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Originally Posted by panther

i knew about the retailers telling the tv licence about you,
has anyone ever seen a detector van, i havent

Yep! Many times over the years but not lately.

It used to be a big Transit sized van with TV Detector van written on the side and a Belini Tosi aerial (before anyone asks it’s a direction finder aerial) on the roof.

I believe that these days it is an unmarked estate type car but it still has an aerial on the roof, although I have been told that they now use an internal aerial so they are not so easy to spot anymore.

In any case as the licensing authority has the address of each licensed premises and therefore have knowledge of unlicensed premises, they only hang around unlicensed premises to try and catch someone out.