Former Top Gear Presenter Says He "Hasn't Paid TV Licence Fee In Years"

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Former Top Gear Presenter Says He "Hasn't Paid TV Licence Fee In Years"

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8 ай бұрын

Former presenter of BBC’s 'Top Gear' Steve Berry says he hasn’t paid the TV licence fee in years, following the announcement that it will rise by £10.50 next year.
For the past two years the licence fee has been frozen at £159 but it was previously agreed it would rise in line with inflation after April 2024, which would see it increase by 9% - or £15 - to £173.30.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told reporters over the weekend that the BBC should be “realistic about what it can expect people to pay at a time like this” and the BBC should be looking to “cut its cloth appropriately” as the country continues to deal with the heightened cost of living.
Steve says: “They haven’t got anything for me!”
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@bridiesmith5110 8 ай бұрын

Decriminalise the licence fee. You can’t be put in prison for illegally entering the country but not pay the licence fee you can be jailed.

@enkisdaughter4795 8 ай бұрын

It’s not non-payment of the licence that you can be imprisoned for, it’s non-payment of the fine you get for not having a licence. You can also get imprisoned for the non-payment of a fine for, say, speeding, going through a red light, riding a bicycle on the pavement, etc. The charge is “non-payment of …..” then you add in whatever it is that hasn’t been paid for. If you pay the fine, the courts aren’t interested in you. My late father was a Magistrate here in England.

@whattheactualfook976 8 ай бұрын

You only need to pay a licence fee if you’re watching anything bbc and / or any other live feeds at all. You Tube, Netflix etc don’t need a licence. It’s only criminal if you’re caught watching what the licence covers. They can only take you to court with evidence. They can’t get evidence without entering your property first. They have no right to enter your property without first having evidence and then a court order. Ignore them.

@bridiesmith5110 8 ай бұрын

@@enkisdaughter4795 semantics. Take the 400 thousand people who have stopped paying and refuse to pay the fine, which equates to the license fee plus court costs, amounts to the same . If you don’t pay, you go to jail. Come on on a dinghy, no threat of jail, given a phone, bed and board 1st class healthcare. Nope I’m this day and age the bbc should be a subscription service only. Lots of their back catalogues are shown on channels that the bbc own that show adverts and at part of subscription channels. They get money from those deals too.

@brimkathstampex2306 8 ай бұрын

Wrong, completely. Nobody can be jailed for not paying the licence fee. Various proceedings, Court proceedings and otherwise, have to be initiated long before even getting remotely near anyone being jailed. Stop your ignorance and scaremongering.

@WookiRahh 8 ай бұрын

@@brimkathstampex2306 your arguing but that isnt the issue here the fact you can even be put in court over a subscription you dont want or use thats the real issue..... your being charged for a service you dont use or want and that isnt acceptable and the fact a tv subscription can land you in prison is completely mad

@spokes1018 8 ай бұрын

As a white middle aged English man, the BBC has nothing to offer me. Pleased I cancelled it years ago.

@maccagrabme 8 ай бұрын

They can't tempt you with all their wonderful wokery?

@davidschofield387 8 ай бұрын

You cannot 'cancel subscription' to BBC 🙊

@spokes1018 8 ай бұрын

@@davidschofield387 yes you can, and I have....like so many others have done. Don't use iplayer or watch live TV, then you can cancel the licence.

@janeburke147 8 ай бұрын

As a white Middle Aged woman I agree.

@chorleycc 8 ай бұрын

@@davidschofield387 You can tell them you no longer require a license. Therefore cancelling your license. Pretty much the same thing as cancelling a subscription. Are you getting hung up on technicalities?

@victorgrainger895 8 ай бұрын

This is one tax you can decide NOT to pay. Don't

@Caesar-3el 8 ай бұрын

Exactly, if the tax drys up their finished hopefully very soon.

@fongy200 8 ай бұрын

Not without being labeled a Criminal. You have that choice, but rest assured they will prosecute and label you a Criminal if you are 'caught' watching BBC TV. Mental!

@barryfoster453 8 ай бұрын

@@fongy200 That's incorrect. You won't be labelled a criminal if you don't break the law. I stopped paying in 2014, and we have NEVER watched any live TV since, or any catch-up service. We watch KZfaq and DVDs. If you don't want to pay the tax, don't - it's perfectly legal...as long as you stick to the law.

@ZenosOsgorma 8 ай бұрын

not if sunak has his way.

@fongy200 8 ай бұрын

@@barryfoster453 That's exactly what I explained.

@occupier123 8 ай бұрын

I’m done with BBC for years, I stopped paying for something I don’t use….not missing it, the lies and propaganda.

@tonyangel58 8 ай бұрын

Bang On Mate

@hassyg4083 8 ай бұрын

yeh best watch Andrew Tate

@everyone06 8 ай бұрын

Also for Nonces.

@elemar5 8 ай бұрын

Great response. Is Tate the only alternative to the BBC?@@hassyg4083

@mylesg7278 8 ай бұрын

@@hassyg4083still better than the bbc. Unless you endorse a company who enabled and covered up Jimmy Savile 👀

@BristolMatt 8 ай бұрын

This is such an interesting chat, these gentlemen have a wealth of experience and if they say the BBC has a disdain for the native population, you better believe it. Stop paying those who hate you.

@WookiRahh 8 ай бұрын

means the whole government entirely then

@terryreknaw6152 8 ай бұрын

Same as the government. Mafia tactics.

@shirleyswaine4701 8 ай бұрын

We don't need anyone to tell us, the BBC make it blatantly obvious, which is one reason I stopped paying the licence fee three years ago and frankly, I don't understand why anyone still does.

@knoxyish 8 ай бұрын

oh they hate you wake up!!

@gashead2006 8 ай бұрын

@@WookiRahh 😊

@Seafarer1947 8 ай бұрын

EVERYONE SHOULD CANCEL THEIR TV LICENSE ! IF EVERYONE DID THIS, THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO !

@robertlockwood3540 6 ай бұрын

Too many wrinklies watch Eastenders to ever see that happen.

@keith4518 8 ай бұрын

Doesn't matter how much they put it up, I would never pay it

@MikeEves 8 ай бұрын

Exactly. Put it up by 200%, it's 200% of nothing = nothing

@grahambell4298 8 ай бұрын

As an old fart I can remember the days when the BBC made programmes that were actually worth paying for. Top comedies like Dad's Army, Morecambe and Wise, The Goodies, Monty Python, Only Fools and Horses, Yes Minister and more. Plus dramas like I Claudius and The Singing Detective, as well as good, interesting informative stuff like Coast and Tomorrow's World. Now it's all crappy woke propaganda from the News to Doctor Who. So bad I gave up watching TV totally a few years back and don't miss it at all.

@steven-dark 8 ай бұрын

Ditto

@chriswalford9228 8 ай бұрын

When they had decency and talked properly. Glad I watched in the golden era.

@michaeljust1193 8 ай бұрын

I'd settle for an accurate and unbiased news service . Thing of the past .

@matthewjbellamy1 8 ай бұрын

Wow , this comment took me back to the good ol days . Absolutely agree with you

@vontrap6942 8 ай бұрын

Randomly I'm watching Dad's Army right now! I'm 44 but prefer all the old stuff. Better written and better acted.

@OllyO-gt8pg 8 ай бұрын

when they are so anti-british and anti-fund payer why would you give them money? i certainly never will.

@peterjones6507 8 ай бұрын

We all know what the BBC think of us. They make it perfectly obvious. It's the reason many of us refuse to pay the licence fee. Twenty years ago I would have fought for the BBC. Now I want to see it closed as quickly as possible,

@colincox1716 8 ай бұрын

I am not paying into an institution full of wronguns from every angle .

@fly9wheel 13 күн бұрын

Who wants to contribute to the Jimmy Savile club? Who will be the next one to join, and Hugh Edwards was going to be given a knighthood for talking about a royal funeral, unbelievable.

@stephendalton1648 8 ай бұрын

Im not paying for an endless stream of wokery

@Caesar-3el 8 ай бұрын

If sunak the weed wanted a big vote winner he'd shut that monstrosity down Immediately let them stand alone or fail.We dont need to pay an enemy within.

@chamatsprayart2283 8 ай бұрын

The fact they send enforcement officers to YOUR HOME when you've done nothing wrong needs to be addressed....

@user-yl1xy5eg7b 6 ай бұрын

TV licence sales persons! I don't answer the door to them.

@malcolmabram2957 15 күн бұрын

I love them, I show them the TV my dog's watch in the dog compound. It saves at least one week's dog food.

@clovermark39 14 күн бұрын

I’ve never had anyone at my door in the over 8 years I stopped paying. Probably can’t afford to pay people to do that.

@markopolo-1 8 ай бұрын

Just cancelled recently after actually realising WE DON'T watch live TV often enough to warrant it !. I spend most of my life watching KZfaq, documentaries and things like this, I've always just paid it simply because I can't be bothered with the hassle of the goons hitting the doorstep, but enough is enough, it was hard enough to keep paying after the BBC was shown to have known what was going on with Saville, but after realising we don't even watch the BBC or most other channels, I'm now one of the cancellers !

@matthew_jw1318 8 ай бұрын

Do you not watch any sports live?

@markopolo-1 8 ай бұрын

@@matthew_jw1318 No, why would I? I hate sports!!

@evelinewinskill4066 8 ай бұрын

The BBC should follow the subscription model like Netflix etc. then they’ll find out just how unpopular they are with the public

@tonymarkey6525 8 ай бұрын

Which is why they are terrified of losing it!👍

@user-yi5jf3xy5i 8 ай бұрын

@@tonymarkey6525precisely

@-The-Darkside 8 ай бұрын

They'd be out of business in weeks

@MrNickGreen 8 ай бұрын

They can’t they have 2.7billion to find for the pension fund

@JazzFunkNobby1964 8 ай бұрын

People that don't buy a tv licence on principal might pay a BBC subscription as it's their choice to do so.

@user-bz9cb8bp2y 8 ай бұрын

Paid in for 42 yrs BBC tax, I won't pay another day for bbc

@davidgibbs7256 8 ай бұрын

We should all refuse to pay.

@MikeEves 8 ай бұрын

I don't refuse, I just don't pay. There's a big difference

@zippyatrainbow 8 ай бұрын

I don't have to pay as I am legally Licence free. Big difference from refusing.

@original.dwornboy 8 ай бұрын

Gave up with the BBC during the Covid nonsense. They showed their true colours.

@maccagrabme 8 ай бұрын

I honestly believe they are a danger to society nowadays for various reasons.

@cornishhh 8 ай бұрын

Same. There certainly wasn't any balanced coverage there.

@DavidSmith-ze2wi 8 ай бұрын

If they are as unbiased as they say why don't they show the excellent documentaries Died Suddenly and Safe and Effective.

@BlatentlyFakeName 4 ай бұрын

Yea there was a huge cancel wave during covid. Partly because their "enforcers" werent allowed to visit people :D Many of those have just kept it cancelled, I have.

@maninst7145 8 ай бұрын

Cant understand why the bbc, just a tv company has the right to demand you pay a licence fee to view chanels other than theres. Disgusting!!!

@StevieZero 8 ай бұрын

Something to do with them owning the broadcasting airwave frequencies...

@fly9wheel 13 күн бұрын

Or theirs even!

@themossad 8 ай бұрын

It's obvious the BBC has contempt for the British people. Why pay them to insult you?

@karenbarker9474 8 ай бұрын

This is the final straw. I have cancelled mime.

@Akmedhussa 8 ай бұрын

Prepare for a visit from the police!

@MrSamoDude 8 ай бұрын

@@Akmedhussa Nonsense, I cancelled my about 4-5 years ago, declared I don't watch live TV or iPlayer (I don't) and other than re-confirming you don't need it every few years, I've never heard anything since.

@mm3nrx 8 ай бұрын

for a civil offence? what a nugget lol@@Akmedhussa

@ep1929 8 ай бұрын

@@Akmedhussaas if the police have got the time when over 3 million householders aren't paying it now. Do you work for the BBC?

@andrewdutton1003 8 ай бұрын

As well as having to pay the license fee to watch the BBC, you are also forced to watch all the BBC adverts between their programs !

@harrynking777 8 ай бұрын

Yes, the BBC does indeed advise (its own programmes).

@Exalted_Wolfe 7 ай бұрын

people also forge tthe bbc sells it products world wide, and has channels i nplaces in america that had adverts, they also owns channel slike uk tv and brit box that all have adverts on them

@brianstubberfield2116 8 ай бұрын

Eventually there will be one person left paying 5 billion for a tv license !! 😂😂😂

@tonygreenfield7820 7 ай бұрын

And they will be a London bubble dwelling Labour voter.

@misfit2022 8 ай бұрын

Yeah I saw a friend who asked me if I was pissed off about this increased and I said no because I don’t pay it 😁

@StevenHarrison-od9ps 8 ай бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍👍😂😂😂😂me neither never had one.😊

@misfit2022 8 ай бұрын

@Steven I have in the past but for around 4 years now

@MikeEves 8 ай бұрын

A decade for me

@dgamerssvideoreaction7666 8 ай бұрын

Never paid the propaganda tax anyway

@deantaylor8572 8 ай бұрын

On the extremely rare occasion that BBC TV Licensing enforcers knock on your door because you don't have a tv licence - either don't open the door or, once they have identified themselves, just say "No Thanks" and close the door. Don't interact with them.

@barrystubbs983 8 ай бұрын

and it really IS that simple

@paulsimmonds2030 8 ай бұрын

They are not enforcers. They are door to door salesmen.They only bother with people they can bully. Take away that opportunity and they move on. And you are right. It really is that simple.

@clovermark39 14 күн бұрын

Yep. I’ve never had bbc at my door in over 8 years.

@fly9wheel 13 күн бұрын

It's the same with the police. If you are stopped, the police usually ask you if you know why you have been stopped. If you say well I might have just been over the speed limit a little bit, You have just admitted breaking the speed limit. So just say no!

@buck2trips906 8 ай бұрын

First step should be to make a policy of nobody gets paid more than the prime minister and see how that develops.

@samanthahardy9903 8 ай бұрын

The t.v. licence will rise by the same percentage the state pension is due to rise next year. Another example of the government giving in one hand and taking away with the other.

@MikeEves 8 ай бұрын

For all I care they could raise it by 1000%. 1000% of nothing is still nothing....

@rbir2653 8 ай бұрын

Why are you lemons still paying the tv licence fee. If you just watch netflix or KZfaq you dont need to pay. Cancel your tv licence today

@ep1929 8 ай бұрын

@@PhatTony-km3flyes keep it as it is, I'm on a free ride as I don't watch any live content.

@1669Python 8 ай бұрын

No Licence Fee inflation in our house. There hasn't been for a long time.

@Gracey64 8 ай бұрын

I’m one of the 400,000 that cancelled this year, I could no longer fund the very channel that is against all my basic principles, go woke, go broke. Simple.

@jesso777 8 ай бұрын

Haven't paid for years saved £1500

@ep1929 8 ай бұрын

The first guest to speak was spot on in his analysis of the BBC. The viewer is indeed the program controller these days, there's tens of thousands of hours of non iPlayer content available via a firestick, Roku, Chromecast etc. I think it's game over for the licence fee model.

@terryhoath1983 6 ай бұрын

You can use his name ... Michael Cole.

@graemewilliams6697 8 ай бұрын

Haven't paid for years because I never watch live TV. All sport should be removed from the BBC so it is free on catch-up. Make the channel a subscription service only.

@AW-Services 8 ай бұрын

These two chaps are absolutely bang on. Credit to them and their valid options. They represent us

@grannytakesatrip1128 8 ай бұрын

I'm all for the British Biased Corporation increasing the TV licence fee by whatever amount one bit, I stopped paying it years ago.

@tonygreenfield7820 7 ай бұрын

They are not British.

@yorkshireplumbing 8 ай бұрын

That's exactly how the producers of Dr Who looked when they recently appeared to justify their lefty activism in the storylines and characters and how they know they're right to write it like that and anyone who complains is wrong, astounding display of hubris - you can barely believe these people exist in real life. They have nothing but contempt for the average person and see us like animals who need to be trained to sit and remain in the shadow of their upwardly turned noses.

@johnpaulnash8144 8 ай бұрын

Dr Woke

@halley4032 8 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure that much of the latest Dr Who content is made to be deliberately antagonistic to mainstream viewers. They can't help themselves, and will be laughing their socks off at how upset traditional viewers and fans will be. The demise of the show won't bother them in the slightest !

@keith-wg2de 8 ай бұрын

A sixth form drama group would do a better job😂

@yorkshireplumbing 8 ай бұрын

@@keith-wg2de probably be 50x more woke with today's 6th forms lol

@SilverfoxJB 8 ай бұрын

@@halley4032Like what happened with Torchwood.

@davidadams5116 8 ай бұрын

I am 70 and havent watched the BBC for nearly 2 yrs. Havent had a licence either so they can stick it up to £500pa as far as i am concerned

@petercopley1769 8 ай бұрын

I'm 80, and I stopped watching BBC ITV or SKY long ago. my wife watches East Enders, of which the introduction music sends me running for the spare room. I agree that the two finger Anglo Saxon gesture is better than the American single finger gesture to 'go forth and multipy'

@mannie7028 8 ай бұрын

Try Australia sky ... it’s completely different to uk sky. Also on you tube now. In the US, Fox business is the one to watch rather than Fox 24 or today channels. I unplugged 20 years ago and pick and choose what I want to watch and pay for. News can generally wait ten minutes from live broadcast to internet. After all, you’ve waited all night for it! Movies, dramas, soaps etc all still available via internet. A tip ... get a young family member to set you up: they seem to be born knowing this stuff! Merry Christmas

@user-en4bz5kf8s 6 ай бұрын

You mean you haven't cancelled it. It's all propaganda for wars it's finished.

@britishbluecatsonwheels 2 ай бұрын

East Enders is shown on KZfaq by a Channel trying to promote their ‘teaching driving’ app. It’s available on day broadcast by BBC & from the morning

@AngelaRyanXX 8 ай бұрын

The golden years are long gone.

@MrN8073 8 ай бұрын

I pay for my fathers tv license hes 78. At 75 it should have been free but the law changed and id promised my late mother id honour it.

@lothos-tu4uh 8 ай бұрын

...stopped pay for the licence over 5yrs ago...never missed it... 😁

@gjclark2478 8 ай бұрын

Not paid since 2010. Best thing worth watching is the BBC going down the pan by their own actions 😂😂

@Syptah47 6 ай бұрын

So you've saved around £1500? ...thats great news! None of your cash going to Linekar! 😂

@BoingBB 8 ай бұрын

The licence fee has to go, or at least be modified so it pays for the BBC only. It isn't fair that we have to pay this fee even if we never watch the BBC. I gave up my licence in 2020 and it really bugs me that I can't now watch live broadcasts from ANY TV channel without breaking the law. The licence should be just for the BBC and those who don't watch the BBC should be exempt from paying it.

@terryjones6504 8 ай бұрын

Haven’t paid for a licence in years.

@peterjames424 8 ай бұрын

The government needs the BBC for propaganda distribution so if vast numbers of people ditch licences then I wouldn't put it past them to get a new law out where every household have to pay as an addition to their Council Tax (Poll Tax).

@adrianbrown1492 8 ай бұрын

I think you are right. But it's the BBC that is talking about going down this route.

@halley4032 8 ай бұрын

Yes, I can totally believe a 'tax' of some kind coming into play before too long. However, it could end being interesting. The increasing cancellation of TV licenses shows that the public are becoming more disillusioned and distrustful of the BBC, so for the Govt to introduce a 'tax' of some kind could result in 'Poll Tax' level of discontent!

@jimmythedrum446 8 ай бұрын

@@adrianbrown1492pretty sure the government own bbc

@angelalogie5997 8 ай бұрын

Already been said

@peterricks510 8 ай бұрын

if it goes on council tax then that part will not be paid.

@apiscator444 8 ай бұрын

BBC needs to stand on thier own. Not living off poor licence payers.

@toysntings4087 8 ай бұрын

Same here. As far as I’m concerned it’s a political machine and we shouldn’t be made to pay a tax to fund our political enemies and those wanting to destroy our way of life.

@orchidhouse297 6 ай бұрын

Not watched TV for 25 years. Never missed it. They never offer anything I want to watch. We have a full life outside TV. Compare BBC output with the range of interest to be found on KZfaq. No contest.

@nightowl7459 8 ай бұрын

I refuse to pay into the British Bashing Corporations legal extortion racket, I don't want the airwaves equivalent of the Guardian broadcasted into my home, and our gutless government giving the British Bashing Corporation permission to raise it's extortion racket payment by £10.50 next year (after the next general election conveniently) shows exactly what this government thinks of the struggling British people.

@madplanet3351 8 ай бұрын

Increase is probably to offset against the droves of people cancelling the TV tax.

@clovermark39 14 күн бұрын

They might have to put it up more pretty soon.

@madplanet3351 14 күн бұрын

@@clovermark39 thankfully won't affect us two as we ditched the license and the sky viewing package years ago.

@markhodgkinson1737 8 ай бұрын

BBC tell us they are fantastic and so loved by the people. Why then are they terrified of going to a subscription model?

@GarethPrice-wy2es 8 ай бұрын

Aint paid for years. Feel good about it to. Full of bs. 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

@sarawashington5485 3 ай бұрын

😂👏👏👏👏👏

@markfarnon6742 8 ай бұрын

I left the uk 8 years ago, I couldn't stomach paying the TV tax for the last 5 years when I was still there. The only things I can remember half liking were coast and old repeats. Btw the woman presenter was just goofing around, don't be too harsh on her. Also Steve Berry should go into politics - well said Sir.

@merlinhotspurs 8 ай бұрын

I don’t listen to the radio, since all the good presenters have left. Concerning the TV, I don’t watch it at all, yet I have to pay for it. It’s dystopian.

@enkisdaughter4795 8 ай бұрын

Haven’t listened to BBC Radio since Commercial Radio began

@elemar5 8 ай бұрын

If you don't watch TV why do you think you have to pay for it?

@spokes1018 8 ай бұрын

You don't have to pay for it if you don't watch live broadcasts or use the iplayer

@merlinhotspurs 8 ай бұрын

@@elemar5 I watch live football on Sky and BT on the TV and streamed TV.

@sumary7663 8 ай бұрын

You don’t have to pay at all.

@yumidad 8 ай бұрын

Canceled my license in 2008.

@sumary7663 8 ай бұрын

Great guests. Both absolutely correct in what they’re saying.

@rossboss555 8 ай бұрын

My 85yr old mum has just cancelled her TV licence bye bye BBC ✌️

@LordCheam 8 ай бұрын

This is how the BBC arrogantly see themselves : 'We welcome your feedback as we strive to safeguard our reputation as the world’s most trusted news organisation.'

@turboslag 8 ай бұрын

The BBC has no other option but to go commercial and subscription, the only reason it's been allowed to hang on like a zombie is because it's the governments voice. Personally, I would pay the licence fee if they provided full live coverage of just three motorsport events, Formula 1, Moto GP and the world sports car championship, then, for me, it would be value for money. But the BS they currently put out is of no interest to me at all. News can be had from anywhere, for free and better than the BBC. Considering they have 22000 staff and produce what they do suggests they are a monster of waste and inefficiency, but of course they can afford to be because they have guaranteed funding, and that is the problem.

@tonycrayford3893 8 ай бұрын

Don't forget all the ad revenue from the UKTV network and BBC America is a premium channel.

@turboslag 8 ай бұрын

@@tonycrayford3893 Absolutely true and also the revenue from BBC productions. It defies comprehension as to why they need such huge funding, their competitors thrive on massively less. Also remember all the scandals that have emerged in recent years.

@StevenHarrison-od9ps 8 ай бұрын

Never ever had a TV licence and especially today they can sit on that middle finger and rotate😂😂😊😊😂😂

@hmao4466 8 ай бұрын

What kind of country taxes people to watch TV? Have they not heard of subscription fees?

@MikeEves 8 ай бұрын

It is a subscription. It's your choice if you subscribe, remember that. I pay nothing as I don't subscribe.

@Bluejohn 7 ай бұрын

Surely by increasing the licence fee it will encourage even more people to stop paying it.

@Syptah47 6 ай бұрын

Exactly! ....bring it on 😊

@fly9wheel 13 күн бұрын

That's why they keep announcing new threats, like detector vans that can actually detect nothing.

@andrewspeers4018 8 ай бұрын

What about the pain of single mums and the elderly getting bullied every day by theese goons it needs to stop NOW !!!

@keithburrett 8 ай бұрын

In my opinion the BBC license fee is legalise extortion. I pay by direct debit and didn’t realise how much it costs. There’s no way I will be paying the increase. So next year I will be cancelling my tv licence.

@_J.F_ 8 ай бұрын

What I struggle to understand is that there are still people who pay TV licence. And not so much because of the utter crap TV that you get for your money but purely because I would refuse to spend hard earned money on funding BBC's political agenda, not to mention astronomical wages for talentless hosts like Lineker and Vine just to mention two of the worst ones. They are not having a penny from my wallet, ever.

@fly9wheel 13 күн бұрын

I will never understand how Lineker can be worth over 1million pounds a year just to talk about football, and all the other presenters are also paid ridiculous salaries.

@j0hnf_uk 8 ай бұрын

The crux of the arguement is, why should people have to pay for something that neither need nor, in a lot of cases, actually want? The BBC is archaic in it's funding, receives enough per year to run a small country, and yet the quality just keeps going down and down, largely due to it's insistence of trying to appease all except the majority who pay for it all. Which circles back round to why should they have to be put in a position where they have to pay for something that, a lot of the time, simply isn't for them?

@ivancounsell4077 8 ай бұрын

Steve is a legend, I have met him several times, he even presented my with a cup for my custom motorcycle. A very nice man indeed. 👍

@matthewjbellamy1 8 ай бұрын

Don't pay it and won't pay it . I stopped watching live TV a long time ago . Yes I miss the darts and snooker but I'd rather go without than fund these scumbags.....we didn't know about Jimmy .....bullshit

@matthewmallan1995 8 ай бұрын

Haven't paid it in 8 years. No TV, don't need those nonces in my world thanks.

@DaveGreen-xq1wc 8 ай бұрын

Give over that finger was the best thing I’ve seen for years

@JosephB-tv7gf 8 ай бұрын

My goodness! I'm just glad I stopped funding these buffoons a year and a half ago. £150 pa to be called a gammon and preached against is really not worth the money.

@garethwatkins6347 8 ай бұрын

Make BBC self funding - they did with VOSA the driving standards agency years ago

@stitcheruk1150 8 ай бұрын

So who do you think funds VOSA ?

@garyshilton9502 8 ай бұрын

Why can’t the bbc turn the license into a subscription service? Pay it you watch it, don’t pay, don’t watch. What’s so hard about that. Sky do it, Netflix do it, KZfaq do it, why can’t BBC?

@stevenoneill7166 8 ай бұрын

You only have to look at this year's so-called "Christmas highlights" to see what's wrong with the BBC.... Doctor Who, Strictly Come Dancing, Eastenders, Michael McIntyre's The Wheel, Call The Midwife & Mrs. Brown's Boys....the same bloody crap we've had year after year. Some may argue that Morecambe & Wise were on every year in the 70's, but they were a very talented double act who had equally talented writers & producers who worked their arses off to ensure that their Christmas shows were always special. By stark comparison, today's writers & producers are so naff that it looks like they've just cobbled the Christmas shows together &, er, well that'll do. The BBC will collapse sooner or later, preferably sooner

@shauntaylor6040 8 ай бұрын

Stopped paying years ago.

@allanstack7016 8 ай бұрын

My pension won't go up by that percentage.

@maverick1487 8 ай бұрын

Shout out to Steve Berry! That's the first time I've seen him since the good old Top Gear days when I recorded every episode on VHS.

@cmtraining2686 8 ай бұрын

Most people say that young people don’t watch the BBC I think you will find a lot of middle age people I am 50 year old and I don’t watch ANY BBC stuff it crap and nothing for me.

@tonyandjanetparker3204 8 ай бұрын

I rang up the licence agency and i in a way stuck the middle finger up to say im not paying it any longer. They have to prove your not watching live tv. So to the bbc shove it.

@VsUK 8 ай бұрын

You know it just occured to me after I saw her excuses, it was a joke between the production staff & so on. The BBC went hard on the subject about workplace abuse, saying if you swear or use cursing language to another employee, that's abuse & you deserve to lose your job because no one should have to put up with being sworn at in the workplace. But it's apparently OK for the BBC to do this, even if it's a joke as she claimed... Hmm

@davidellis279 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely,do not engage with them in any way,don’t speak to them or answer any questions and don’t under any circumstances let them in your property,they have NO right of entry so don’t give it them.

@hariowen3840 8 ай бұрын

The TV Licence is like the National Lottery, it's a voluntary tax. As long as you don't watch or record live-to-air TV programs / channels or use BBC iPlayer - you do not legally need a TV Licence. You can quite legally watch it all a while later on catch-up TV, other than what's on the iPlayer. If and when a TV Licence salesperson knocks your door and says who they are - just politely say: no thanks and shut the door. (Say nothing at all else and sign absolutely nothing.)

@em6577 8 ай бұрын

I never watch BBC news. I want unbiased facts! I get most of my info from youtube and smaller channels. They are not fit for purpose

@johnbradley6812 8 ай бұрын

I'm old and I wouldn't ever watch the BBC

@johnmoncrieff3034 8 ай бұрын

There is obviously double standards in the BBC now when they protected Saville, Harris & Hall for decades, but booted out Edwards for far less a crime if it can actually be classed as a crime what he did! But then again they have funny ideas about balance when it comes to climate and Brexit and other political ideologies! They are extremely one sided on all of these topics!

@peterc4450 8 ай бұрын

If the funding for BBC is put onto a media tax I think there will be an uprising, it's bad enough not now been able to watch other broadcasters live if you don't buy a TV licence, where the money goes to the BBC, but at least have the option, not so, that won't be the case if it's added to council tax or broadband bill for example.

@paulslater9061 8 ай бұрын

That was when the BBC news told the truth

@Aurora-uq5hm 7 ай бұрын

🤔

@e-bike-bys-vykken7422 8 ай бұрын

BBC is a total waste of space

@ianharling9569 8 ай бұрын

Steve Berry got it spot on re Jim Davidson and Noel Edmonds.👍

@bagpuss9095 8 ай бұрын

Dont Watch It , Dont Pay For It.

@rayH357 8 ай бұрын

BBS used to be excellent 20 odd years ago, I wonder what has changed? Management? stopped paying as i dont watch TV anymore, nauseating rubbish is being produced now to convey moral values of which im thinking the creators of the programmes dont have much of. Main reason is if I tuned in my telly id get about 8 channels and my factor says I have to get the aeriel fixed myself. But dont miss the telly at all.

@clawrence6190 8 ай бұрын

I'm of retirement age and I haven't watched the BBC since May 2020 when I switched off their wall to wall covid coverage. I don't want their leftie woke propaganda in my sitting room. Now I never watch live television or iPlayer so I don't legally need a tv licence. I'm happy with Prime, Britbox, Paramount and Netflix. Last night I watched a Christmas special of One Foot in the Grave on Britbox and couldn't stop laughing. That was from the days when the BBC made proper entertainment programmes.

@jamesgraham814 8 ай бұрын

Two wise interviewees

@80sMod1 8 ай бұрын

2 great Guests I'll never pay the BBC licence fee again not had one for 6 years not interested in the lefty spin.

@casper1240 7 ай бұрын

Licence free 10 years going on 11 years thank you

@billywilliams8833 8 ай бұрын

Steve Berry You Nailed it, get Jim Davidson and Noel Edmonds Back and Watch the Ratings Go Through The Roof 💖

@johningham4942 8 ай бұрын

An excellent discussion with people in the "know!"

@johnmacdonald623 8 ай бұрын

I don’t understand why people would sit on a Saturday night and watch crap like strictly and I’m sorry I just don’t believe their viewing figures i don’t know anyone who watches it

@redacted629 8 ай бұрын

Change the concept and see if there is any logical: Should you be forced to pay for Harrods when you shop in other stores... and when it is done through coercion and force? The government needs them, as they are one of the strongest outlets for their "information" and thats a challenge.