TV licence fee excuses revealed
 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22947160

I could come up with a few..:rotfl2:

If you think you are entiteld to get money for the sorry broadcasts with their primitive soap operas, low-class 'entertainment' and all the propaganda you pour at us through those TV truthmakers, come and try to get it, over my dead body ! :stare:
:arrgh!:

So, our British cousins have to buy a license to watch television!?!?

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Many years ago, one of my friend got borrelia and got blind on his left eyes.

After that he sent a letter to the Swedish license office and demanded to only pay half the annual fee

He proclaimed to only have one eye to see with.

His demand was refused


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I am baffled by this. How is it regulated? Do they have TV police? How do you get caught? :hmmm:

Most european countries have TV licences, you on the other hand pay it through ordinary taxes regardless of if you watch TV.

Monsters from Doctor Who come out of unlicensed/unpaying TVs :yep:

How much is the license?
After you buy a license, do you have to pay for access to the television channels? :hmmm:

My excuse would be on the lines of

Your programs are utter crap too much reality TV so sod off I am not giving my hard earned money to watch a load of bollocks.

I find the bbc as a whole (tv,radio,internet, iplayer) very good and you can watch or listen without any commercials, I ofcourse would rather not have to pay but I really do not enjoy having something Im viewing peppered with adverts.

For those of you from overseas, the license fee here in the uk is what funds the BBC, we have other free to air channels and radio stations but these are all commercial and are funded by advertising revenue

eh!
you get to watch top gear!
150 pounds is hefty for TV, but eh...

i do not pay, for i do not watch.

Some of it also funds Channel 4.

You have to pay much more for cable or satellite TV, but the BBC is the highest quality broadcaster and the greatest bit is no adverts. I never ever watch adverts on telly, it's usually BBC I watch or if it's some other channel it gets recorded and they get skipped. :up:

I guess your BBC is like our PBS. Depending on donations to operate. Except you are required by law to support the broadcaster.

And ironically PBS runs BBC programs all the time. :)