It’s simple. 1) don’t pay. 2) throw all of their correspondence away. 3) don’t answer their questions at the door, just close it.

It's not in their interests to say you can own a TV without needing a licence, hence the scare mongering.

I requested to cancel my TV Licence and got an email reply apologising there will be a delay in replying as they are working hard due to them receiving a LARGE VOLUME OF EMAILS. Well that speaks for itself doesn't it...........

Probably written by an Oxbridge graduate going by today's awful educational standards.

Haven't paid for years and watch what I want when I want.

Don't let him 'visit' by not letting him in.

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Written almost as well as an email from a nigerian prince

Defund the BBC Cancel your direct debit It’s the easiest £160 you’ll ever save. It takes five minutes

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Elderly neighbour had a capita salesman at her door this Wednesday, who told her that "all this nonsense on the internet" was rubbish, that if you had a television set you HAD to have a tv licence or you could go to prison, that he had the same powers as a police constable, and that "there was no such thing as The Broadcasting Act 2003", and that the police were "on their way right now". Fortunately, he had picked the toughest, most switched on old bird on the estate, and she sent him packing with his scaly tail between his legs, but, so much for 'knowledgeable and polite', like. Interesting that she lives in a street with a large number of young, unlicenced couples, and they singled out a 71 year old widow for an "enforcement visit". Speaks volumes, really.

Keep in mind that the BBC has a "pidgin" division to cater to the the illiterate and generally the non-english speaker (not likely to be paying fees), get a feeling this was written by someone from that department

Just had a visit from tv licence , I asked who he was ,he said he was from tv licencing so i closed the door , thanks for the video's jon

I'm 63 and have never seen a detecter van.

We cancelled our tv licence 12+ years ago following the jonathon ross farce.we contacted bbc and told them why we wouldnt be renewing the licence.not looked back!!!good work chilli 😀

This is a very poorly written, factual and grammatical disaster: yes, a Crapita ad, beyond shadow of doubt. You're 100% right, Jon.

I'm not going to pay to be lied to.

Get sharing with everyone you know

When the capita goons go to my mates house he just stands and stares at them and doesn’t say a word, some of them get really pissed off then when they turn to walk away he shouts at them “no £20 from this house”.

I moved in with my girlfriend and didn’t renew my TV licence because she had one. I still owned my old flat. TV licensing couldn’t comprehend that I might not have a TV in an empty flat that I didn’t live in. Letters, visits, visits to my neighbours, phone calls… it went on for over a year. Incidentally, when I worked for Granada TV rentals we had to fill out a TV licensing book for every set we installed. TV licensing only checked those addresses against the licence database. At some point they switched to assuming everyone in the UK had a TV and started pestering everyone.

"Not with your hand on their head, obviously." Brilliant!!! 🤣🤣🤣 Glad you clarified that, I'm sure there are some who would have done exactly that, and there's some who would love to do it, especially with some of the goons 🤔🤣

Just to add a little bit, these people still write to me regularly with veiled threats and they all go in the bin. Just remember you do NOT need a TV licence unless you watch live TV or the BBC I player. If they come say no thankyou and close the door do not talk to them at all.

TV licensing have stated on their letters in the past -'' You may get a visit by a TV licence officer, you do not have to let them in''

A friend of mine had one walk through his door that was open to let air in. He did not own a TV or any laptop or even a phone , the man from the TV licence pushed my friend over and carried on with surching his home. The guy from the TV licence didn't like what happened to him as my friend had him arrested for assault .

By a strange coincidence, I found this page yesterday while researching whether I could watch live footy live over the net (I know, I can't). I read in silent disbelief what this person had written - almost every sentence either misleading or incorrect and I was getting ready to leave a comment... but no. Nowhere to comment at this piece of dross; what a surprise. Thank you for this video, and for commenting on our behalf.

The bbc fails to recognise how loathed and despised it is by the majority of the British population.

What a load of old tosh. The article that is. Definitely more scare tactics for people who don't know much about not having a tv license.

The only reason they catch you is by either looking through a window, or hearing the tv and taking a guess when they speak to you, or by you telling them.

The way I see it at moment is paying the bbc to watch other channels is like paying Burger King to eat a KFC

This is an act of desperation. They are trying to fool people into by a TV licence.

Notwithstanding the erroneous information, the standard of English in that article is abysmal.

I've watched your videos for quite a while now and the information you give puts peoples mind at rest, But this "fake news and false info" is trying to turn that upside down and worry people, keep up the good work it's much appreciated.

I moved property recently in March , I used to pay tv licence but I'm a young single dude living on my own who doesn't necessarily have the best income so I applied ages ago to not have one because I needed to save money. I used to love Doctor Who but now it's rubbish, I got no reason to have it. They sent me a letter today (first one in my new address) There's so many reasons not to have one. If the BBC could be like ITV, Netflix, prime and even disney+ then they would have way more respect from the UK. Yet they use bully tactics and give out false information. Also the fact they blatantly hide paedophiles is another reason to not have one.

Once again Jon, excellent video!! Sounds like desperation when they stoop to this level!!! Keep up the good work!!

It is obvious that this article was written in view of mis-information to scare and confuse people, surely there must be some form of regulation for this a bit like when manufacturers having to list correct ingredients on food items.

I loved that you brought up the question of 'TV detector' vans - it stands to reason that your TV is essentially a receiver, and not broadcasting, and therefore cannot send any signal for any sort of van with an aerial ( hah!) to receive. I"ve had conversations with relatively intelligent people, who insist that a TV 'transmits' a signal, even what channel you are watching, back to the van. Has anyone ever even seen a van? Its all utter nonsense, and doesnt bear any scrutiny whatsoever. Like you touched on, information received at the MC's is derived soley upon what you have admitted to?

As for me, I am not worried about being caught watching TV illegally, on the grounds that I don`t watch TV illegally - which means no one is ever going to catch me watching TV illegally. Having said that, when my TV packed up 11 years ago I decided to see how I`d get along without a TV, finding other forms of entertainment. I cancelled my license, and lo & behold a charming old fella from Licensing turned up asking if he may check that I am not in possession of a TV and wathching TV without a license. I let him in and he left satisfied that I was not breaking the law. But I had no idea that this process would be repeated every couple of years. To hell with that. It will take a Police Force for any `TV Licensing Enforcement Officer` to enter my home again on the pretext that they are knocking at my door to - essentially - check that I am not breaking the law. I am not breaking the law and I don`t have to prove to The Queen, let alone anyone else, that I am not.

Funny enough, I've just had a letter from TV licensing today with the headline.... Be prepared for this investigation to lead to prosecution. It goes on to list when it's a criminal offence to not have a licence..... Watch or record programmes as they are being shown on TV or live on an online TV service, or download or watch BBC programmes on demand, including catch up TV, on BBC iplayer. I don't TV, Ever.

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We haven't watched live TV or any of BBC'S services in well over 3 years and I've finally convince my wife to cancel the tv license.

''What happens when a visiting officer enters your house?'' I have no idea. But I can tell you roughly what proportion close the garden gate having been summarily sent on their way after the first sentence out of their mouths.

My first thought that this has been written on behalf of Capita. It contains the usual Capita lies 1) If you own a TV you need a license 2) It talks of the mythical TV vans and handheld machines 3) It says you need to let in "visiting officers" , answer questions and sign a form * I would say it is very good bet that Capita put this person up to writing it*

Again i love your channel, Just a quickie, It's a receiving licence not a watching licence, If you are blind and/or death you still need a TV licence. Another thing, on the back of the threating letter you can request it in brail, to do this is expensive for crapeter, so i highly advise everyone to request this. And perhaps in Welsh to.

Cheers Jon, that gave me a good laugh. 😆

The original licence was to have equipment capable of receiving TV broadcast , that was changed when the current legislation came into force , The home office was the original licence issuer through the GPO , until the BBC themselves became responsible , in 2006 the licence fee was reclassified as a Tax , hence it being applicable to all live channels not just the BBC,

Whats the bets this was paid for by the TV licence company? It ought to be illegal for companies to put out deliberately false information.

I got a TV licence letter the other day and I started watching your videos, you helped me alot cause I got intimidated by the letter but they never came out on the date they threatened to but I only watch amazon prime n youtube anyway so no way am I paying for BBC when I'm not on it. Thanks your helping loads of people.

I have put the money I have saved by not paying for a TV licence (I do not watch live tv etc.) towards my holiday to Corfu in July. Lovely jubilee! ☺🌞⛱✈🍹🏝🏄‍♀️💃🍦🍾🧉 love your videos, very informative 👍

In the USA I had a friend back in the 80s who was a bit of a tech. He wired cable to everyone in his apartment complex who wanted to pay a much reduced fee for the ultimate cable package. Apparently it paid for all his computer goodies. A mutual friend of ours also created an over the air rebroadcast system for his neighborhood, something similar to Z Channel. He used a Commodore computer to post a channel/show listing that scrolled automatically. I had it fairly easy as far as watching TV, while in school, I worked security at a "head end" of a cable company. We had huge satellite dishes and broadcast towers. The crew set my place up with their premium package. Later I worked for the first Internet company in our county.

I'm not sure how many people would get very far into that word salad of an article, I did a quick search myself and that page didn't show up, what I did find however were plenty of pages explaining how to cancel your TV licence. So it seems like word is getting out there, keep up the good work Jon, you're a real star.

‘Christina’s’ advice is extremely dangerous. The implication in her article is that when a person, any person, claiming to be from the television licensing department, demands entry into your home you are obliged to let them in. You are not. This woman should be severely rebuked by any and all organisations that represent elderly people. She is implying that householders have no powers to refuse entry, which is false and potentially an invitation to criminals to exploit the vulnerable. Thank you very much for pointing this out.

Thanks Chilli top information as usual your presentation spot on

If tv detection was so good governments around the world would have put a tv on all air craft years ago, "switch your tv on and if you crash we will know where you went down"

What a disgrace how can it be legal to publish fake information! The article should be taken down immediately and the author fined & sacked 😡

I've checked the article and popups for TV licencing occur. It appears to be a spun and false report. It's pretty obvious that it's official misinformaton. Also, if you find a way if contacting this woman - if that's her name, ask to see the certificate for the degree she claims to have. She's barely literate FFS.

"Front end developer" probably means she has an "introduction to Word" course from Crapola College.

By saying that 'most' visiting officers are polite, respectful and observe proper etiquette It Implies that another portion of these officers will be Impolite, disrespectful and Ignore the correct protocol 😂

Will be interesting to know if they ramp up their cold calling now the Euros have started? Especially when England games are on. 🤔

Not CAN stich you up, but WILL stitch you up! So always deny them entry to your home or business!

Just had my first threatening letter today. I am so PROUD! And Bobby (my bin) LOVED eating it!

I thought, who the hell is Kristina Mouly and then I got the answer at the end of the video. I suspect her "strong background in technology" may be as strong as her command of the English language and a writer of any form, even a "Tech writer", should really raise their game above the level of semi-literacy. Anyone convinced by this article really deserves to be. I doubt, though, that there will be many.

Surly lying or giving false information to be able to gain from said information by scaring an individual to purchase something under false pretence because they are in fear of something caused by being given that false information is intimidation? Not withstanding being completely immoral, surely it should be illegal. If I done this in my job I’d probably get arrested but definitely fired 🙄

ive been living at my new property since mid April and I've still yet to get a tv license letter, very strange I haven't had one yet lol but I'm expecting one any day now.

I cancelled my licence in nov last year and now had two visits from the goons in the last 3 weeks can you sue them for harassment????

"What happens when a visiting officer enters your house." I mean it's his life to lose I guess.

Whatever Kristina's claimed education, good English clearly wasn't among her subjects. And - whatever she perceives her future to be - she would do well to remember that, while offering her skills for sale might be part of every working life, selling her opinions and self-respect is a poor start.

I am confused about the live TV part. I mean. If ITV airs something live,then why does it require a TV licence. They are funded by advertising. So would a proportion of TV licence go to all the other channels? How can the BBC determine that something aired on another channel entitles them to money? Any clarification appreciated.

I cannot imagine this came from an "informed" source unless such a source put this out maliciously. Not only is it full of factual errors the English is terrible, the sort of thing you get in scam emails - and immediately bin !

Remember when Sir Jimmy Savile made an advert to split the TV licence into 4.the BBC were good to him

9:04 "So we suggest you watch moderately and legally to avoid paying hefty penalties in the future" I'm sure that is just terribly worded, but I wouldn't be surprised if they did start fining TV licence payers for watching "too much TV"

Just had my first goon. To be fair he was ok. Asked if I was Mr? I asked who he was, he said tv licensing and I replied not interested, he then just walked away.

_''What happens when a visiting officer enters your house?''_ *He doesn't* Next question.

It's a load of rubbish. Well done for keeping us up to date.

Nice one! Its not just misleading - that woman should be charged with criminal deception. "I was following orders" is not a defence. We can't keep letting the scum who are administering these (and other) crimes against the people get away with it.

If they ever nock on my door. I'll just wind them up n give them loads of random false info 😊

I don't have a TVL. Don't need one. Period. My genuine TV set is not hooked up as I only view DVDs on subscription with Cinema Paradiso rentals. When I visit my mother who has a Freesat box full of hundreds of channels I cannot find anything interesting to watch anyway so again it reinforces my decision not to bother as I have done for years! I click and click through her channels; the thing is, I'm not familiar with what's available so find it totally bizarre that you can trawl through the on-screen TV Guide or channel by channel and for a nanosecond whilst on BBC 1, 2 etc. technically one legally requires a licence (well I haven't actually "viewed" it anyway, have I, as I moved straight on?) whereas on loads of other stations I actually and genuinely don't "require" one! At this point how am I supposed to know which is which??? Where does it make that clear officially (apart from listening to CJC?)? I'm aware that online if you go into BBC iPlayer it brings up a box asking Yes or No, Do you have a licence - so why can't the TVs do the same? Then you'd know which ones to avoid if you're genuinely LLF???

Thanks Chillijon, keep up the good work. Just cancelled mine. 👍

They sound like Vampires, they could only enter on invitation

It's worse than a mess, it's downright lies !!

The BBC should be heavily fined for putting out these scaremongering lies

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS GUY, HE SHOULD RUN OUR COUNTRY 😎

Hi Chill good work I to have stop paying for the TV License sins beginning of June. when I get a visit by a goon I will take your advice and just shut the door. Hope more people cancel the tv license. i have sheared your video to a friend of mine and now he has cancelled the licence to . thank you for all the work your doing.

The sickening greed of the bbc and it's employees is truly nauseating.

My tv works perfectly fine without a licence. Also, even if I did pay, the Eric gill statue above broadcaster house needs to come down first.

I think that Christina woman is employed by the bbc as a tech writer.

I’ve even cancelled the full kids package from my Sky contract. My son never watched any of it. He favours KZfaq like me.

Another helpful video, BBC have their head in the sand regarding the fee. I hope it stays there till the tide comes in 🤭. Great work ChillyJon, your making a real difference. Thankyou 👍

One strong argument in the whole discussion should be the unfairness of the BBC receiving ALL the license money. If the licence fee has to continue It must be shared out among all broadcasters across the spectrum.

It's like one of those scripts the call scamers use when they call you to try ripping you off miss information or selling tac tic or just plan bullshit.

This was probably written by a Goon, they don't seem too bright, that would explain the grammar! I Had my first letter yesterday, I cancelled legitimately through the website and now I'm apparently getting a refund of £53. Better in my pocket :-)

One very big question for Capita/BBC is,does any of the license fees paid to any independent tv companies and foreign tv companies and if so how much money is being paid to those companies. If none of the licenses fees are being paid to the Independent tv companies then the fees are just a big scam and illegal. According to the letter from the TV LICENSING people, you can pay by payments starting from £6.00 a week. So if you equates that there’s 52weeks in a year then it will cost you £312.00 per year which is almost double the of the tv license of £159.00 which is definitely a very big scam and should be made illegal.

Terrible grammar. They’re really scraping the bottom of the barrel for writing “talent” like that.

I recently cancelled my TV licence as I wanted it changed from my name to my wife's name, got a refund also,I then purchased a new license in her name and printed off said license. Fantastic, now if anything happens to me, ie have another heart attack and not survive, my wife wouldn't have to worry, done and dusted; I thought,? I have since received a letter telling me to renew as I cancelled, and they were sending an inspector around to my home to discuss the situation?? and could end up with a fine or even imprisonment!!! I'm still laughing.Should I show them the new license, or just close the door I wonder.

Hi Jon, I have a question. I understanding watching anything BBC related on live TV would require a licence, I get that. But what I don't get is why do you also need the same licence for watching, for example, ITV, C4, Dave, HCTV etc. As far as I'm aware the BBC do not fund any of these other freeview channels, so why do you need a licence to be able to watch these and other channels live? Do you have a video that explains this? If not would you be able to make one, now that would be very interesting. Many thanks and keep up the excellent work :-)

Dont be intimidated by the lies and bullshit just cancel the licence fee. If they call tell them not today thankyou and close the door

Cancelled the tv licence a couple of years ago I’m probably too rural to get a visit ( long distance between those £20 notes) but if i do I’m definitely filming it and sending it in, see if i can get top marks for how I handle them.

One statement negates the requirement for a TV licence. No live or recorded TV broadcasts are ever watched on these premises.

Chillijoncarne, I am 83yr and have just received a letter from TV licensing with the headline ..... ; Please Act Now, Before Your Licence is cancelled. It goes on about covering my licence till August 31, at no time does this letter threatened me with any enforcement Goons visits, fines or prosecutions etc. The only threat is them to cancel my licence, well not having a contract with them I have nothing to cancel. My licence was FREE and I have no intention of entering into another contract with them so they can go whistle. I neither want or need a TV licence therefore I don't require a contract with BBC.

Dont slap em in the head 🤣🤣🤣 im in tears with that hahaha

I just send the Letters back with 'This is Harassment'. Even got a note on me door, 'Corporate Slags NOT Welcome'.