That’ll Fix the BBC

[@Parm3n1on]

After watching your vids I stopped watching live TV and also iPlayer 2 years ago, since then I played the legit game, still up to date using KZbin etc and saved loads, even had someone come to door who I asked to leave and closed door in the first year, loads of letters and no more letters. Thank you

[@REFORM_ALL_THE_WAY]

Cancelled mine last month. Wish I'd done it years ago.

[@icdgyixify99]

Stop paying for a TV licence. They are laughing at you.

[@LEAKY_ROOF_YOONITED]

Stop paying the TV licence.

[@LEAKY_ROOF_YOONITED]

Not paid a penny to the BBC for years now and I'll never pay again.

[@marineboy1964]

I haven't watched the BBC in around 6 years I took early retirement and got myself 2 allotments All my information and news I take from KZbin

[@mrsb3650]

Stopped buying a licence 18 months ago. Apparently I'm getting a visit from an enforcement officer on 13th November. Pity I'll be at work and will miss their non visit.

[@garymolloy3575]

"enforcement officer" just some guy or lady with a clip board doing door to door sales. someone selling dusters would be more usefull.

[@pedantik]

- they must have more than one then, because they are coming to see me on the 13th.

[@rpearce18]

I cancelled my licence over a year ago, and I don't miss it one bit

[@markberry8182]

Got rid of TV licence 4yrs ago. Say no to the Jimmy saville tax🤣🤣

[@coldbreeze6344]

5 years here

[@NigelSmith66]

I cancelled my licence before I'd heard of ChilliJonCarne. But I have subscribed to this channel because I enjoy the videos very much. Anybody who slags off what I call the British Brainwashing Corporation and TV licensing is a kindred spirit for me.

[@gerrimilner9448]

our council wasted 10m lottery money, ring fenced for a regeneration housing project and wasted the lot on consultancy. so they sold our city owned land to developers

[@loonaticsrunningtheassylum]

Laundering tax money as usual is how it sounds to me.

[@David.L291]

Terrible 😮

[@MrDuffnote]

If they want to sold the abusive problem perhaps they should stop sending threatening letters to people who have had the sense to not pay for their biased rubbish.

[@sameoldrecord]

Just over a year ago I threw away the fear of having no licence and haven’t regretted it one bit ….Thanks Mr. Chilli.

[@robtheplod]

its liberating isnt it when you twig that you have absolutely NOTHING to fear by cancelling.....

[@sameoldrecord]

@ absolutely

[@janmargaret7972]

The consultancy company is probably owned by a relative of someone at the BBC. 🤷‍♀️

[@Billy_Rizzle]

It’s very likely one of the big four accounting firms. They offer many forms of corporate BS consultancy.

[@bagpuss9095]

Every time I Hear Stories Like This About Them Wasting Money I Feel So Good Inside Because I Dont Pay The BBC License Fee. Go Ahead BBC keep Wasting Money. One Day No One Will Pay And You Will Be Screwed.

[@pontpete6618]

It beats me the number of public companies who employ outside consultants to look at working conditions. You might imagine the in-house managers might be clever enough to already know. Join the public sector and learn how to waste time and other peoples hard earned money.

[@englishciderlover7347]

You don't need to start each word with a capital letter. It's distracting.

[@bagpuss9095]

@@englishciderlover7347 Glad It Annoys You,

[@anonnemo2504]

Yes, yet another example of the BBC wasting the money handed to them by TV licence fee payers. I am happy to say I am not one of them, having cancelled my licence years ago. Many thanks to CJ for the advice and encouragement. "To make people aware of the consequences of inappropriate behaviour" is the mission stated by this management consultancy company, as if inappropriate behaviour is only committed by those unaware of the consequences. What a load of toss and, of course, the BBC has fallen for it.

[@jasonuren3479]

I wonder how many millions they're spending on champagne and "corporate events' these days 🤔

[@user-yl1xy5eg7b]

I quote, for your delectation, "I do remember ... the corridors of Broadcasting House were strewn with empty champagne bottles. I'll always remember that", Jane Garvey reminiscing on T Blair's 1997 election victory.

[@englishciderlover7347]

@@user-yl1xy5eg7b I bet that occasion wasn't the only time. If they spent less money on extravagance (that includes employing gazillions of pointless managers and pen-pushers), they might have more money for programming.

[@JackosJingles]

I was working in the Public sector and was sent on a consultancy course that was inflicted on the office. One of the exercises was to construct a kite structure with paper and sticks and instructions. I was questioned as to how I constructed it, apparently I was supposed to fail as the instructions were wrong. " I realised the instructions were wrong and I ignored them" I replied... They also advised us to buy all as many labour saving devices, yea on my wages. My experience of management consultancy.

[@to_infinity_and_pavlova]

Just wanted to say thank you so much for your content, I'm a student who recently moved out and at first the tv license letters freaked me out but your videos were great for explaining that they're just salespeople and that we shouldn't take them seriously (we don't own a tv or watch live tv so we don't need one at all) its one less thing to stress about now so the videos are very much appreciated.

[@banedon8087]

Very glad that I stopped watching TV etc and gave up the TV license in 2014. I have no wish to fuel somewhere like the BBC, particularly given their hiring practices...

[@davidmuir-r1y]

not my money thanks to you free for over 2 years

[@MarkPearce-u7m]

Same as that, collecting letters now! 😊

[@DoctaOsiris]

Over 4 years for me 😊 since just before the lockdown 😊

[@Galerak1]

Proximity sensors? OMFG! Can't they see someone 2 meters away FFS? They need a sensor to tell them they're too close? Maybe they should have them recalibrated so the sensor screams loudly if it gets within 10m of a minor, that would be an expense that would pay for itself almost immediately in lawsuit avoidance.

[@mistahsusan2650]

it's not really for the staff, it's for the management to get off on literally micro managing every aspect of everyone's lives.

[@Tonys-Hobby-Room]

Yes close it down. So a consultancy to tell them how to never be found out on the things they get up too. It makes me so angry the more i hear about the bbc (biased broadcasting corporation).

[@TheBrummie60]

My first anniversary coming up of being free of paying this despicable TV tax. It's not so much the money I've saved (thanks so much, John), but the feeling of liberation, utter relief that I no longer feed these stinking snouts in the trough. You're an absolute star, John, I'd still be coughing up the license fee if I hadn't cottoned on to your channel in 2023. Cheers, always! 👍👍

[@grannytakesatrip1128]

I am absolutely delighted that the British Bias Corporation is again wasting TV licence money and long may it continue. I stopped paying the TV tax years ago, so they are not wasting my hard-earned cash.

[@gmnitwit]

HR Are clueless clowns

[@englishciderlover7347]

I'm sure they did a better job in the days when they were personnel departments.

[@NigelSmith66]

"Close the BBC down and start again." I couldn't have put it more perfectly myself. 👍

[@melvinplant8637]

What about the fear when goons knock on a pensioners door,they don't care ,the communications act needs re writing

[@Tony-c7z9t]

Hey bud I'm a pensioer and don't give a F if they come knocking, they'll just get told where to go.

[@jamesray2942]

​@@Tony-c7z9tI'm like you Tony i also don't give a flying F for the corrupt BBC and the the goons that call. I'm 86 and I've had over 40 letters can't wait for them to call I've got two words for them F/O

[@inssan6550]

Cheers Jon

[@myles7522]

I’m three years free and will never go back….

[@soylentgreen326]

Ditto ❤

[@mandypeters8082]

Possibly wasted a couple of quid on threatening letters!😂

[@martinr6298]

ive worked in change before. much of it is bollocks. Anyway, its reminiscent of W1A , the BBC comedy from 2014 about the BBC that roles such as Head of Values, Director of Better, Head of Inclusivity, exec of Betterness Development,

[@MrDuffnote]

Looking forward to the documentary about the Edwards scandal. Perhaps they could call it 'Horrible Huwstories' :-}

[@Lord-Sméagol]

Nice one! :)

[@bryangallagher4690]

Lol!😅

[@smudge0161]

The best sitcoms of the last 50 years were built around "abusive and inappropriate behaviour " and how people reacted and challenged it. Its called comedy, and the reasons the BBC dont know this is the reason why they no longer make great comedy shows.

[@Lord-Sméagol]

A production company should make a sitcom as close to reality as "Yes, Minister", but based on the corruption in the BBC : "Yes, Director General" :)

[@stevegee8010]

In recent -months- decades. Corrected that for them.

[@monkian]

A normal company does not need to make that sort of statement as in a normal company are those things expected by default.

[@kevinthegerbil2708]

Follow the money, you will find the corruption.

[@lulabellegnostic8402]

The tv tax is more than half the abolished WHA. The elderly should stop paying the tax for that reason alone.

[@Ollybus]

That’s exactly what i have done. The government took the WFA off me, so I’ve taken my contribution towards the BBC off them.

[@bryangallagher4690]

Well done, Olly! Lol!

[@Midiman14]

Fix the cause, not the symptoms. Waste of money, but not mine as, thanks to you, l cancelled my licence this Summer.

[@akel135]

What's the consultancy gonna do ....go round the BBC staff asking "are you a nonce?"

[@anonnemo2504]

Yet another example of the BBC wasting the money handed to them by TV licence fee payers. I am happy to say I am not one of them, having cancelled my licence years ago. Many thanks to CJ for the advice and encouragement. "To make people aware of the consequences of inappropriate behaviour" is the mission stated by this management consultancy company, as if inappropriate behaviour is only committed by those unaware of the consequences. What a load of toss and, of course, the BBC has fallen for it.

[@JackosJingles]

I've had FOIs refused by the BBC as well. Still waiting for "enforcement" to turn up.

[@mohammedusman7065]

Have they completed their investigation? Very odd it doesn't begin with getting someone's name and they continue addressing their really important letters to the occupier

[@johnbaldwin143]

Jon they just talk shite in every way, on every day but the big question is how many of those consultants are previous BBC payroll. And your 70s comment is the biggest whitewash of they did! By either ignoring or condoning the behaviour of certain individuals. They just endorsed sick behaviour! I have seen 'first hand' how the establishment ignores the ill behaviour of individuals!

[@suzieb8366]

Half cocked idea, they should get a company in to do a feng shui consult at the same time!

[@allendowning8501]

Brilliant

[@SusanBell-dl5gr]

They will be looking for ways to cover up better than they have done in the past.

[@englishciderlover7347]

If you don't leave skeletons in your closet, nothing unpleasant will be seen if you open the doors.

[@petewood8408]

They need the money for the big payouts redundancy pay offs

[@angieetheridge6386]

Been licence free for over 4 years now.. Don't watch BBC ITV 4 OR 5 NOTHING LIVE AND NO I PLAYER... Best thing we did...

[@jackywhite880]

I can't be the only one to wonder who in the BBC is related to, or close friends with, senior management at that consultancy firm.

[@stananders474]

I'm so so so embaressed and angry that I've paid £1000s on BBC licence fees over my (and my parents) 60 years of fees. I've paid the salary of dozens of peodos. I'm so annoyed with myself. Readers, please stop paying your licence fee.

[@tonytasker489]

A few years ago, I did a 2 hour stint on bbc radio. Had to have 2 hours training before the radio show. They paid me £500 plus travelling expenses.

[@johnturner1073]

BBC chair...another key post that has fallen into foreign hands...

[@robl5833]

A management consultancy firm to tell them what their problems are when they know what their problems are. This totally weird organisation has to be closed down.

[@Teaandcrumpets134]

I got a new dark letter from them other day straight in the bin .

[@northstar6920]

The BBC wont survive... don't threaten me with a good time.

[@melvinplant8637]

If they got so much money to spend like that ,then they need ours do they.

[@clt19711]

@@SweetSassyBullhappens to us all but as long as we can get the gist it’s all good

[@clt19711]

@@SweetSassyBull I didn’t mean anything shady in my comment to you. I used to behave like the grammar police on here but now I like to read little errors, they make me and hopefully others see we all mess up sometimes 👍

[@Tonys-Hobby-Room]

Has Huw paid back that money yet?

[@user-yl1xy5eg7b]

Huw must be joking!

[@grahambooth8799]

I'm one month licence free

[@IMP1963]

Where ya bin CJC 😮

[@emperorsnewclothes9405]

200k to global butterfly's for 'trans' training

[@familyfunthree]

I want the TV license to stay in place so I can refuse to pay it, I'm afraid if they scrap the TV license Dee they will introduce another tax that we can't opt out of like a media tax.

[@viviennekenyon2306]

Hi, holding off paying tv licence, don't have Netflix or watch bbc iplayer. Just normal virgin box, no extras. Wot do they mean by the live tv or record it bit, am i being thick? I just tape stuff,watch & delete. Help xx

[@soapybacon4358]

If you watch anything live on virgin like sport F1, football as an example as you say you only have basic package or news programs or you record it and watch later you need to give the bbc money for the privilege

[@viviennekenyon2306]

@soapybacon4358 Thank you, guess everyone does it at some point. I record mostly,watch later so I guess gona have to pay towards the Wrong 'uns employed there 😡 x

[@tribesmanofpompey]

I supplied arcade equipment to producers in 00s Big party in SOHO basement with plush decor for their awards. Mirrors blu tacked to tops of every toilet roll dispenser... I got some of the payers money somehow 😢

[@ArafTryfan]

They have an independent review of workplace culture, but vehemently fight against have an independent complaint department.

[@sameagain6524]

I am waiting for the goons to visit again .. had another letter last week ... do not watch the bbc crap but they will not be told

[@parlabaneisback]

Gotta love senior managers - massive pay packets for deciding to get someone else in to do their job for them.

[@pivotset2]

They need to get David Brent in he would sort it.

[@duncans99]

Cancel my 3 weeks ago got the enforcement Officer on the 14th mother inlaw freaking out but these videos are helping me out thank you

[@makingmebetter8078]

got a TV in 2012 or Olympics, not watched BBC since 2014 and like you say never respond to their threatening letters

[@shytiger480]

It’s unfair for u to pay to watch crap when other countries watch it for free

[@user-yl1xy5eg7b]

E.g., Ireland.

[@Billy_Rizzle]

We are not the only country with a TV licence. There are 24 countries in total with this annoying tax, some are even mandatory unlike the UK.

[@MikeEves]

what would happen if you were in the UK and watched it without paying? Would it be...nothing...

[@shytiger480]

@@MikeEves I am in U.K. and I don’t need a license because I don’t watch tv

[@Kampala69]

BBC is trying... VERY TRYING!

[@enkisdaughter4795]

How many BBC employees, who attended the training in 2013, have subsequently been either (a) had up in court for SA offences, or (b) been had up in court for SA offences and subsequently convicted? Also, it would be interesting to discover whether the “outside company” that’s being brought in for a second time is owned / run by someone related to a senior member of the BBC.

[@katherinecollins4685]

Very good

[@dalewollaston6665]

Don't comapnies normally have management for their managers? I thought they were called Company Directors and not brought in as a Consultancy Firm externally to do their job. What do the BBC directors ACTUALLY do?

[@alanbrown2175]

There is one problem with scrapping the tv licence and that is that the government will find another way to pay for it via a tax on something that we all want ,if it is not going to be a subscription service then keep the licence and let them that like it pay and leave the rest of us alone

[@MikeEves]

It is a subscription service. I don't subscribe, so I pay nothing.

[@alanbrown2175]

@@MikeEves If it was a subscription already you would be able to watch none bbc channels live .it is a licence at present

[@plug4uk696]

Big Brown Envelopes to mates mates ;-) Talking about Abuse, what about STOPPING those threatening letters they keep sending out??

[@Michael-u3j4g]

When you requested information that was turned down for a not legal reason, you should of tried putting them under court rules by sending them a letter of intended legal action, explaining why their reason for refusing is not legal, and asking for the information again within the time frame you give (1 week is reasonable), then wait and see if they give you the info you requested. Yes technically if they refuse again and you then don't take legal action, they could then try taking legal action on you, but the letter isn't a letter of legal action, it's a letter of intended legal action, so even if you actually didn't intend to take legal action, they can't prove that if you did some searches about taking them to court before sending them the letter. Your search history would be enough proof that you intended on taking legal action but then changed your mind some time after sending the letter

[@markeveleigh4500]

Got a visit 2 days ago . Knocked on the door & asked if i lived at my house 😂 I said not today thankyou & shut the door in his face . Plus the sneaky snake stood to the left of the doorbell camera so it wouldn't go off , slimeball 🤨

[@emmanuelwatson7893]

I haven't paid for a TV licence in over 20 years, and I have saved a fortune.

[@chrisblay]

Change Management is the oldest scam in the book.

[@KevinMacken]

I have not had a TV license for 50 years, but then I live in NZ.😀

[@kennethfields2288]

Since Yentob, I've been wondering which companies gets these outside contracts. Surely not buddies of BBC management? No, couldn't be. Who sold off the BBC archive and to whom? Or do the BBC maintain the archive and a third party markets the archive, handing over a nominal sum to the BBC and pocketing the rest? Again, we'll never know.

[@themole1944]

Tv licence fee,what's that then, i have no idea

[@SharonRose-d4i]

I cancelled my tv licence a few months ago, so did my daughter and my dad 😅

[@tobypoingdestre]

How much are the bbc getting from government (tax payers) as well as £169 tax

[@garethchaplin3780]

There were little to no consequences for huw Edwards.

[@Wilkins_Micawber]

He who pays the fiddler calls the tune. If a company hires an "Independant" consultant and pays the bill, who calls the tune. They will comeback and make recommendations that are favourable to the bill payer, especially if the consultants want more contracts.

[@mygreatbigfoot1679]

🤔But if you don’t pay for a license you won’t know what some spotty teenager from Chatham House thinks.🤐

[@user-yl1xy5eg7b]

My diagnosis; a failed organisation. Prognosis; terminal; solution; break up and sell, find a way to retain for the nation copyright and titles for the body of work, including TV serials, films, reportage, etcetera.

[@mohammedusman7065]

Anything less than a 6 figure fee is too cheap

[@tazpot]

The BBC will have an answer or excuse for everything regarding the FOI. I am so pleased I don’t watch TV anymore and stopped having a licence 5 years ago so thankfully they can’t waste my money anymore 😊👍🏻

[@09philipr]

So what kind of 'workplace culture' do you get in a rat's nest...?

[@SweetSassyBull]

Compared to that lot you are being mean to rats 😂

[@09philipr]

@ And probably too nice about the BBC.

[@coldbreeze6344]

I had a nice letter from the BBC asking for money it went in my bin

[@hereandthere1111]

I never see any new programs or films on the BBC.

[@backrowbrighton]

Consultants are an expensive waste of time and money. Before I retired, I worked for a government related organization and it was plagued by consultants. They were there for some of the most absurd reasons and nothing useful ever emerged. I expect the BBC are paying big bucks to these professional time wasters who do nothing but line their own pockets at public expense.

[@tobypoingdestre]

Bad Broadcast Corruption

[@Demun1649]

Consultancy, roughly around £100K per person, per day.

[@alunjones3860]

The proximity sensors weren't proven to work. The 2m rule was just pulled from a certain person's behind. There was no empirical evidence to support it.

[@DoctaOsiris]

Nice 😊 666th like 👍 ♥️ 😅 Also, about 4 years free from the BBC 😊

[@shugieshugied2269]

The BBC need to get rid of Tory placemet like Tim Davie and Robbie Gibb, and blatantly biased presenters like Laura Toryberg. And give Farage precisely the amount of airtime his party's number of MPs entitles him to, and not one second more.

[@paulmurgatroyd6372]

They are more worried about their internal machinations and fear of offending that they are unable to do what a TV company is supposed to do.

[@theskidmarkoforion4829]

Official warnings for making jokes 😂 must have been a barrel of fun that place . Wasn’t Lambeth council was it 😂

[@Dazzle627]

The BBC must be the company with the biggest waste of money in the UK. Maybe in the world. I'd be interested to know if any other companies that waste more in the UK and the world than the BBC.

[@janettetaylor8760]

Cancel my TV licence years ago got ready of TV as yrs ago