Do I need a tv Licence

and one of them is punishable by a 5yr jail sentence

Rolfe? Is that you?

😆

We’re talking a 75 inch High Definition screen, and a sound system with bass so deep that it’s gotta be illegal; a £15k+ setup. And I update it bi-annually so I’m always ahead in the arms race.

But £12.25 a month is a **** piss take.

You pay fifteen grand for a telly and baulk at twelve quid for a licence? Have a word with yourself.

There’s no way I’m spending that lining the back pockets of those Lefties over at the BBC.

The only way you can credibly accuse the BBS of left-wing bias is if you’re Nick Griffin.

My experience of BBC bias is that those with a view always think it i baised against them, the left think it’s too far right, the right think it’s too far left. That always says to me that they’re pretty damn neutral.

Anyway, £12 a month is a bargain for what you get. Well, it is IMO anyway,

Am I going to hell?

Sounds like you’re already there.

Back on topic, is there any way of watching BBC without the iPlayer? Some alternative tool? The dark web? Just for the Chelsea Flower Show, you understand.

is there any way of watching BBC without the iPlayer?

Visit Currys.

You did notice who posted what you replied to? It’s good to see him back on form 😆

Just gone license free recently. My ex took over the payments a few years back when i refused to pay the wages of Chris Moyles and Fern Cotton. Don’t watch much TV and very few BBC programmes. Only time iPlayer was used is when i have the kids and we watch Robot Wars. Informed the Beeb by email and that was that.

refused to pay the wages of Chris Moyles and Fern Cotton

Neither of whom now work for the BBC…

If i remove the aerials from the house, and only watch on demand amazon/netflix and the like. I understand that i could still watch iplayer, but shouldnt the onus be on the BBC to make sure i couldn`t watch it unless i had a licence?

No. HTH.

Neither of whom now work for the BBC…

So not paying worked!

The only way you can credibly accuse the BBS of left-wing bias is if you’re Nick Griffin

What a load of old bollocks 😆

A leftie: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33628087

The irony of you disagreeing is sublime.

You did notice who posted what you replied to? It’s good to see him back on form

Blast. Poe’s Law in action.

Blast. Poe’s Law in action

I think you got the point I was making though!

Indeed.

Eventually. (-:

TV programming is just a way of keeping you sat on your sofa and numbing your brain so that you don’t realise what is actually going on in the world. It’s keeping you passive, inactive, uncreative, uneducated and unchallenging.

… and they charge you for it!

errr no thanks.

over 5 years without tv.

I still watch streamed or downloaded documentaries, but that’s basically it. Nothing that requires a licence.

As you alluded to, scheduled tv is opium for the masses, 99% of content is nonsense and adverts forced into you that are very poorly regulated.

No thanks!

As you alluded to, scheduled tv is opium for the masses, 99% of content is nonsense and adverts forced into you that are very poorly regulated.

No thanks!

I watch waaaaaay less than 1% of the total amount of TV available.

I stream or watch downloaded (sky) for everything so I never watch adverts.

TV is great, learn loads of stuff from it.

Yes please.

TV programming is just a way of keeping you sat on your sofa and numbing your brain so that you don’t realise what is actually going on in the world. It’s keeping you passive, inactive, uncreative, uneducated and unchallenging.

… and they charge you for it!

errr no thanks.

over 5 years without tv.

You’re going to shit yourself when you discover the Internet.

You’re going to shit yourself when you discover the Internet.

Dunno why but that response just makes me giggle,and I’ll admit to opening this thread a few times over the past hour just to read it, top stuff !

I’ll admit to opening this thread a few times over the past hour just to read it,

Can you tell what it is yet?

TV programming is just a way of keeping you sat on your sofa and numbing your brain so that you don’t realise what is actually going on in the world. It’s keeping you passive, inactive, uncreative, uneducated and unchallenging.

There are other channels besides ITV2 and 5. I agree to an extent though. That there news broadcasting, documentaries and those badly made wildlife documentaries do a great job of ensuring that the masses remain oblivious to what’s going on in the world. 🙄

The BBC: The Myth of a Public Service, by Tom Mills – This is good reading for those who are so delusional as to genuinely flirt with the notion of BBC impartiality..