What Is The Point?

I just fail to see the point of the BBC funding the world service, around £300 million a year, for what?
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[@Dingo-x]

In 63yrs i have never felt the need to use the BBC world service, in English or any other language!

[@richardtaylor3798]

yep same as--im 59

[@Sparky68M]

in 72 years i've never used it also

[@alexedwards6509]

This is the BBC world service "Those evil RAF pilots bombed the damns of innocent German citizens"

[@raypurchase801]

I listened to the World Service a lot during the 1980s. Interesting how the domestic BBC continuously hammered the South African regime to the exclusion of every other country with dodgy human rights. Interesting to find the World Service was balanced. Regimes in south and central America plus other African countries receiving equal air time.

[@SFlightline]

@@alexedwards6509 You are treading on thin ice... If our British and Commonwealth servicemen didn't take the action that they did during WW2 against the Nazi Regime and Adolf Hitler, then the world would be a different place, and not for the better... You should read the history of WW2 and what had to be done to repel and destroy the Nazi regime... I suppose you will say the Holocaust didn't exist either??

[@gord1eb]

How much money a year do they spend to send letters to 'The Occupier'?

[@marcothorsen950]

Probably struck a deal with the Government funded corrupt Royal Mail. I do know that any bullying letters sent back to Darlington BBC TV LICENCE (Return to sender) Never get there..

[@alanhavill4355]

I have had 12 letters threatening to come round to my house, they have to cost at leat £5 a letter so they have wasted about £60 and I'm at the point now where I may get in touch and tell them if they send me any more letters I will take it as harassment and take THEM to court.

[@steveh5230]

@@alanhavill4355 15 letters in 15 months 3 cold callers. I tried to hand the letters back told him he could send them again, still unopened recycle and save the planet and money. He ran away, I thought they wanted to talk

[@JGmedia18]

@@alanhavill4355good luck with that but be aware if you contact them they’ll then have your name!

[@frankbrodie5168]

I worked for the P.O. throughout the 80's and 90's. And I would say the words "not as much as you think.." in reply to your question. There's another reply to your comment that guesses at £5 a letter. My guess would be more like 5p a letter. Do you know how much 5p X millions of letters adds up to? For what is basically just getting posties to deliver to where they're going anyway? Yeah... The P.O. sales team would sell those deliveries for pennies.

[@trebor_707]

We'll never get rid of them if Liebour get in power! Everyone must cancel their licence!

[@timothywilliams4089]

Or Labour even....

[@brimkathstampex2306]

@@timothywilliams4089 'Liebour'. Do you not get it?

[@laceandwhisky]

Vote Reform they are the only ones who promise to bin the TVL 😊

[@timothywilliams4089]

@@brimkathstampex2306 Ah, oh the irony,...of course,...great shot.

[@stephena1196]

​@@laceandwhiskyAren't Reform made up of former Tories and UKIP? No thank you mate.

[@RolandoRatas]

I got another letter to 'The Occupier'. Bottom wipe fodder !!

[@ggj666]

I find the paper they use to be a little harsh :o)

[@kippertrace5808]

Mine was a little more...confusing? To the legal occupier

[@mygreatbigfoot1679]

It’s not fit for 💩.

[@gadget8066]

SNAP today!!

[@kevinthegerbil2708]

I wipe wipe with it. My cheeks now have an official warning printed.

[@Seminal_Ideas]

Broadcasting in 40 languages across London more like, but they'd still make it cost £300 million.

[@greyfriars6540]

Havn;t got a licence and never will.

[@mikerods6067]

That is really a scandal, wasting so much of people's money. They do it cause they can. We need to wake others up to the scam and say 'No more'.

[@QuorkEx]

I last paid the TV licence in 2006, so I have saved 18 TV licence payments since then. That must be at least £2,000 lb. Sued. And, frankly I know how to spend it better than the BBC does 🙂

[@cliffboulton8763]

£300 Million?? That's not far short of £1 million a DAY.! Whata lotta BO _ _ OX

[@MichaelParkinson-wz1nu]

I don't pay the TV licence and I'll never pay again.

[@MikeEves]

yep, no obligation to

[@alanhavill4355]

I have am important question, the BBC charge everyone in the UK that watch live TV, which I'm not one of them, for watching live TV, why? Why do they make you pay to watch a channel they don't own like channel 4, HTV, channel 5 and all the other live TV channels that finance themselves by using adverts, so why can't we watch those companies without having the BBC taking us to court?

[@gmo4250]

The BBC don't charge anyone to watch live TV. Government legislation says that a TV Licence is required to watch live TV. Of course the licence revenue mostly goes to the BBC.

[@alanhavill4355]

@gmo4250 then why do we have the BBC sending us letters threatening to come to our homes and getting warrants to enter our homes a d not the government? 🤔🤔

[@grahamsmith8648]

The only reason I see it is, the BBC can easily be recieved like the other freeview channels through an ordinary TV at the same time. They think, if you have your TV on at all, you can easily flip over to the BBC channel. So they'd rather have you not watch anything to be sure. Dam stupid way of going on!

[@warrior2871]

and still have to pay it having virgin media tv or sky tv. these companys should cover licences for the payers

[@englishciderlover7347]

@@warrior2871 The plural of company is companies.

[@peterward3965]

My licence is due, but I'm not buying another one, the first time ever. Our last licence was in my late mothers name so I'm not on their records. Should be fun to see what the outcome will be. I need a TV to watch my home cini film on DVD. I won't engage with any BBC sales personnel knocking on my door either.

[@ModernPict]

ive never had one. 29 years and counting in my own gaff. Ive had probably a thousand letters in that time. Just do not reply, as they take ANY contact as a show of entering into an agreement with them. I am stunned that so many dont realise that their licence pays for the BBC Pidgin English channel ! ridiculous!

[@peterward3965]

@@ModernPict My mother was old school and passed in Feb at 92, had we not had a licence she would have only stressed. I hope I can do 29yrs without buying one, but I doubt it as I'll be 96 then.

[@Driver-UK]

There’s lots of other tv/internet channels you can watch just do some research what’s available without a tv licence .

[@peterward3965]

@@Driver-UK To be honest I really don't watch TV , if I do it's Really or Blaze channels for their paranormal programmes, and that's it. I'm busy doing other things really. Cheers 🍻

[@ModernPict]

@@Driver-UK yep, and if folk REALLY miss the beeb they can always just watch their channels on youtube!

[@davegb99]

How many people in those countries pay a licence fee to access BBC services? No, I thought not.

[@MrSyms69]

Same thing for government offices and airports where it's being shown 24/7.

[@ModernPict]

please remind people that its not just the world service its also the BBC Pidgin English channel too !

[@loopi7126]

Don't listen to Radio 1.

[@ModernPict]

@@loopi7126 haha good one! but yeah, many dont even realise their money goes to funding such a ridiculous channel dedicated to a language that bastardises the English language so much.

[@m0ther0ne]

The Chanel is for Africa

[@mygreatbigfoot1679]

Because they want to speak to everyone but they don’t speak for you, ..nor me.

[@englishciderlover7347]

I wonder how many people around the world actually listen to the BBC's broadcasts.

[@mygreatbigfoot1679]

@@englishciderlover7347 Unfortunately they do, then they come here and use England as their stepping stone to Hamericah. Much like the special BBC few.

[@stephena1196]

​@@englishciderlover7347I've heard listening to the world service is common for people abroad learning English: as they speak clearly, fairly slowly, and avoid slang and idiom.

[@terencemullins1422]

World service what a joke .

[@noelward8047]

BBC bar tab ! Has Jeremy remembered where that £1000 cheque went ?

[@stevenfletcher8302]

I find what news I want on the Internet never watched bbc World service never will

[@jonathonwest7245]

Why should we the English people pay for the bbc full stop let alone this bbc world crap

[@philt5782]

Frigging ridiculous. Glad I cancelled.

[@slyrik1145]

It's called propaganda

[@anonnemo2504]

Or counter-propaganda in some countries. If I'd not cancelled my TV licence (some time ago now, thankfully), the part I would least begrudge is that which would go to the BBC World Service (about £15 per annum in today's terms). For some people, in some countries, Russia, China and Iran, for example, which means billions of them, the only broadcast information they receive is that put out by their own governments much of which, especially in those countries mentioned, will be lies and propaganda. At least, with the BBC World Service, they may get an alternative view on things, especially if the people speaking to them (310 of them, apparently) have been forced to live in exile from those countries.

[@G-ra-ha-m]

Exactly. MI five had an office in the BBC in Shepherds Bush for a reason. That's why the BBC always stick to the narrative.

[@anonnemo2504]

Or counter-prop aganda, perhaps. For some people, in some countries, Russia, China and Iran, for example, which means billions of them, the only broadcast information they receive is that put out by their own governments much of which, especially in those countries mentioned, will be lies and prop aganda. At least, with the BBC World Service, they may get an alternative view on things, especially if the people speaking to them (310 of them, apparently) have been forced to live in exile from those countries.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@G-ra-ha-m Do they though? They seem to be getting more and more anti-British. I think they used to tow the political line but in recent years they have been openly bias in some reporting on big UK issues.

[@astrothsknot]

I fail to see why I should pay so brazilians can listen to the world service

[@G-ra-ha-m]

£80m at £169.50 per tax is 471,976 peons paying them. What a waste.

[@user-qc1ti5vu1l]

As they say GO WOKE YOU GO BROKE 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. But at least itv are self funded, and they are struggling

[@GoonerBob42]

There is no need for anyone to pay £169.50 for a licence. Cancel the licence and don't watch BBC - unless there's something specific you want to see, they will never know.

[@richardtaylor3798]

Im 59 yrs and never payed for telly -never will, the letters light a good fire..an when they call just say nothing an close the door-its all very simple i dont know why some folk get there knickers in a twist over it--OPEN DOOR AND CLOSE DOOR--job done.

[@globaleye8]

If Labour get in the BBC will have a street party ! 🤣

[@mygreatbigfoot1679]

I’m not paying for a youtube licence and yet I’m obviously watching it. Why pay? Whilst it had something of merit in the past it has now become insulting insidious patronising dumb down foreign propaganda.

[@timothywilliams4089]

I must admit that as a world service listener it beats by far the anguished phone ins on BBC radio 5. Some of its content is fascinating, learning something new from across the world in science, medicine, religion politice etc. Could I do without it?, of course, but as a 'private eye' reader I get all the news necessary long before it hits tv and the press. For example, the mag has covered the Post Office scandal for decades, and also the Ben Houchen fiasco on Tees side, so who needs the beeb?

[@MOTwaccoe]

Surley with the freedom of information act, tv should be free. Why do we need to pay a tax to have a tv in our house. Absolutely beggers' belief. I never watch any BBC channels or radio stations. This needs to be cancelled as it's more like robbery than anything else

[@renham]

They have been sending letters in my name after I cancel my direct debit. A few days ago a letter came was addressed to the legal occupier. Today I watched through my window as a man walked up to my door and put a letter through the letter box. It says please do not ignore. I unfold it and it as TV licensing logo on it. In red capital letters it says OUR RECORDS SHOW YOUR PROPERTY HAS NO TV LICENCE. ACT NOW, TO AVOID FURTHER INVESTIGATION. It goes on, not in capital. You haven't responded to our previous communications about this address being unlicensed, so you were visited today. This was to officially notify you that our investigation is being escalated to the next stage. To stop this progressing, you need to take action now. I did try to do the noTV on their website a while back but I didn't. I will wait and see what happens next.

[@doOf3r]

I hope they start sending threatening letters out in 40 Languages, they'd never fit through the letterbox.

[@marcobrian1619]

I think IV just received the 4th letter saying my address is in final investigation with a goon is to visit my address, well that's a repeat of letters for no use and no follow up..... To me, that's annoying waist of there dwindling income. Lol

[@loopi7126]

World service needs to be stopped. And all the language stations. Being saying for years

[@James-cs2wi]

40 different languages live in Britain😅😅😅😊😊😊 fact

[@simplestuff3895]

Good vid Jon. Three things. If the World Service has strategic importance, it seems a fairer way to fund it would be from via the FCDO. (Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office). They would in turn have to receive a budget increase to facilitate this. However, this would be fairer as the bill wouldn’t be footed by only the TV Licence payers. Additionally, if the FCDO were setting their budget, they would potentially have the power to ensure that the World Service production and output would be aligned with their objectives. The World Service objectives will likely already be driven by the FCDO, but by the time the costs to meet these objectives go through the BBC corporate machine, there is likely fat added to both output and overheads. This way it would have to stay within budget. With that in mind, would it potentially be worth considering splitting the World Service away from the BBC, kind of like BBC Studios has been?

[@eartheart3694]

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[@bazwillrun]

the bbc will be more than happy to see the licence scrapped and get their garaunteed money from a general tax that every body will have to pay..they dont have to do anything except sit there and watch it roll in...

[@MrSyms69]

That's their future plan, even if you don't have a TV.

[@tomnicholson2115]

Well if that looks likely to happen, I'd recommend organising some serious protesting, like those done over the poll tax fiasco.

[@MrSyms69]

Not only is the BBC still receiving donations from the EU, and now Bill Gates, people should never forget what that entails if they and others like past and present politicians etc want to continue to receive that payment from the EU, but I can remember back just after the 2016 UK referendum when I was on holiday abroad the BBC world service was putting it about in such a biased way countries main news programs abroad were saying that the UK had made a mistake because they had 'left Europe'.

[@nickerrison-davey9099]

Sir ChilliJon of Carne,you are bloody brill 👍👍

[@radioweebdx7680]

The BBC World Service has had considerable cuts over the Shortwave bands for it's world wide service, and it's rival competitor China Radio International are winning.

[@markieb7864]

They pay out an absolute fortune chasing homes without licences.obviously big losses there.. But that's just another P.O scandal for the future

[@gizmogremlin6586]

Hiya.. Just got back from Paphos Cyprus. Tried to watch BBC I.Player out there, even though We pay the BBC tax, We was not allowed to watch it there as it located that We was outside the UK, This also said same thing for ITV X and My5. This is so not on as we was denied catch up even though the BBC took our monthly direct debit for the unfair tax.. Phil' & Sharon, Cornwall..

[@ChilliJonCarne]

A vpn will work though.

[@kevinthegerbil2708]

What special news and programmes do they broadcast that no one else will spend £300m on?

[@TheBrummie60]

BBC also has a large TV drama studio department based at properties at Birmingham University, Selly Oak, Birmingham.

[@InspectoreFormBBC]

great work, yes agree time for them to sort themselves out, and wake up to the puplic, whom have a right to make up their mind now, how outdated the licence tax is at this time, its now up to people now and doing my best on my channel, to make people make up their minds Thanks Inspector "C

[@englishciderlover7347]

When you're given almost £4bn a year without having to work for it, you ought to have a VERY healthy surplus at the end of the year.

[@molex114]

And all of those 40 countries get to listen to programmes for them in their language but get to do it for free because we are paying for it, if 40 other countries paid for it the uk license fee would be £3

[@NoOne-hq9cp]

If you've payed by direct debit use the direct debit indemnity clawback on the back of the so called bill they send through your bank for a full refund

[@chrisblyth6716]

BBC world service tbh was a Godsend when working onboard ship around the world but that was back 1988, now with internet radio it's obselete.

[@concernedcitizen12577]

I spent years working in the middle east and did not watch the biased world service following there reporting of the terrorist attacks at the 3 compounds in Riyadh Saudi Arabia back in May 2003

[@johncockerill6800]

Is it just us in Britain that pay for the TV licence or have the rest of the world got to pay as well

[@beachcomberbob3496]

Perhaps if the BBC hadn't closed down Pebble Mill studios (in Birmingham), they wouldn't have to be building new, more expensive ones now.

[@alastairforsyth3820]

Why does walker crisps think lineker hasn't got enough to live on

[@casper1240]

Licence free 10 years one visit only 😂

[@MikeEves]

salesman visit.

[@dvdmakinson]

dr who. that answers everything

[@rickyboy591]

Why should you not be allowed to watch other live channels if you don’t have a licence’ that can’t be fair .

[@johncongram6359]

Did hear the rumour? TV license to go on everyone's council. Tax. End of.

[@michaelturner4457]

Some countries do that. In Greece and Italy the TV license tax is added to all electricity bills.

[@MikeEves]

you don't have to pay that either

[@NickFinan]

I have been all over the place and the BBC World Service is the most dour, half dead sounding broadcaster on the airwaves. They still sound today like they did back in WW2. And the UK licence fee payer is footing that bill? Typical so typical.

[@englishciderlover7347]

It's appropriate that it sounds like something from the 1940s, because the BBC's mindset is in that decade.

[@NickFinan]

@@englishciderlover7347 Yeah you may have hit it on the head there. It would explain a great deal. It is time the BBC moved into the 21st century and stopped all this nonsensical way of operating. Mind you quite how much of this is down to the BBC as opposed to the government itself is debatable. How can a TV company have so much political power without full government support? Makes you think. Its not a TV licence. Its a tax!!

[@kennywilson5297]

SOFT POWER - meaning persuavive approach

[@predatoruk2265]

i1m still waitying for them going lol

[@Marty2011uk]

TV Guide looks dire, especially the bbc's output.

[@johncongram6359]

B B C world service, reviered by many, no license required.

[@matthewtalbot-paine7977]

The world service seems like something that should pay for itself. I mean aside from a few Brits abroad it's not really benefiting those who pay for it.

[@GreenStreetPlayer1]

Power? What happened to reporting?

[@kelvinriach4573]

Watching BBC through a VPN Connection?

[@jjcoolaus]

The world service is respected around the world, even in a modern world and it's content is broadcast on thousands of radio stations globally. More like 30 million listening, not 3

[@tomnicholson2115]

I should think most countries in the world have news channels here on KZbin, I watch a French a German an Indian and some American news channels, so getting world news is definitely not difficult and doesn't require a BBC world service at all.

[@tomnicholson2115]

Oh and a Japanese channel, I watch all these channels fairly regularly and all of them provide their news in English. So I'm set and don't need no world service from the British Brainwashing Corporation.

[@keithdenton8386]

Do these people who get the world service pay a licence fee.

[@1738Creations]

We're pretty good a making shit.

[@jamesbrennan4830]

Export what??????

[@andrewstafford-jones4291]

Bet its not £300 Million - that will be the direct cost only - it is probably close to triple that amount including all costs, pension commitments and overheads .

[@englishciderlover7347]

It's about time BBC employees paid for their pensions themselves. They're not exactly on bad salaries, are they?

[@brianlopez8855]

That picture looked like a young Mussolini. Should we be worried ?

[@derekr54]

When we had the Empire you can understand having the World Service,however we no longer have an Empire or are in any way a major player in world affairs so we no longer need it.What a typical out of date waste of time,effort and money.This country wastes so much money on trivial none important rubbish and the BBC in general part of that rubbish.

[@dvdmakinson]

hi, jon, i used to call them british baking channel. now is british bum channel.

[@James-cs2wi]

Elon Musk waste a lot more money😊😊😊

[@claireg3429]

Great News!!! I got my 50% tv license for being registered blind😂 AND a refund for paying a full license the last 6 years!! Whoop. Thats £500 the BBC no longer have. Remember folks, anyone you know whos registered blind gets half price. And its the HOUSEHOLD. Just put the license in that persons name. It doesn't have to be the home owner. Anyone over 75 and on pension credit gets a FREE license.

[@soapybacon4358]

How do i watch live football without paying the licence?

[@rosemariesmith349]

God hope other countries dont licence to bbc

[@LoftechUK]

I’ve said it for years. Privatisation of the BBC is great and adverts would be excellent and I WOULD pay for a separate NEWS Chanel all day long.

[@paulvalletta01]

How many of those countries population pay the BBC to watch or listen to the content, BBC creates for them?

[@michaelc3051]

Sincere question: what are the origins of your fixation the BBC licence fee? It’s an unusual issue to dedicate two You Tube channels to? What set you off on this vendetta? Did your choice on Strictly Come Dancing not win? Did Sue Barker’s removal from Wimbledon tip you over the edge? Something must have happened.

[@mrnemo1480]

A useful tool run by Tools

[@Hammertime054]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😎

[@hernesillydad1]

What is a radio?

[@pascoecharlie]

If you watch The BBC News Channel in The UK, you would be forgiven for thinking that this Channel is a BBC World Service Outlet, since we get very little in the way of any rolling UK Home grown News on this so-called BBC News Channel. I have been listening more to The Sky News Channel which is not Top-Heavy with Foreign News items as their main go-too. The ONLY things you will get shoved down your throat over on BBC News is UK Politics which at best is totally boring, and will over the next 6 weeks send us all off to sleep.

[@aindriubradleymarshall6226]

Kontrolle .....

[@Garywxm1]

Mass Demonstrations out side the bbc

[@lamestreammedia3154]

Please do a video on BBC Pidgin. Its insane.

[@sean65xjrurwin61]

Why do you even care about what the BBC spends ? You don't pay a licence fee. The BBC doesn't cost you a penny.

[@tomnicholson2115]

But it does deny him the right to view freely any other live broadcast, from TV stations that receive no benefit from the BBC licence fee!

[@garindavis1882]

Questions for you if you did a live stream do I need a TV license? Thanks

[@MikeEves]

Nobody needs a licence. Remember that. You only pay it of you want to and there is NOTHING they can do if you don't pay it.

[@TheJon2442]

I don't live in the UK. However, if the BBC went back to reporting actual news and facts. I would donate!

[@rbir2653]

Somebody tell the bbc that no one has a radio. People use a vpn and use the internet in other countries.

[@anonnemo2504]

Many do not and all they have is what is sent across the air waves. If I'd not cancelled my TV licence (some time ago now, thankfully), the part I would least begrudge is that which would go to the BBC World Service (about £15 per annum in today's terms). For some people, in some countries, Russia, China and Iran, for example, which means billions of them, the only broadcast information they receive is that put out by their own governments much of which, especially in those countries mentioned, will be lies and propaganda. At least, with the BBC World Service, they may get an alternative view on things, especially if the people speaking to them (310 of them, apparently) have been forced to live in exile from those countries.

[@michaelturner4457]

There's often no Internet connectivity in war zones. And old fashioned radio is the only way to communicate.

[@anonnemo2504]

@@michaelturner4457 Indeed so, and where there is no electricity either, to receive transmissions, people have to use clockwork radio receivers.

[@mick_2me]

@ChilliJonCarne check your email to view BBC's response to our FOI about TV Detector vans

[@thedukeofearl.7764]

I've been free for a year thanks to ChilliJonCarne.

[@tomHannah-o8m]

with AI, the BBC needs one employee. someoEn to to type in prompts such as: make me a 40 minute documentary on the cost of living crisis. include interviews of people with sad faces.