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Old 16-02-2020, 13:34   #76
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Re: Free TV licences for the over 75's

The thing is Cashy, if it goes to subscription, then those who do not pay will not view.
I would not subscribe to this service....removing the licence means that people DO have a choice, where previously it was levied on all TV owners.
If you bought a TV the retailer was forced by LAW to send your details in so that it could be checked whether you were viewing legally.
The Observer used to be full of folk hauled before the courts because they had been caught out viewing without a licence.
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Old 16-02-2020, 14:18   #77
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agree, but i would have to subscribe even though i watch very little telly, the boss is addicted to soaps so i would have to have it.
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Old 16-02-2020, 14:25   #78
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Well, if you want a happy life you have to have a happy wife....and some sacrifices are priceless.

Let's hope that when the Beeb are forced into subscription mode, there will be a tiered system of subscription...that way you will only be paying for what is watched, not the extravagance of having 13 reporters abroad in the US reporting on the elections in the US....which is important to WHO exactly...of interest to WHO exactly.
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Old 16-02-2020, 14:43   #79
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that sort of thing is exactly what i fear, please remind me when the ordinary person has been looked after?
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Old 16-02-2020, 15:33   #80
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cashy...for my age...i consider I have quite a good memory...but I have thought and thought and cannot come up with anything worth a light.


there are so many repeats of dumb stuff....so much crap

the Beeb needs to realise that there are only so many times that you can watch Dad's Army, only so many times you can watch Porridge before it becomes tedious.
Yes, they WERE good in their time, but that time has passed.

They try to seem 'cutting Edge' by rejigging things like ...doing over A christmas Carol
in a way that insulted the original...they have done the same to Agatha Christie...they have not improved the story by completely changing it and to their mind making it 'modern' by adding expletives.
It just puts their integrity in question.....and there really is no honesty within the BBC.
They only represent the metropolitan bubble that is London.
or at least that is how I see it.
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Old 21-02-2020, 13:17   #81
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there are so many repeats of dumb stuff....so much crap

the Beeb needs to realise that there are only so many times that you can watch Dad's Army, only so many times you can watch Porridge before it becomes tedious.

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So oft have things been repeated that I reckon a few of us could get together and do a stage version of a lot of programmes without the need to learn lines or rehearse.
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Old 22-02-2020, 09:22   #82
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[QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington..they have not improved the story by completely changing it and to their mind making it 'modern' by adding expletives.

plus the usual one parent family, sex scenes that are nothing to do with the plot and the obligatory gay or lesbian couple.
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Old 22-02-2020, 12:01   #83
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The 'other' side aren't much better either with it's pathetic brainwashing adverts designed to make us more 'accepting' to 'other backgrounds' - while totally ignoring the indigenous majority.
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Old 22-02-2020, 12:26   #84
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[QUOTE=monkey hanger;1237406][QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington..they have not improved the story by completely changing it and to their mind making it 'modern' by adding expletives.

plus the usual one parent family, sex scenes that are nothing to do with the plot and the obligatory gay or lesbian couple.[/QUOTE]

And don't forget the mixed race couple.
All propaganda programming.
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Old 22-02-2020, 14:46   #85
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[QUOTE=monkey hanger;1237406][QUOTE=Margaret Pilkington..they have not improved the story by completely changing it and to their mind making it 'modern' by adding expletives.

plus the usual one parent family, sex scenes that are nothing to do with the plot and the obligatory gay or lesbian couple.[/QUOTE]


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Old 23-02-2020, 09:53   #86
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Old 23-02-2020, 10:05   #87
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my problem is that i do not get immotional or offended in this snowflake age when watching the box.
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Old 23-02-2020, 13:09   #88
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my problem is that i do not get immotional or offended in this snowflake age when watching the box.

Me neither, I just don't watch English telly anymore & very seldom the German stuff either, think my telly is on for about 5 hours on a Sunday evening, the rest of the time the radio is on or I'm streaming music.
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Old 24-02-2020, 10:47   #89
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[QUOTE=DaveinGermany I just don't watch English telly anymore & very seldom the German stuff either, think my telly is on for about 5 hours on a Sunday evening, the rest of the time the radio is on or I'm streaming music.[/QUOTE]

been watching loads of old films and documentaries on youtube the last few months due to finding sod all to watch on any channel especially the ones we,ll have to pay for in the future.
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Old 25-02-2020, 00:15   #90
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call the midwife .. top gear .. antiques roadshow .. I will admit question time just to shout that its wrong

think the tv licence is too expensive though .. and should be cheaper .. also agree they shouldn't be charging the over 75s well really it should be over 67 the new pension age

but I listen to radio Lancashire all day .. even now ive got alan Beswick on the radio instead of having the tv on .. after part listening to radio 5 live the commentary Liverpool and west ham .. mainly because I have vested interest ive got a fantasy football team in a league with the spugster .. and the spugster was beating me by 2 points .. that's something else to think about the tv licence does go towards paying for the radio too ..
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