Ask the UK of the Day
Ask the UK of the Day
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- cherub0
On a scale from jaywalking (1) to guy fawkes (10), how serious a crime is not paying your yearly BBC usage fee?
If you moved away to Spain, and watched BBC I think you still have to pay it. Would you?
- we don't have a TV licence as there is enough streaming/DVD's to watch and most terrestrial is pretty grim, especially the news!Gardener
- so probably a 6Gardener
- Why would you watch BBC at all. There's honestly far better content on YouTube than all these networks offer.shapesalad
- Unless you're a brainless sheep and need generic entertainment and news pumped into your smooth brain cells.shapesalad
- You would think the licence fee steep if you only looked as far as Primetime BBC1. The breadth of stuff it funds is vast and really important, imo.Fax_Benson
- So BBC gets no money from none of yous? : ocherub
- "The BBC is largely financed by annual television licensing fees, which are paid by those who own TV sets..."cherub
- Ok well I'll just have to ring BBC and tell them nobody owns "television sets" anymore. Yesterday's technology yeah?cherub
- Interesting model, I didn’t know that. Our CBC is funded by all tax-payersGnash
- License fee is worth it for the radio and documentaires alonewoowahesque
- some of things it covers
https://www.tvlicens…Fax_Benson - a % also goes to competitors via Freeview, Freesat. And it helps prop up local journalism through its regional TV / Radio.Fax_Benson
- and you get access to an amazing archive of old content.
And zero commercials.Fax_Benson - The documentaries are really well done. Check out this one on El Salvador's street gangs https://youtu.be/EMq…cherub
- I've not had a license for years, nor do I watch BBC any more. I used to love it, but i find the spend on big budget pop crap obscene.Nairn
- Also, jaywalking isn't a crime in the UK (as too most of the civilised world), so your scale starts from zero.Nairn
- Ok well I can't think of a minor UK crime. Use your imagination.cherub
- Haven't paid for TV licence for maybe 5 years now. Just dont watch terrestrial TV. Fuck the BBC and their Paedo coverup.microkorg
- You dont need a licence for listening to BBC radio.microkorg
- Aye, thankfully - Radio programmes/Podcasts are the one area BBC still has a load of value for me.Nairn
- Haven't watched BBC in 15 years since working for the cunts. A national waste. Anyone that I know that's had to go to court for evading the case is thrown out.kingsteven
- Only thing I watch on the BBC is Match of the Day, but overall podcasts and Radio make me think why am I paying for a TV licence. It's habit more than anythingIanbolton
- Even radio though - the budgets are huge. I listened to some sci thing last night and presenter flew to Hawaii for about 10 minutes of interview. Why?Nairn
- Payment is honor system?monospaced
- ^ That's why I'm wondering too. Seems hard to enforce, no? Even if you click on a youtube video someone else uploaded, if it's BBC you're supposed to paycherub
- eh? That's not at all how it works. BBC can't charge for content on YouTube.Nairn
- Every occupied household has is assumed to have a TV, therefore billed every two years. If you don't watch BBC, you don't pay. If you do, you're supposed to.Nairn
- Sorry, billed annually,*checked* every two years. Check is 'honour system' - they come to your door, ask you, you're not supposed to lie.Nairn
- These days it's actually a bit easier to catch people as many people watch online. in the old days they'd just hassle you with letters and imply they could scanNairn
- ..your house with roaming 'TV detector vans'. They were bullshit. https://www.lightstr…Nairn
- They're actually quite a toothless commercial (but gov't mandated) organisation - like vampires, they can't cross threshold of your houseNairn
- ..without permission. The just *imply* they can, and so catch out a few gormless home biddies each year watching daytime TV without a license.Nairn
- They're actually quite nasty, so I leave it as long as I can every two years and get letters with ever-increasing amounts of warnings in red ink.Nairn
- Sorry, 'threats', not warnings.
I've barely had a cup of tea yet, which doesn't help when there's no edit feature here.Nairn