TV licensing...

[Ben@Forest]

What time is Coronation Street on?
Last time I watched it, it was on Mondays and Wednesdays at half seven for half an hour.
Are Elsie Tanner and Ena Sharples still in it?

Only Connect? University Challenge? Both on tonight.

Yeah and followed by Unforgotten - cracking night of TV.

[thirdcrank]

I think this thread has become a spoof!

Yes. It's interesting how perspectives change when somebody shells out for a licence. A form of euphoria.

[Mick F]

Telly not even been switched on since last evening.
Mrs Mick F watched the end of a Miss Marple, the end of the latest version of Murder on the Orient Express, and a single episode of The Two Ronnies ......... which she tells me was excruciating.

I was in bed fast asleep before she even turned the box on. Give it an hour or so this evening, and I'll be in bed again.
Will she watch anything after I'm asleep tucked up in bed?
Gordon only knows, but she's on FaceBook at the moment on her laptop.

£160 for 365days = 43p per day.
So far, it's cost me a quid ....... and I've had nothing and want nothing either. Give it to the end of the week, and it'll be another two quid for nothing.

Three quid a week?

[thirdcrank]

I've had nothing and want nothing either

You have had all sorts of goodies - or you will once your cheque is presented. You are helping to finance the world-renowned BBC, which keeps countless people in work including people like one G Linnecar (sp?) various orchestras and all sorts besides. Wimbledon springs to mind. This should all give you a warm inner glow.

[simonineaston]

While I was listening to R3 yesterday, one of the morning presenters was quite complementary about Stein's Cornwall series. I've not watched it - no licence for such exotic activities but the R3 lot are usually quite reserved about their praise for other BBC output, saving a mention for those special programmes they think deserve merit. I wouldn't be surprised if Stein on Cornwall was worth a watch in the same way I found Portillo on trains was. Granted, both are Oxbridge educated alpha males, with a penchant for quoting out of books, which one suspects they have actually read - more than once! which will either float your boat or not... but my point is, this is the sort of gentle, middle-class orientated travel prog. that the Beeb do quite well.

[simonineaston]

Britons could be paying the television licence fee until 2038, according to a group of MPs who say the government has failed to devise a better way of funding the BBC.

Well, I must say, I'm surprised... article here. More gravy for Crapita

[Oldjohnw]

While I was listening to R3 yesterday, one of the morning presenters was quite complementary about Stein's Cornwall series. I've not watched it - no licence for such exotic activities but the R3 lot are usually quite reserved about their praise for other BBC output, saving a mention for those special programmes they think deserve merit. I wouldn't be surprised if Stein on Cornwall was worth a watch in the same way I found Portillo on trains was. Granted, both are Oxbridge educated alpha males, with a penchant for quoting out of books, which one suspects they have actually read - more than once! which will either float your boat or not... but my point is, this is the sort of gentle, middle-class orientated travel prog. that the Beeb do quite well.

I can't help wondering how you think the output of R3 is paid for.

[Jdsk]

Britons could be paying the television licence fee until 2038, according to a group of MPs who say the government has failed to devise a better way of funding the BBC.

Well, I must say, I'm surprised... article here.

And the DCMS report, "The future of public service broadcasting":
https://committees.parliament.uk/commit ... adcasting/

Jonathan

[simonineaston]

I can't help wondering how you think the output of R3 is paid for.

If you're interested, you can read all about that subject here. It's a good article, very detailed. However, your question implies that you may already understand how the BBC's radio output is funded, and are questioning my involvement in those arrangements. What have you in mind?

[Oldjohnw]

I can't help wondering how you think the output of R3 is paid for.

If you're interested, you can read all about that subject here. It's a good article, very detailed. However, your question implies that you may already understand how the BBC's radio output is funded, and are questioning my involvement in those arrangements. What have you in mind?

As the article says, the principal way of funding the BBC is through the licence.

[thirdcrank]

I'd summarise the DCMS report by saying anybody wanting to receive live television programmes from whatever provider and by whatever means will have to continue to pay the BBC for that privilege for almost the foreseeable future and at today's prices that's likely to be around three quid a week, subject to negotiation with a government that likes to use the licence fee as a way of keeping the BBC in line.

[Psamathe]

I see that reported today is we are now going to be getting even less for the rather expensive compulsory BBC subscription.

BBC Four to become archive channel as cost-cutting drive continues
BBC Four is to cease commissioning new programmes and become an archive-focused channel as part of the ongoing significant cost-cutting drive across the corporation.

BBC4 was the only time I watched BBC, just the Sat 21:00 series like "The Bridge" and similar. But it's going or at least just a channel for ever more repeats.

God forbid they look at

Gary Lineker - £1,750,000-£1,754,999
Zoe Ball - £1,360,000-£1,364,999
Graham Norton - £725,000-£729,999
Steve Wright - £475,000-£479,999
Huw Edwards - £465,000-£469,999
Fiona Bruce - £450,000-£454,999
Vanessa Feltz - £405,000-£409,999
Lauren Laverne - £395,000 - £399,999
Alan Shearer - £390,000-£394,999
Stephen Nolan - £390,000-£394,999
Ken Bruce - £385,000-£389,999
Emily Maitlis - £370,000-£374,999
Claudia Winkleman - £365,000-£369,999
Andrew Marr - £360,000-£364,999
Scott Mills - £345,000-£349,999
George Alagiah - £325,000-£329,999
Jeremy Vine - £320,000-£324,999
Nicky Campbell - £300,000-£304,999
Nick Robinson - £295,000-£299,999
Laura Kuenssberg - £290,000-£294,999
Jason Mohammad - £285,000-£289,999
Jo Whiley - £280,000-£284,999
Sara Cox - £275,000-£279,000
Evan Davis - £275,000-£279,999
Sophie Raworth - 275,000-£279,999
Greg James - £275,000-£279,999
Mishal Husain - £265,000-£269,999
Emma Barnett - £260,000-£264,999
Dan Walker - £260,000-£264,999
Martha Kearney - £255,000-£255,999
Tina Daheley - £255,000-£259,999
Sarah Montague - £250,000-£254,999
Justin Webb - £250,000-£254,999
Mark Chapman - £245,000-£249,999
Nick Grimshaw - £240,000-£244,999
Jon Sopel - £235,000-£239,999
Jeremy Bowen: £220,000-£224,999
Trevor Nelson: £220,000-£224,999
Kirsty Wark - £215,000-£219,999
Victoria Derbyshire - £215,000-£219,999
Clive Myrie - £215,000-£219,999
Louise Minchin - £215,000-£219,999
Mary Berry - £215,000-£219,999
Katya Adler - £210,000 - £214,999
Amol Rajan - £205,000-£209,999
Fergal Keane - £205,000-£209,999
Sue Barker - £200,000-£204,999

etc., etc. etc.

Ian

[thirdcrank]

It would be better if the unit of account were to be the licence fee eg Gary Lineker is paid some 11,700 licence fees. That might be refined by reference to somewhere that has that many tv licences. One irony here is that the BBC has zilch coverage rights for most domestic football. At least Ken Wolstenholme used to have some soccer to commentate.

[simonineaston]

It occurs to me to mention that there is a well-established feedback system available to those who are less than delighted with the service that the BBC offers. For example, it includes a weekly radio programme, called, unsurprisingly "Feedback", described on the programme's website as "Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations", although it's only reasonable to add that Feedback focuses on R4's content.
(I should add that although I'm a regular listener, I haven't heard any contributions from the infamous Mrs Trellis for ages! )
It should go without saying that folk, subscribers or otherwise, who have any comments or criticisms should make the effort to pass them on to the corporation itself, and not make the assumption that they're mind-readers... It is, as they say, the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

[philvantwo]

But if you claim to never watch TV and have no intention of buying a television licence then this topic is not one you should really be posting any of your comments on.