TV Licence Reviews

When my sister was at university a few years ago, she didn't need a TV licence as it was covered by the licence at home. She also didn't have to pay tuition fees. But, how kind of the TV licencing company. Seeing as students now have to pay up to £1075 a year in fees and get a measly loan to cover expenses, they have decided that students ...  Read the complete review

Having spent some time in the US with over 50 cable channels to play with, I swore that if ever I came home, I'd never, ever complain about paying for a TV license ever again! And I haven't. Well, not much. Okay, I don't like having to pay for something I don't have to, like the rest of us, but if ...  Read the complete review

After been a home owner for the last 4 years I am still very unhappy about having to pay for a Television Licence. Not only is the cost of the licence (over one houndred pounds) very expensive but what exactly is there to watch apart from repeats or soaps? Not everyone wants to watch Television they may just want to watch videos and read the ...  Read the complete review

a very expensive way to watch tv and i rarely watch terrestrial tv! - Advantages: none, none, none - Disadvantages: cost, very expensive, pricey

I recently moved into a flat and discovered a bill for a TV licence, which actually was quite threatening and said they'll be round to catch me if I didn't pay up!! When you consider the cost of digital TV and Sky TV £109 a year seems quite a lot for just two, pretty poor channels. surely the TV licence could include a lot more ...  Read the complete review

I don't have and don't intend to have satellite TV. So, I only have 4 channels to choose from. We cannot get channel 5 in our area, no great loss there. Due to public demand we are being taken over my TV chefs, Soaps and Reality TV shows and the BBC are the main culprits. Cheap TV, but it does seem to go with the public's ...  Read the complete review

The title of this op is not my opinion, but a quote from a TV sketch series. Lots of reads by me for the first person to come up with where it came from... The much criticised licence fee currently stands at a smidgen over £100. As the BBC says 'it's less than £2 a week!'. Well, so is my spending on 'Corn Flakes', ...  Read the complete review

Imagine Gordon Brown standing in Parliament delivering the Budget, ‘to finance the expansion of internet services by the BBC we propose to charge an annual licence fee of £100 on all web-browsers’. It would never happen, any government imposing it would be committing political suicide. Yet the licence for owning a television ...  Read the complete review

Last year I went to America for a brief holiday, during my stay there people were amazed that I had to get a licence to watch TV. To say that they were gob smacked would be a mild under statement. "You Cannot be serious" one of them said, I do not believe it was John McEnroe but you never know. In the states they would never ...  Read the complete review

The thing about the TV License is, you have to pay it. You have absolutely no choice. Even if you never watch television, if you own one you must pay. So what is the deal with this license that takes £108 of our money every year? The TV License covers 'programming costs' for the BBC. That's for two channels. The ITV, C4 and C5 ...  Read the complete review

The BBC seems to be putting out more and more news programmes by the day! A few years ago they proudly boasted that they will be showing news on the hour every hour and last year launched BBC News24, that pathetic attempt of a challenge to CNN and Sky News. Do they not realise that not everyone wants to see news constantly especially in ...  Read the complete review

Ah yes, as we approach Middle Age, the debate reaches fever pitch. No, I’m not talking about the advantages of zip up slippers, or cardigans or ear hair, but the TV licence fee, or to be more exact, BBC funding… Read BBC online for the slim, barely guarded threat: “If you use a television set or other television ...  Read the complete review

When the TV Licence was first introduced it was a very good idea now it is unwanted and out of date. This is because of the new style of TV eg sky,cable etc. Most people have the new style. I admit that there are still some people who still have the standard 4/5 channels and they should not be ignored; but they are being most of the ...  Read the complete review

This article has been re-written as I don't think some people got the point as to why I don't want to have to pay this. Some have labeled this as BBC bashing! Hey freedom of speech is a wonderful thing! I think that the TV Licence is a rip off and here is my argument why. The TV Licence was created to fund the programs ...  Read the complete review

As a student I have the difficult decision of deciding where my very minimal loan is spent! On the TV licence? Well in my experience probably not. I doubt I am the only student whom is having difficult with living expenses let alone a TV licence, even if you can pay by direct debit! I believe that students should get a better deal on ...  Read the complete review

Now if you take a look at all the programmes on BBc you will find that they are not actually that good and you are paying about £125 a year for the pleasure. ITV now have a very good mix of enjoyable programmes including lot's of sport most of which has been taken from BBC such as Football and F1. Itv charges nothing and all you ...  Read the complete review

I would like to use this space to talk about the way in which television license payments are handled, most especialy where non-payers are concerned. I have, for the best part of a year been regularly recieiving unpleasant letters from the TV liscensing people. I am regularly reminded that by not owning a TV license I am breaking the law, ...  Read the complete review

I have just changed my opinion as i found that the amount for Radio 1 was more than the £1.44 i originally quoted . Each person who pays their T.V license pays for Radio 1. This is a sum of approx £1.93 a year. And that sum from every household which is about 22 million equals a hell of a lot of money. So why do they have the worst ...  Read the complete review

Ahhhhhh! The Television licence debate! Everyone has thier own views on what its all about. But, love the idea , or hate the idea, its here to stay regardless thanks to the BBC. So, you have £9 a month coming out of your bank account then, do you really miss it? What does it actually mean to you ? £9 ? Not a vast ...  Read the complete review

Lets be honest, the BBC have produced some brilliant things in its time for example - Top of the Pops, Absolutely Fabulous, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Eastenders, Neighbours, Fawlty Towers, Dr Who, Dads army, The Magic Roundabout. We have seen brilliant drams, films, documentaries, etc. But at what price! The TV licence be ...  Read the complete review