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Old 20-06-2019, 19:01   #46
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Whats that channel margaret?
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/11...tv-licence-fee

There you go Cashy.....the full story.
Not sure if it names the channel.
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Old 20-06-2019, 19:11   #47
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It says enough a scottish channel 21 of em attract no viewers
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Old 20-06-2019, 20:59   #48
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Glad to be of help Cashy.
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Old 21-06-2019, 08:43   #49
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During this weeks schedule of programs there are 110 repeats.
Things we have seen more than once....but are expected to pay for again.

It is time to ditch the charge for a TVLicence.
Let the BBC find other sources for its ridiculous spending
its got like council run services and nationalised industries of the past. good at making losses and going cap in hand for extra funds to pay for the losses that occured. think i would be prepared for adverts now just to scrap another fee thats compulsory for the great majority of us.
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Old 21-06-2019, 11:03   #50
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I liked this bit of the article:-

Tim Luckhurst told the Mail Online: “The figures are deplorable. But they simply confirm the central flaw in the entire project; there was never a shred of audience demand for it. “It was launched in a forlorn attempt to please the SNP, a classic example of why the BBC should never bow to political bullying.”

So, the 'unbiased' beeb allows itself to be bullied by a dog with no teeth?
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Old 21-06-2019, 13:38   #51
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The BBC also wasted 100 million quid on a failed digital project.
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Old 21-06-2019, 13:39   #52
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26963723
And here it is from the Beeb itself.
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Old 21-06-2019, 13:43   #53
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More....this time from the National Audit Office.

https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/up...Initiative.pdf
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Old 21-06-2019, 14:08   #54
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More....this time from the National Audit Office.

https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/up...Initiative.pdf
Fell asleep by page 5 the one marked Summary, can't believe you read past there, Government bilge that is meant to put us off finding a 'simple' truth.
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Old 21-06-2019, 15:32   #55
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Of course I did not read the whole thing I skipped to the summary and read no further....oh yes, and read the Beebs own news item.
The government has to employ folk doing this kind of stuff that a blind man with no dog could suss out in ten seconds.

Money does not matter to them, because they have no need to worry about where it will come from.....they know it will come from us....and if we do not pay they will haul us into court and land us with a fine.
You only get to go to the choky if you are a persistent non payer....and even then I think they would send the bailiffs in to steal the milk out of your tea....the elastic out of your drawers......hell and blue thunder, they don't want to have to feed you, keep you warm and let you watch TV for FREE do they?
That would totally defeat the object.
Although for me, being put in jail would be small punishment.
Having to watch the dross produced by the BBC would be the punishment.
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Old 23-06-2019, 07:19   #56
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Having to watch the dross produced by the BBC would be the punishment.
its back to the old argument where why should i pay for the licence when i never watch the BBC. should go the same way as the dog licence when at least you never had to have one if you didn,t have a dog.
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Old 29-06-2019, 21:57   #57
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They also receive money from tne eu, hence their blatant bias in favour of all things eu-rinal!
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Old 27-07-2019, 18:30   #58
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The BBC are going to be paying Stacey Dooley a quarter of a million pounds to be the 'face' of the corporation.....yet they cannot fund the free licence for the over 75's.
Bleeding heart hypocrites.
This is how they will spend the pensioners money.
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Old 07-10-2019, 23:23   #59
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How many TV Licences would Gary 'Remain Biased' Lineker's £1.75 million a year fee for presenting MOTD buy ?
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Old 08-10-2019, 06:52   #60
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A blooming lot.
I wouldn't pay him tuppence.....he's 'nowt a pound and muck's tuppence'.

As a footballer he was OK, but as a TV pundit he has grown far too big for his boots.

Never mind.....at some point he will be put to bed with a shovel.
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