"

[@joemalc]

I don't have a problem with paying for something that i want but truth is i do not want bbc channels or iplayer . If they want me to pay then they should switch to a subscription only None of the other channels on freeview want money from me . If i want sky or Netflix or Amazon prime i have the choice to pay for them If i ignore bbc i receive threat of fines and court action . Its madness

[@mattdavis8034]

STOP PAYING IT!!!!!! end of.......

[@Nickle314]

What license fee? I'm not paying any more

[@graemecrowther.7557]

Please do not pay the BBC licence fee.

[@shanimcmillan6298]

Defund it and make them advertise like all the other television channels and then see how much revenue they can generate with some of the absolute rubbish they now put on.

[@Musical_Man_Guitar]

The BBC should spend according to its budget like everyone else. Close effing services or don't pay bloody millions to "talent" before putting pensioners into poverty. A set of self righteous leeches and an embarassment to the UK. I'm done with them....

[@StuPCunningham]

Good on you Julia, brilliant as always

[@12dougreed]

Minister for the BBC now that's a joke. I did not realize there was a minister!! If so a labour minister that you cannot remove? Now we are getting somewhere

[@TheEx3rgj]

It’s got to go, it’s extortion, nothing more nothing less.

[@onaplane1437]

if there is 1 or 100 million viewers the bbc is a public broadcaster and has to still make programmes, and waste fortunes,

[@randomroses1494]

The BBC’s annual income is in the region of five point four billion pounds. They pay their presenters huge bloated salaries and have hundreds of useless regional radio stations competing with struggling local stations along with a multitude of tv channels. Elderly people who fail the means test will include those who are still paying taxes. Five point four billion pounds income per annum. Do me a flipping favour.

[@andyb6120]

Loved the last comment. We all love you Julia.

[@mehmetbekir444]

It shouldn't be funded anymore

[@sharkstergames]

Now that's what u call a programme ending sign off...welldone Julie....