when are we getting rid of that licence fee again ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61188603

The first report was 1992 and then carried on for 25 years till 2017…. 25 years? Was nothing reported?

snowy..."The first report was 1992 and then carried on for 25 years till 2017…. 25 years? Was nothing reported?"

...maybe another bashir type brushed under the carpet job by our wonderful beeb ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57189371

First reported in 1992, but how much went unreported before 1992?

snowy...."First reported in 1992, but how much went unreported before 1992?"

..saville...the tip of a very large iceberg...most of which may still be sub surface...and the next please...

It cost £3 a week for the licence, this isn’t only for TV, it covers multitude of services world wide, how would they be funded ?

If that makes you happy crack on, you can pay my £3 a week too.
Why, in this day and age should it be a criminal offence if you don’t pay for a service you never use….. in answer to your rather naive question, how is every one else funded… do the maths, they can produce tosh because they answer to themselves.
I take it this is a wind up and you are The Director General or Gary Lineker to come up with a line like that.

1952..."it cost £3 a week for the licence, this isn’t only for TV, it covers multitude of services world wide, how would they be funded"?

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/ ... till-a-man

...licence fee for bbc is immoral..think of poor pensioners struggling to heat their homes in the winter...150 quid a year...for what....trash...have a look at the article above..greedy gary still out infront...has taken a pay cut but still raking in 1.3 mill every year.... for being a dull bore...funding ?..think....how does every other TV/radio channel fund itself?

‘A multitude of services worldwide’….. ? The BBC world service is about as enlightening now as ‘Woman’s Hour’ (why no Men’s Hour?) and that’s about it, so what are these services ‘worldwide’ ?…… and how about letting ‘worldwide’ pay for them.

The BBC provides ten national TV channels, regional TV programmes, an internet TV service (BBC Three), 10 national radio stations, 40 local radio stations and an extensive website.

BBC World Service broadcasts to the world on radio, TV and online, offering news and information in 42 languages plus English. We also have a commercial arm, BBC Studios, as well as a number of other commercial ventures.

no chance of a mens hour. more chance of a trans hour and kids hour with make up tips for 5 year olds who fancy being a girl for a day. both presented by the 15 per cent minorities for the 85 per cent that will watch it. got a feeling if they hadn,t stopped the free licence for pensioners the licence payment would not be as big an issue as it is. doubt anyone likes paying it but no different to car tax you need to buy if you only park on the side of the road and never drive it.

I would rather pay £3 a week although I don’t as I live abroad most of the time, I am just stating what it costs neither agree or disagree. Why pay for a monthly subscription to companies who have destroyed football paying exorbitant wages to players way beyond what any living person can earn for 90 minutes of graft.

You don’t necessarily need a to licence.
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/broad ... v-licence/

Excellent, but YOU are the one advocating how it’s cracking value for £3 a week, so if no one pays there’s no BBC.
Not a problem for me then, but to be fair, if was it free, I still wouldn’t watch it.

1952..."I would rather pay £3 a week although I don’t as I live abroad most of the time,"

...people who have the money to live abroad probably will never get it.....no offence intended pal...

I don’t live abroad because I am loaded, I live where I live because the cost of living is loads cheaper than the U.K, no TV Licence required, no Council Tax, Electricity £40 a month, Gas £10 every 3 months, petrol £1 a litre, Diesel 60p a litre and a decent reliable public transport system. I don’t live permanently abroad, I am aware about cost of living in the UK, I can live here on my State Pension more or less but no way I could do that in the UK.
I really feel for the older population and hopefully without being too political the red wall areas remember what they voted for and the brexiteers, I was barred from the Hartlepool Post FB page because I was argumentative, they didn’t like anti brexit people or posters slagging of our illustrious MP who up until now has done f*** all for Hartlepool similar the the previous MPs.

1952...."I was barred from the Hartlepool Post FB page because I was argumentative, they didn’t like anti brexit people or posters slagging of our illustrious MP who up until now has done f*** all for Hartlepool similar the the previous MPs."

...oh dear..unlike 70% of the town you dont like brexit then..wonder why?....complicating your villa in spain?....shame....but you have heard about our previous labour m.p i assume...

https://news.sky.com/story/mike-hill-fo ... s-12312151

...so why not give the new tory lass a chance pal...shes just got her feet under the table...maybe pour some more sangria and have a rest ?..bbc and brexit are obviously bad for your blood pressure

So why are you bothered about the TV licence if you don’t even live here, if you can’t see the irony now you’ll never see it.
By the way, what’s being an anti brexiteer got to do with anything, unless of course you reside on ze continent. If you start being argumentive about Brexit you’ll be arguing with yourself.

You can listen to The Archers on podcast now Snowy.I know you're a big fan.

Just the theme music, ratboy barks and howls along…….. and I’m in Uzbekistan

I do live in Hartlepool now and again, I don’t pay the Licence as I don’t watch anything associated with the BBC.
Brexit I am still waiting to see what the advantages are, I don’t live in an EU country, Johnsons a*** has been covered by Covid and the conflict in Ukraine.

Yeah, Boris paid a mad scientist type bloke down Belle Vue to start the old Covid thing and slipped Vlad a few well thumbed girlie mags circa 1984 to start the Ukraine nightmare…seriously
So, you don’t live in an EU country…… somewhere hot and steamy then.

Yes hot and steamy, Johnson I refuse to call him Boris and co and the brexiteers have made it a bit awkward to live in an EU country now.

No he hasn’t, you just have to adapt and comply with their rules and regs and settle in. If you like it there, no problem.

1952...lives abroad...non e.u country....hot and steamy...old bugger...eccentric..argumentative..hates tories and brexit...happy with the beeb....young filly in tow?...errrr....are you canoe man by any chance ?

Ha ha, yes hates tories and what they stand for more so Thatcher, anti brexit, I am still waiting to see the benefits, I can be argumentative, never watch tv, I don’t have a filly in tow although plenty available but my libido isn’t grand nowadays so I never bother with them.
No not the canoe man, he lives in the Philippines.

It’s all making sense now, lives abroad, hates Tories and Brexit…happy with the BBC….. he must be a retired BBC man.

I’ve realised that one time we had our colonial adventurers who lived abroad in enclaves keeping a watch on the natives. They are looked down on nowadays by cool, enlightened people who buy a holiday place on the continent in some middle class enclave and keep a watch on the natives.
The buggers are all the same.

snowy..."he must be a retired BBC man."

...or.....ex t.v star ...des barnes..???

https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/p ... st-3370566

I was an industrial nomad, a raggedy a**** contractor !

It is Des Barne’s then!

1952....."I was an industrial nomad, a raggedy a**** contractor !"

...prove it ...

1952...."plenty available but my libido isn’t grand nowadays so I never bother with them."...."I was an industrial nomad, a raggedy a**** contractor !"

...thailand ?...gary glitter then ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OJ01psE6wc

Gary Glitter is in prison currently not Thailand,

1952..."Gary Glitter is in prison currently not Thailand,"

..nawwwh....is he really?...its an absolute education for me on this bunker...ok..back to ghana and des barnes then i suppose ????

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10081308/ ... oll-joker/

TV licence 3 quid a week. Call it just 41p a day to make it sound even cheaper. I,d be quite happy to pay the licence fee for the money the bbc do not get but not paying for something i do not use. the licence feot buy onee is about the same as a season ticket for bradford city but you would not buy one as you do not go there. infact they are welcome to come to my house, mess around with my tele to stop it recieving anything from the bbc.