Is anyone else telly-free?

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Without a doubt Radio Four as its got everything from plays to documentries to comedy and of course The Archers .There's Womans Hour and the Today programme.My radio is only ever tuned to Radio Four even in the car I prefer it.If there's not much to appeal on the t.v. then it goes off and the radio comes on. I was brought up until the age of 17 in a t.v. free house so I can take it or leave it but I would hate to be without the radio.Plus you can knit along whilst you listen so two jobs for the price of one

clairehi

I was brought up in a R4 household and my kids have been raised to the sound of the Shipping Forecast, the Archers etc too.

Five Live is also a good option when there is something ghastly on R4 - the radio plays are pretty dire. weekend afternoons are the dead zone though, Gardeners Question Time and awful plays on R4, sport on Five Live - urgh.

GetRealBabe

Hi

I've been tv free for a while.

I mostly listen to radio 4 or 5 Live. In the evening if I can't sleep I listen to BBC Radio 7 (A lot of the output is repeats from Radio 4 but I do enjoy listening) or CNN International.

I'd be lost without my radio.:(

redlady_1

I get letters on a monthly basis from the TV Nazis. I just file them under B. The last one said something about I have been passed over to their enforcement bods. I cant wait to withdraw implied right of access!

Tish_P

I've been telly-free for ages. My partner wanted one when we first moved in together, but I despise having a telly in the living room because I simply can't relax with one quacking away in the corner - I'm not one for background noise in general. So we had a telly in a different room for a while, and both found that when it wasn't just "there" to look at by default, we never watched it.

If anyone's considering going telly-free and has the space to do so, I'd really recommend putting the telly in a different room as a halfway house.

Justamum

redlady_1 wrote: »

I get letters on a monthly basis from the TV Nazis. I just file them under B. The last one said something about I have been passed over to their enforcement bods. I cant wait to withdraw implied right of access!

Does the B stand for B*st*rds? :rotfl:

There is no implied right of access - they cannot enter your premises without a warrant. Which they definitely won't have with them if they come round, and are unlikely to be able to get. The letter about the 'enforcement bods' is just a tactic to frighten you into buying a licence. Which of course you don't need.

If they come round and ask to check if you have a tv, tell them you have already informed them you have no tv, and kindly go away! :rotfl:

Tish_P

Please note that writing to the TV licensing gits saying "I have not got a television, leave me alone" does not reduce the frequency of annoying, accusatory and sometimes downright threatening letters.

Churchmouse

I'm ready to duck

For all those who rave about i-player, other catchups, all the BBC radio programs etc.............. do you ever feel guilty that you profit from the people who actually pay a licence fee and by default finance the BBC programs you enjoy???? Even those who barely watch a mainstream TV program?

The best thing ever will be if the "tax" of a licence is abolished, so that those that want BBC radio or BBC TV stations have to pay for the privilege, rather than let others finance their wants. Let those that want it, pay for it. I'll pay

Penelope_Penguin

Churchmouse wrote: »

Let those that want it, pay for it. I'll pay

Radio 4 is worth the licence fee alone, so I'll happily continue to pay (it's about 40p/day after all ). I just don;t want to have a TV for ever

ceridwen

The thing is about a TV Licence fee that its a catch-all price - just one flat price right across the board.

Fine to pay about £4 a week if one watches as much tv as the average British person apparently does - ie several hours a day every day worth it would appear from surveys. Then that £4 a day is pretty good value - particularly if its a couple watching it. Downright marvellous value if its a family watching it - cheap at the price.

But if there is only one person available to pay for the TV Licence and they only watch an average of 3-5 tv programmes a MONTH (ie those that particularly interest them - and not using it as "audio wallpaper") - then thats rather a different kettle of fish.

I know my own personal take on this is that if I watched as much tv as the average British person then I'd go and buy a tv licence and watch those programmes "live" (even though there is only one salary available to pay that bill out of - mine). But, as someone who only watches that average 3-5 tv programmes a month - then I'll watch those on IPlayer - got to save that £4 a week from somewhere to cover the fact that I have to pay 75% of the Council Tax bill a couple or family would have to and literally dont get a penny of income from anywhere except the salary from my employer:D.<buffs up badge on lapel>