I don't live in the UK and so I can't talk about license, but BBC has a lot of great content (science, technology, health, travel and so on). So even if you don't like their political orientation, hate 'woke' dramas and rag bias, there's still a lot to watch, in my humble opinion of course.Cancelled my license a few weeks ago, don’t watch BBC woke infested dramas anymore so can do without it, dodgy box is fine for me. Got a knock on the door this week, lad trying to crane his neck to see if he could see my TV screen which he can’t. Answered the door, he said “your TV licence has expired” I said I was well aware and I don’t watch live TV or any BBC I Player programme’s. He said “but you need it to watch any live TV”. I said he wasn’t listening and I’d told him I don’t watch live TV, he just fucked off, there’s nothing they can do.
Strange how match day threads are full of Blues watching City and non City games that are not being broadcast in the UK, how do you explain that?No it isnt
Can you tell me what constitutes a woke-infested drama? Genuinely curious.Cancelled my license a few weeks ago, don’t watch BBC woke infested dramas anymore so can do without it, dodgy box is fine for me. Got a knock on the door this week, lad trying to crane his neck to see if he could see my TV screen which he can’t. Answered the door, he said “your TV licence has expired” I said I was well aware and I don’t watch live TV or any BBC I Player programme’s. He said “but you need it to watch any live TV”. I said he wasn’t listening and I’d told him I don’t watch live TV, he just fucked off, there’s nothing they can do.
I already asked and got no answer. I also asked what his news source is, again silence.Can you tell me what constitutes a woke-infested drama? Genuinely curious.
Just watch any BBC drama and you’ll get your answer, don’t tell me you’re so naive as not to notice?Can you tell me what constitutes a woke-infested drama? Genuinely curious.
But you don't watch any..Just watch any BBC drama and you’ll get your answer, don’t tell me you’re so naive as not to notice?
As expected, you aren't giving an answer. And I suspect you aren't because you know the answer is embarrassing.Just watch any BBC drama and you’ll get your answer, don’t tell me you’re so naive as not to notice?
"What does it say about someone who can't find something worth watching" etc. ?
I find soap operas, reality tv shows, quiz shows, diy/gardening shows are awful.
There is little I watch, it's crap. I do watch the news and few crime programmes, but I can't think of anything I'd record never mind stay in for so what does it say about me ?
Oh and I have a licence
Ah but I'm one step ahead of you. I'm prepping for a nuclear Holocaust.There's a war on, City lost, it's getting colder this weekend....
A lot of people don't find content on the BBC worth watching. Now imagine this, you didn't find anything interesting on Apple TV, but you do on Amazon Prime, but in order to legally stream Amazon Prime you MUST also subscribe to Apple TV in order to watch it.I don't live in the UK and so I can't talk about license, but BBC has a lot of great content (science, technology, health, travel and so on). So even if you don't like their political orientation, hate 'woke' dramas and rag bias, there's still a lot to watch, in my humble opinion of course.
AS I have said, it's not just the BBC that gets the money:A lot of people don't find content on the BBC worth watching. Now imagine this, you didn't find anything interesting on Apple TV, but you do on Amazon Prime, but in order to legally stream Amazon Prime you MUST also subscribe to Apple TV in order to watch it.
That's how many people feel now in the era of streaming services; why am I obligated to pay a fee, which wholly benefits one broadcasting service that I don't watch, so that I can enjoy content on a service that I do? People are asking the question, in this streaming era, 'how should the BBC be paid for?', and a popular opinion gaining traction is make it a subscription service, make it an option for people to choose to pay for.
I personally cannot think of any programme I watch on the BBC and i'm genuinely trying. People will most likely pay services like Sky or Virgin Media to watch BBC and ITV content; some of that could be used to 'pay' for BBC programming. Why we are we being charged again through a licence fee for BBC content?
I watched Reunion on BBC with led with a deaf cast,it took a liitle bit of tuning myself in to,but was a superb drama worth every penny of my £6 per week.Does this sort of inclusiveness come under your woke, whatever that is , or was it just in my opinion a very good drama.Just watch any BBC drama and you’ll get your answer, don’t tell me you’re so naive as not to notice?
And I wasn't even talking to you...AS I have said, it's not just the BBC that gets the money:
Where the Money Goes
The licence fee (set at £180.00 from 1 April 2026) is distributed across several areas:
- BBC Services: Roughly 86% of the fee funds the BBC's eight national TV channels, national and local radio stations, BBC iPlayer, and digital apps.
- S4C: A portion of the fee provides the main public funding for the Welsh-language TV channel, S4C.
- Infrastructure & Rollout: Money is allocated toward the UK's broadband rollout and the maintenance of digital platforms like Freeview and Freesat.
- BBC World Service: The fee covers roughly two-thirds of the World Service budget, which broadcasts globally in dozens of languages.
- Local Journalism: It supports the Local Democracy Reporters scheme, which provides local news coverage across the UK.
- Administration & Collection: Approximately 5p of every £1 (roughly 5%) is spent on the costs of collecting the fee and managing pension deficits.
It's a public forum therefore you are "talking" to us all.And I wasn't even talking to you...
BBC Services: Don't watch any of them
S4C: Don't watch it.
Freesat: Don't have it. I pay for my own service.
BBC World Service: Don't watch any programming on it.
Local Journalism: Don't watch it or absorb it.
Administration & Collection: Not my responsibility to pay for nor should it be anyone elses. The BBC is NOT my responsibility to pay for, just as it's not my responsiblity to pay for any other busines to stay afloat.
It doesn't matter what the money goes towards, it is now the responsibility of the BBC to fund itself.
It's the equivalent of 'butting in', actually, when you start with "AS i said..." I don't know what you said, I wasn't talking to you was I.It's a public forum therefore you are "talking" to us all.
I don't use many of the services but do recognise the importance of S4C in helping maintain the Welsh language.
Freesat is an important extension of normal services for many who can't afford subscription channels.
BBC World Service is often a vital link to the outside world for many in repressed countries and so important as a way to allow a more balanced news avalable to those people.
Are you one of those who moans about paying taxes for schools,fire services etc because you don't use them?
Oh dear let's have a word with the forum police shall we?It's the equivalent of 'butting in', actually, when you start with "AS i said..." I don't know what you said, I wasn't talking to you was I.
And here we go, starting with the strawmen arguments. Is this even about essential services, or about a TV entertainment platform that needs to update it's entire infrastructure in a streaming era of entertainment?
Imagine comparing paying taxes to schools and emergency services to the BBC licence fee! XD
Translation: I have no logical argument to counter yours. I've been made to look a fool by comparing the licence fee to paying taxes on services and have been called out on it. I am choosing not to engage further because I have no further argument to pose.Oh dear let's have a word with the forum police shall we?
I tend not to comment/reply without actually reading the posts already up. I replied to yours as you clearly didn't know that some of the licence money does more than run the BBC. It sounds as though you're not interested in facts or learning something new.
Don't spend today's 49p you've saved all at once. Have a good weekend.
'Woke infested dramas' ffs.Cancelled my license a few weeks ago, don’t watch BBC woke infested dramas anymore so can do without it, dodgy box is fine for me. Got a knock on the door this week, lad trying to crane his neck to see if he could see my TV screen which he can’t. Answered the door, he said “your TV licence has expired” I said I was well aware and I don’t watch live TV or any BBC I Player programme’s. He said “but you need it to watch any live TV”. I said he wasn’t listening and I’d told him I don’t watch live TV, he just fucked off, there’s nothing they can do.