I refuse to fund the BBC.

@raypurchase801

3 ай бұрын

I refuse to fund my own ethnic replacement.

@harry2.01

3 ай бұрын

They had The Famous Five on earlier, based on the Enid Blyton books. Obviously George is now black with a chip on her shoulder.

@anonnemo2504

3 ай бұрын

Me too. CJ was preaching to the converted with me on this but that was a brilliant video in condemnation of the injustice and the sheer stupidity of the way the BBC has been funded for decades and which is likely to continue.

@francescarose1453

3 ай бұрын

​@@raypurchase801Great point. 👏👏👏

@soviet700

3 ай бұрын

@@harry2.01did that trigger you?

Iam 67 years old and I have never, ever, paid the licence fee

@lyndamyles8354

3 ай бұрын

Good on you 😂

@mda5003

3 ай бұрын

I'm even older and I've not ever paid for a licence.

@xxxx-ep1tj

3 ай бұрын

Well done.

@DavidSmith-ze2wi

3 ай бұрын

I'm so envious of you all, only four years for me.

@mda5003

3 ай бұрын

@@DavidSmith-ze2wi Well, I'm more envious of you as I guess you are a lot younger than me!

I can heat my house for 34 days for £170, my old age pension is £156 a week. I did maths at school and still know how to manage money and paying the likes of Lineker's wages is not on my spending list.

@zocco15az

3 ай бұрын

The pension is more than £156 a week?😮

@averyvaliant

3 ай бұрын

@@zocco15az Might be a topup from a private pension or pension credit.

@Soulful66Al

3 ай бұрын

He obviously hasn’t payed his National Insurance either😂😂

@occamraiser

3 ай бұрын

boo hooo - then stop watching broadcast TV and you don't need to buy a licence - then take advantage of the free licence you won't deserve when you're 75 or whatever the age for the BBC's charity licence is. Ingrate.

@Kingcarparpeggio

3 ай бұрын

@@zocco15az: Not necessarily!!!

I'm in my 60's and I've never paid the TV Licence, I've never been contacted by the BBC, and I stop watching live TV two decades ago.

@jaybe2908

3 ай бұрын

Your address must be some glitch in the system, as a postman there's not many that don't get the threat letters.

@carolynthompson3291

3 ай бұрын

@@jaybe2908yes I agree; I stopped paying last September and I’ve had 2 visits and 2 l letters, the second more intimidating. I’m in my 60’s, don’t watch tv, only KZread and don’t have a computer to register the fact that I find need a license, but I also do t want to phone them as I suffer with anxiety and ptsd.

@UKisFK

3 ай бұрын

@@jaybe2908 same here, they do send letters but they never come at my door, I guees they refuse to come in London

@michealrossiter148

3 ай бұрын

Maybe you died 20 years ago. Do you find children cross the street to get away from your house? is your garden overgrown but no-one is brave enough to complain?

@deusintus2440

3 ай бұрын

You mean I've been communicating via KZread from the other side all these years! that's AMAZING! I'm going to try and walk through the wall, wish me luck. LOL @@michealrossiter148

After paying the BBC for years, I recently cancelled and received a refund, thanks to yourself and others . I haven't watched live broadcasts for over 6 months as I can get the ones I want on catchup elsewhere. Don't believe the BS from the BBC,

@annehudson3210

3 ай бұрын

What about people who can't get BBC because of the new set up and haven't got the withall to tune in to BBC.Surely they shouldn't pay the license for nothing

@alimantado373

3 ай бұрын

If you watch the catchups you are registered on BBC's site and will receive a bill, whether thats Phone , computer.

@twwoody813

3 ай бұрын

Just done exactly the same, waiting for my refund 👍

@robinmcewan8473

3 ай бұрын

Do you mean that you use Sounds without supporting the BBC?

@rogersmith568

3 ай бұрын

@robinmcewan8473 no I don't use any bbc apps or watch any bbc programs

Never had a TV licence even when I had a TV. Now I just watch u tube. I would never pay a firm who supports jimmy Saville.

@soviet700

3 ай бұрын

Do you vote Tory?

@bbcisaids6727

3 ай бұрын

​@@soviet700do you vote liebour

@albertroundtree8546

3 ай бұрын

Sir Jimmy Saville.

@hardlines2635

3 ай бұрын

They helped him die an innocent man.

@lurch_27

3 ай бұрын

Ill never pay them because of this and they dont own KZread or amazon prime or Netflix and Disney Plus they dont own any of them

I haven't paid for their rubbish for 4 years and I am £600 better off, I did not bother to tell them I just stopped paying them, I refuse to be mentally programmed by the idiotic rubbish put out by them.

@deborahwyndham-lewis5188

3 ай бұрын

Call your bank and get the direct debit payments refunded 👍

@melviniq1169

3 ай бұрын

@@deborahwyndham-lewis5188Thanks but the annual fee expired they did not get an extra penny from us and never will its just rubbish.

To whom it may concern, we cancelled our tv tax about 4 years ago, hand on heart we never missed it, you tube and netflix only now

@laceandwhisky

3 ай бұрын

Me too😊

@soviet700

3 ай бұрын

It’s no one’s concern. Honestly. No one cares. So you can’t afford a tv licence. Get a better job

@sillyshazzie

3 ай бұрын

​@@soviet700DOH 😂😅

@MikeEves

3 ай бұрын

@@soviet700 I can afford a TV licence and have no job...

@Littlepocketrocket81

3 ай бұрын

Same here a year in and I don't pay

The BBC will always do their best, to make things as confusing as possible. Desperation to keep the licence fee. Ridiculous!!! 🤬🤬🤬

@MikeEves

3 ай бұрын

It's actually really simple. You don't pay it.

@LOTPOR0402

3 ай бұрын

Same with the benefit system , unless you are an immigrant that is then you get told what you are entitled to

@groupb5420

3 ай бұрын

@@LOTPOR0402well said 👍💯

Not paid the TV TAX for over 20 years, even if it was free at the BBC, I wouldn't use it.

@twig3288

3 ай бұрын

When staying at hotels I have occasionally switched the TV on to see what I’m missing by not having a BBC Licence and the answer is nothing whatsoever 🙂

@ellie698

3 ай бұрын

​@@twig3288 same here

@niv8880

3 ай бұрын

@@twig3288 I used to turn the TV on at my mums and quite enjoyed the other channels but I can't remember the last time my TV was turned on and certainly not been watching anything that would break their rediculous rules.

Cancelled my licence many years ago Still get the 'threatening' letters. Ignorin' 'em...

@morpheus2490

3 ай бұрын

There is a list that you can be put on which is a do not contact list. They are hard to get put on but you can demand it. I've not even had do the 3 year confirmation that I don't need a tv license. I told them if I know the rules now that I don't need a license then that won't change in 3 years time. Put me on the do not contact list otherwise it's harassment as all tv licensing staff are are glorified sales staff. Don't give in and demand it and ask them straight up if they are refusing to put you on the do not contact list and let them know you will save the chat and will forward it to ofcom and ask them for their full name

@WhatYaL00kingAt

3 ай бұрын

@@morpheus2490 thats factually incorrect. The lists in which you are referring to only exist for email addresses and telephone numbers

@morpheus2490

3 ай бұрын

@WhatYaL00kingAt no it's not because they do not have my email or phone number. I gave my name and address as confirmation and that I only had letters. I told them to put me on the do not contact list for my address and they did. Fact that I have not received even letters and that the staff member I spoke to confirmed I will not be contacted at my address in any way.

@morpheus2490

3 ай бұрын

@WhatYaL00kingAt I've not even had the 3 year reminder letters for well over a decade. Also if there is a list for not to be contacted by email or phone number then as its on same database then same is said for the address since tv licensing database goes by address and not name. Hence why they send to the occupier of the address if they don't know ur name. They just check see if every address on a database doesn't have a tv license and if they don't then they send letters. Heck contact ofcom as I confirmed it with them too. I even added to it because I have mental health problems and getting those letters kept stressing me out. Maybe try confirming things before you say someone is factually incorrect since ive done it myself and not had any letters and not even 3 year reminders

@anonnemo2504

3 ай бұрын

Me too. CJ was preaching to the converted with me on this but that was a brilliant video in condemnation of the injustice and the sheer stupidity of the way the BBC has been funded for decades and which is likely to continue.

Guys , I’m thrilled ! I have had my first letter ! They cancelled my old one, so I told them I don’t need one in future - with my name on it - then I got a letter addressed to The Legal Occupier, mere days after sending them all my details,you couldn’t make this up.

@valwright9871

3 ай бұрын

True. I received letters for a year legal occupier and then I finally put them out of their misery and stated online no licence needed . Obviously they knew my name as I did not fill it in but it popped up on screen. All legalease..

I cancelled over a year ago. I stayed in a hotel in the summer. one evening I put the tv on, and I flicked through all 100 odd TV channels that free view has, but I could not find one thing I wanted to watch. That was a great reminder as to why I no longer pay or watch live TV. It's crap!

I pay a TV subscription to a provider who pays the BBC for the right to broadcast their content so why should the BBC expect to be paid several times over by my subscription provider and me for the same tired old crap and overpaid so called talent, no more.

@michaelc3051

3 ай бұрын

Why not cut out the middle man? Instead of paying a subscription, just pay the BBC, which actually made those programmes. Makes sense.

@averyvaliant

3 ай бұрын

That's why I'm surprised in this day and age, streaming services haven't challenged the law in that respect. You have to pay the BBC to watch another companies live content and these companies are probably missing out on revenue because people can't afford to pay both the BBC and the streaming service.

@soviet700

3 ай бұрын

Haha so who’s the mug??? You’re paying for tv that already gets paid by companies wishing to advertise on their channels! You not quite getting it?

@MikeEves

3 ай бұрын

@@averyvaliant you only pay it if you want to. There is no 'have to .

@charlestoast4051

3 ай бұрын

Please see sense and stop watching any BBC crap, even if it's thru another provider.

don't pay so don't care how much they put it up, hopefully higher licence fees will encourage more people to stop paying

@KimSenior

3 ай бұрын

Or watching the brainwashing propaganda!

Roll up, roll up, get endless repeats and propaganda, pay for your own humiliation.

@melviniq1169

3 ай бұрын

SO true its just rubbish.

@occamraiser

3 ай бұрын

troll - and ignorant with it too (or simply FSB employee)

@soviet700

3 ай бұрын

What propaganda?

@soviet700

3 ай бұрын

Strange. None of you watch the BBC yet you know everything that’s on it??!!

@nonoyorbusness

3 ай бұрын

@@soviet700 The dinner bell is ringing go collect your 77 brigade slop in the mess hall.

People who pay are just part of the problem

@u4ia_fubar_75

3 ай бұрын

The majority of payers are pensioners, they love watching things like British Bake Off and the news so they won't cancel it. They think their money is going into making programmes they like, obviously it isn't.

@soviet700

3 ай бұрын

@@u4ia_fubar_75bake off is on channel 4. Because like most BBC original programs,every other channel either buys it or makes bad imitations of it

@alexedwards6509

3 ай бұрын

Either Labour or the Tories will make the public pay for as long as possible and then bow to pressure and fob us off by making it part of the tax system.

@annedowning3821

3 ай бұрын

Totally agree with you 🙄

@renatodbaoncall94

3 ай бұрын

Me

I would appeal to everyone who doesn't require a TV licence not to be bullied by the BBC. Let's stick together. Thanks Chilli John all the best.

@occamraiser

3 ай бұрын

If the law doesn't require you to have one, don't buy one. If you watch live TV then PAY YOUR TAXES like the rest of us.

@joannamorgan6911

3 ай бұрын

@occamraiser thank you for your comment but I don't watch TV and I am retired and still pay tax on my income. All the best 👍

@eartheart3694

3 ай бұрын

​@@joannamorgan6911well said.

@soviet700

3 ай бұрын

Hahaha hmmm. If you don’t need a tv licence,don’t get one??? Are you slightly backward?

@soviet700

3 ай бұрын

@@joannamorgan6911well if you don’t watch tv,then you don’t need a tv licence???? What is wrong with you people??? Not the brightest

Legally TV License Free Since 2007.

@brimkathstampex2306

3 ай бұрын

Obviously, as you don't watch anything you're not supposed to watch! Licence, by the way.

@MikeEves

3 ай бұрын

@@brimkathstampex2306 They wouldn't know if you did.

@rog3833

3 ай бұрын

Me as well for 15 years. And i play a straight game and dont watch live tv. Get the odd visit, but i just ignore the door. Still get the monthly garbage in the post box. Dont know why people are so scared of them. You just tell them to piss off.

@oldfatbastad6053

3 ай бұрын

@@MikeEves if i did, but i dont.

3 ай бұрын

@@NormanCollier-nf7nu CALM down

Chilli, I never thought I would see the eastern German wall come down and free the people, I never thought I would see peace in Northern Ireland but we have it, but I bet I never live to see the end of the dreaded bbc tv tax

Not had a TV licence for around 4 years now and if they make it a tax they will still get nothing from me. Surly they can't make you pay for a service you don't use or want for that matter.

@tomnicholson2115

3 ай бұрын

They would probably try, but then they might remember the poll tax debacle that Maggi Thatcher tried, protests aplenty back then!

I haven’t paid it for 20 years!

@annedowning3821

3 ай бұрын

Brilliant 👏

@KimSenior

3 ай бұрын

@@annedowning3821 Thanks. I’ve been all over South East Asia with what I’ve saved! 😊

@KimSenior

3 ай бұрын

@@annedowning3821 Thanks. 🙏

@alanredmond1977

3 ай бұрын

I have never paid it. I'm 47.

@KimSenior

3 ай бұрын

@@alanredmond1977 Good for you!😊

We've been streaming all our television programmes for a month now, and we've been well entertained, without paying the bbc for what we didn't want to watch. Yes we're paying Netflix, Paramount+, and Prime, but we're watching what we want, when we want to. National broadcaster? They're an absolutely top heavy sh** show.

@yessanknow302

3 ай бұрын

But how much are you paying per month for your streamers? It's all overpriced.

@keithprice5208

3 ай бұрын

@@yessanknow302 it's our choice. We've cut a costly sky arrangement, and are paying a lot less per month. On top of that, we're not wasting money on the bbc.

@dianegardner3584

3 ай бұрын

I pay £4.99 for Netflix a month,it contains adverts but only one advert so far,it’s great,I’m a pensioner,so it’s what I can afford.

@phill6859

3 ай бұрын

I have not been paying for a gym membership, just thought I'd let you know as you think it's important to say what we don't pay for

@keithprice5208

3 ай бұрын

@@phill6859 Thanks for letting me know about your non-gym membership payments, but it does raise concern about your health, and possible obesity. Take care.

It has not gone up for me because i refuse to pay it as I do not watch live TV

@brimkathstampex2306

3 ай бұрын

You can hardly refuse to pay for something you don't require can you?

@dawnfishwick861

3 ай бұрын

I watch live TV but I still refuse to pay

@jamesfarrar4274

3 ай бұрын

@@dawnfishwick861 So we pay more for you? Do you also make false insurance claims because you want your premiums back?

@brimcilroy9002

3 ай бұрын

Why do you say you don't pay bcos you don't watch live TV, in other words if you did watch live TV you would be another scared little sheep an pay up, just what was your point

@soviet700

3 ай бұрын

@@brimkathstampex2306don’t confuse them!!! Haha

£3.74 Billion - that's £374 thousand million - What makes you think BBC can exist on that, it's loaded with Gary types and they all need salaries

@englishciderlover7347

3 ай бұрын

That's just the income from licence fees. If their finance people can't keep the corporation's finances in the black when they have billions to work with, there's something seriously wrong going on.

@kiviuq3495

3 ай бұрын

The first figure is revenue from the licence fee, but it isn't 374 thousand million. That is over 10 times the budget for defence!

@MIK23458

3 ай бұрын

@@kiviuq3495three thousand seven hundred and forty million.

@hasyourgulaggotplanningper2459

3 ай бұрын

(3.74 thousand million). £3,740,000,000. Still a lot though.

@christopherckarkson5605

3 ай бұрын

@gingef5197, hello, same as the eu accountents have not signed off on their books either. Maybe the numbers are to big. Both organisations are corrupt.

Come on BBC! If your output is so great, and you cater for everyone, then it should be able to stand on its merits. Scrap the licence and introduce a subscription-based service instead, then you'll discover how cherished you really are.

@smithge4uk

3 ай бұрын

They will never go to a subscription style model as they know that their funding would stop over night, and that terrifies them

If they make so little then who pays Gary’s (and others) fees then ?

The Jimmy Saville acolytes are just as predatory as their hero!

@occamraiser

3 ай бұрын

oh dear oh dear - grasping at many straws? - yep - all of them.

@nurgleslefttentacle6844

3 ай бұрын

@@occamraiser Hit a nerve did I? I bet the billion pound corporation is relieved to have you white Knighting for them. Do the schools in your area know that you are slithering around the place?

@soviet700

3 ай бұрын

You mean Margaret Thatcher nominating Saville FOUR times for a knighthood?

@pstanyer1

3 ай бұрын

Jimmy saville was innocent never convicted of anything.

@englishciderlover7347

3 ай бұрын

@@soviet700 I thought commies were soft on noncing.

The tax is to cover their pensions and to keep them as the mouthpiece for the government

They can raise it by as much as they want, I don't pay it anyway. I don't know why people still pay it🤔

Why is the BBC permitted to make private companies that then make content for the BBC? They use the BBC name and logo! The income and profits go to share holders. Not to the BBC that you pay your licence fee to!

@janice506

3 ай бұрын

Gangsters scamming us .

@andymeadows2768

3 ай бұрын

Robin this is only for thoses who pay the bbc I don’t & wont fund it roll on 7 years free

@jaybe2908

3 ай бұрын

Tax dodging reasons as well

@andymeadows2768

3 ай бұрын

@@janice506 only the ones who pay it

@occamraiser

3 ай бұрын

They are REQUIRED to make money from none british broadcasters and from non broadcast activities SPECIFICALLY to minimise the licence fee..... pick ONE criticism hate licence free or hate BBC reducing the licence fee - you don't get to whinge about both unless you either can't count or are just a meaningless troll.

Streaming is a winner all the way. That's what I do. I never watch live TV, nor do I bother with BBC iPlayer. There is no point paying the UK TV licence fee. Hold that thought - the ONLY reason I can see was pointed out to me by a little old lady a few years ago. She lived on her own, and was lonely. She got comfort knowing that when she settled down to watch her favourite soap, at the same moment millions of others were doing the same. It made her feel part of things. Quite touching that. But not a good enough reason to bend over and pay protection money to the BBC.

Keep up the good fight Jon.

I've always seen the TV Licence as a subscription. I don't subscribe, so I pay nothing. And that's it.

@Harassed247

3 ай бұрын

I thought the licence fee was purely that, a 'licence' which is to use the air waves that are required for the purpose of getting through to your TV set. This is how I understood it back in the 70s.

@MikeEves

3 ай бұрын

@@Harassed247 The only terms of the licence is that you pay it. So exactly the same as a subscription. No different.

Three years without one !! Be interesting to find out if the new arrivals are forced to have a license!!??

@laceandwhisky

3 ай бұрын

Comes under the hotels licence I suspect 😊😊

@libtardsrus7823

3 ай бұрын

True but i cant see any of em watching BBC iplayer at any point

@JaSon-wc4pn

3 ай бұрын

I've stayed at a homeless hostel Every resident was charged £3 a week for telly.

Thx for all the information you provided, I've now have cancelled my TV licence

My Mum paid the TV licence extortion for years for fear of being prosecuted. My Dad sat in front of the TV but wasn't watching it specifically. He was comforted by the noise and the moving pictures, he never knew what the program was about. When he died My Mum watched the TV for company. She never watched the news because it makes you miserable. She only watched repeats of old TV series because it was comfortable. So she never watched live TV but on her meagre pension she paid the licence fee out of fear. Ain't that nice of these people. What they to the vulnerable? Am I right?

@jasminelyons2240

3 ай бұрын

I totally agree my mum is the same she has paid it for years even though she told them she doesn't have any live tv or has never watched BBC I player. They bullied her buy saying you have a tv so you have to pay or we can take you to court.

I cancelled mine last year. Not watched live TV for years. Still got a 42 inch tv just for illegally downloaded DVD`s and the ZX Spectrum.

My savings started last month and the money is being banged into my pension pot... Ooh I do feel better for stopping paying. I get a warm feeling all over. Just wish I'd done it before.

Stopped paying the license four years ago they will never get another penny off of me.

@davie8906

3 ай бұрын

"Four years ago"! Wow,you rebel! 😒

Those repeats of Dad's Army don't pay for themselves you know!

@swaldron5558

3 ай бұрын

Yes true it’s endless repeats!

@Stuntman707

3 ай бұрын

Dad’s Army was alright, 30 years ago.

They don't visit me when they say they are. I'm upset lol 😆 😅😂😂

Bigger saving for me … don’t pay … watch anyway … 😂

@soviet700

3 ай бұрын

But isn’t the BBC a left wing cultural Marxist channel? Are you a communist?

Brilliant video. Everyone in the UK should watch this. Please keep up the good work. 👍

Hope many sheep keep paying to be honest,...If they lose too much revenue they will get the government to put a tax on broadband,... Then we are all screwed.

@andymeadows2768

3 ай бұрын

Well I won’t be I will cancel my broadband if that happens I will not fund it in anyway & that is fact

@soviet700

3 ай бұрын

Well Corbyn wanted to give you all free broadband. But you voted to get brexit done with Johnson. How’s that working out for you?

A BBC advertised on gold TV so why can't they advertise on the other channels...

Not gone up for me

Hi John, I have noticed over the last week, watching utube, it has bbc, promoting some things, as an advert. Totally taking the hiss.

Well I'm now in my third licence fee year. Just had my 21st threatogram letter, a "will you be in on the 5th" one. Don't get Goons round my area much, a bit rural, but I'm ready to shut my door in one's face if one calls. I'm in my 70s and keep spreading the word round about how to become licence free.

Hi every one.😊😊😊

@lynnbarsby7356

3 ай бұрын

Hello

Shouldn't you call the BBC "far left-wing BBC" or "left-wing BBC"?" This is more accurate. Plus, the BBC calls everyone they disagree with "far right."

@LOTPOR0402

3 ай бұрын

Or anti british puplic BBC

@occamraiser

3 ай бұрын

Both extremes - bot the far left and your far right incessantly complain about BBC bias - when they are all crying about how badly done by they are I KNOW the BBC is balanced. If anyone of you ever thanked the BBC I'd worry about impartiality.

@Horseracingtip

3 ай бұрын

@@occamraiser fakenews. Nothing balanced about far left-wing BBC.

@Horseracingtip

3 ай бұрын

@@occamraiser the BBC is a far left-wing activist propaganda media company. Everybody knows this.

@soviet700

3 ай бұрын

What’s far left on the BBC?

Got a letter to the legal occupier, "Are you going to be in on the 29th March? - we will be visiting" I waited in all day! No show, but I was looking forward to the visit.. lol

@davidadams5116

3 ай бұрын

I had that. Told them yes and went out for the day. Don't know if they called or not

@homeandtravel7235

3 ай бұрын

I had that letter and waited for the goons but they did not turn up on the specified date.

Great work CJC. Please warn folk about the BBC's upcoming 'debate' on the future of the licence fee. They are already conditioning the public to the idea that this is something they should participate in. They can then steer it in the direction they want by having control of the agenda. As you have said, this tax has run it's course and just needs termination. No ' debate ' , no ' progressive' alternatives.

I disagree with the idea of making the wealthy pay more for a tv licence. Just because someone is rich they shouldn't have to pay more for the same service.

It shouldn’t include Sky or Virgin TV because those are broadcasts behind a paywall. Same for Now TV which streams Sky channels live, but again is behind a paywall. You’re already paying for it, you shouldn’t have to pay it again.

they need the money to pay Gary Lineker

@swaldron5558

3 ай бұрын

Yes also Alan Shearers...

I can't understand why the other channels like ITV and so on aren't taking the BBC to court for losing them business. I don't watch any of them, either broadcasting or online, because I refuse to pay the licence fee but want to stay legal. I can't be the only person who doesn't watch the other channels precisely for this reason, therefore those channels are losing business they might otherwise have had, but for the BBC.

@MrSamoDude

3 ай бұрын

Completely agree. I cancelled Sky TV about 6 months ago and one of the reasons I gave them was that I couldn’t justify the high TV licence cost. I only had Sky for F1, the only live TV I watched, and having to pay the £160+ to the BBC on top of Sky is ridiculous.

@oxforddon2210

3 ай бұрын

You make a good point, the consequence of persevering with this failing system is that the BBC is not only killing itself but all the other channels as well.

Nice one Chilli lad. There are people struggling to pay for food - so if they don't need to pay for a TV licence then why should they. You're making a massive positive difference to people's lives 👏 keep it going.

I am here for almost 9 years... I did my research, also your channel did help me for that, and never ever I payed TV licence. I don't need it and easily I am up to date what is happening around. I even today done a huge presentation about TV licence today and many people where shocked that they are paying for something they don't even need. Thank you for everything that you do.

Just want to point out that tv licensing have a list of addresses you can request to be put on so you don't even have to do the reminder that you don't need a license after 3 years. They will try to say that they have to do reminders every 3 years but that's a lie. They are glorified sales staff. You just need tell them that you know the rules now and that's why ur declining to get a tv license and that understanding will not change in 3 years time. So to out you on the do not contact list and that you will contact them if your circumstances change. But there is a do not contact list they have that they don't like telling people. I'm on it myself and have not had even the 3 year renewal. I hope this helps people

@laceandwhisky

3 ай бұрын

Yep I never got a reminder think the goon sorted it for me 😊

@morpheus2490

3 ай бұрын

​@laceandwhisky good on ya! I hope other people learn they can do the same! We can only try let people know we've done it so they can too

Stopped watching tv and paying 4 years ago as I couldn't stand the propaganda being spouted by the BBC. Dkn't miss it at all but it is cksting me more in art and craft supplies which now fills my time.

Do you think that the BBC are getting us ready for ads, by showing all these ads for BBC programs?

@englishciderlover7347

3 ай бұрын

They might be preparing the way for ads, but they'll still demand you pay the licence fee. People in Ireland have to pay a fee AND suffer commercial breaks while they're watching TV (I'm not sure whether RTE radio also has ads).

Started getting letters again apparently they're calling on the 5th April better get the buns in 😂😂😂😂😂

What’s the point in watching live TV and paying the BBC tax, we watched the whole series of Mr Bates on ITV X all in one go, not live and some episodes before they were even aired. The BBC are churning out crap looking at their schedule so no thanks BBC you don't deserve my custom

Why don't Americans have to pay for BBC America?

@davie8906

3 ай бұрын

Imagine trying to tell them they have to pay a 'being alive tax' to englaza! 😆

just completed 4 years of no licence paying. Will be renewing my "No licence needed" declaration next month. Wont ever be paying the BBC again . I've stopped watching live Tv. Never watch BBC now anyway.- or any other Tv for that matter.

The BBC's total revenue to March 2023 was £5.7 billion, or $7.1 billion. To put that in perspective, in 2023 Hollywood made 88 movies at an average cost of $65 million, totalling $5.7 billion.

@swaldron5558

3 ай бұрын

Interesting facts! 😮

I had yet another letter from the goons last week "will you be in on the 29th of March" was in the window of the envelope in red, that will make it 5 of those letters in a year and they never turn up. I haven't paid the fee for 15 years there is nothing the BBC produce I want to watch, and do not forget you are also paying for ITV, ch4 and ch5. The companies that advertise on tv add on a certain amount to the products you buy to cover the cost of the adverts, it might not be much, but, you are still paying for it.

Was a bit disappointed to read the title of this one - hate to hear of a win for the BBC, but was just commenting on another video that as the true meaning of April Fool's Day is said to be one of renewal and new beginnings, the outcome of this could be very interesting. I'm thinking the end of TVL perhaps? 🤔😄

It's been an anachronism for decades by this point in time. My own feeling is that the TVL fee as it stands, is on it's last legs. I'm going to be a selfish old fart and say I couldn't care less what they replace it with. Because I won't be paying it.

Amazon Freevee and KZread doesn't require a TV license 😂

@willsommers6477

3 ай бұрын

Licence even 😂

@mpol701

3 ай бұрын

KZread would if u watch any live TV broadcast ie sky news, itv, bbc, cnn live

@mpol701

3 ай бұрын

Not sure on freevee

Like lotteries, it's a tax on stupid people. It's better that way, because I don't have to pay it.

When I brought a tv licence, it was on 28th October (a few years ago) but they for some reason start the licence from the first of month, so when My licence needed renewing I started getting letters from September, and A FINAL REMINDER a few days before the end of September stating my licence needed renewing from 1st October, so i payed for a year and only got just over 11 months

Cancelled license, sold my set and switched off from the bbc well over a decade ago. I did enjoy Detectorists but that was because some kind person uploaded the whole lot onto yt for free. There should be a clause against repeats qualifying as live tv as folk have already technically paid for it.

What gets me is you get the “do you have a TV licence yes or no” then it doesn’t ask for proof. That would be so easy to sort add a code or bbc channels don’t appear. Job done.

I am really glad the tax increased today, means I am saving more money. I don’t require a license, because I don’t watch live terrestrial tv, or BBC iplayer.

There are pro-BBC trolls that deliberately argue against this kind of content. It is as simple as you explain. No viewing of live broadcasts (through any source) and no iPlayer means no requirement for a TV licence.

I'm 4 years, with out a licence, still, under investigation, good luck with that bbc, ( and i genuinely do not need a licence ).

I stopped paying years ago. To be honest, I think I'd miss their really threatening letters now. Who doesn't want to be threatened with disproportionate fines or being taken to court every few weeks??

Great show as always. I can't believe the money the BBC rake in, and they still have the audacity to complain it's never enough.. Glad I stopped last year..

Fuck the tv licence

Yay, I'm saving even more money now.

My latest scare letter, had in the clear window section, " will you be at home on the 5th of April" inside, the letter warned I was going to get a visit, soon or near that date 😂

They'll try and make the homeless pay it next!

No need to pay don't worry what the blackbelt lawyer tells you no signed paperwork no claim real law I do wish youtubes would stop making things up

You know what really gets my blood boiling... there are several David Attenborough videos on the USA version of Netflix that are not on the UK version... Piss take.

@englishciderlover7347

3 ай бұрын

I haven't seen any Attenborough stuff for a year or two. I don't feel that I'm missing anything.

@lynnbarsby7356

3 ай бұрын

And here in the Amazon jungle we see two turtles mating just before one is ripped apart by a lion who is obviously lost ,end of program, there you go and I didn't charge you for it 😅😅

A brilliant rant, your best yet. Like the added info on the commercial aspects of the Beeb.

I am Saving More Money now then well done me, four years now this year best thing I ever Did ,I have been asked if I am in on the 5th of this month for a visit, Yes I am I broke my Hip,I have a doorbell camera so no opening the door any way ,So Mr Reinforcement Officer you will have a wasted Trip

@englishciderlover7347

3 ай бұрын

I also got a letter telling me someone's going to visit me on April 5th. I don't open the door to strangers, so he (it'll probably be a bloke) will have to stand there like a spare one at a wedding.

@MichelleLixton

3 ай бұрын

They always say will you be in but never turn up

I'm hoping that over the last 10 years , or so, 'THEY' will refund me for the years that I have not agreed to pay for my licence for something that I have not agreed to pay for....

For a starters, what happens to that £1.7 billion they make from BBC Studio’s? I am sure once that is known it’ll open a can of worms.

@swaldron5558

3 ай бұрын

Yes even there are thousands of weather report presenters!

Haven't had TV licence for about 4 years now and just watch streaming or catch-up channels. If they try and change it to another tax I'll refuse to pay it and would go to prison if required. I refuse to pay towards propaganda I disagree with. Time the BBC went to a subscription fee, make those who agree with the BBC politics pay for it.

Not paid TV Licence in over 30 yrs! I dont watch or record their shit! It's a stealth tax and they (The Government) can all do one! Power To The People✊️💗

Shocking

In all my years, I've contributed to the bias anti British broadcaster and never will.

I have to pay it because my partner isn't the brightest bulb and would answer the door, is easily intimidated and finds it hard to lie.

Totally agree with everything you've said here Jon. Not had a licence since 2011 and never had any correspondence since around 2006. Bliss!

so.. let me get this straight.... the BBC want to go to a system where you pay according to your income who the bloody hell do they think they are to demand such information? and more over.. why the fu** would you give an 'entertainment' company details of your house hold income???? an entertainment company with seriously dodgey history, at that

Canceled my licence and direct debit last week, no price rise for me 😀whilst almost all of the shows on BBC are utter junk race across the world is ok and credit where it is due sas rogue heroes was very good, not sure if it was bbc or bbc studios though, £170 a year for 2 shows i watch, no thank you.

I once got a letter saying they would visit my home on the 1st January, lol 😂 the clowns.

Why would anyone bother cancelling? Just stop paying it and ignore their communications. Simple.