Watch TV without a licence - free for all !!

losgiganteskid

Read a report in my local newspaper this week regarding a lady who had been "fined" £175 (+ £60 costs) for using a TV without a licence, this was back in Sept. The lady had not paid the fine or any part payment whatsoever.

She was hauled before local magistrates recently and guess what - as she was unemployed the magistrates and I quote ".........decided to wipe out the fine and costs but told Mrs XXXXXXX to sit in the public gallery until lunchtime in lieu of payment"

It's a joke. Suggest we all refuse to buy a tv licence and get a free morning sitting in the comfort of our local court with our feet up.

Countrys gone to the dogs

Ephemera

And what does this lady learn from this experience, exactly?

I don't suppose she now has a shiny new TV licence?

dollop

to be honest i dont see why we should even have to pay for one,i rarely ever watch the channels,they should make a telly without bbc1 and bbc2 and you should have the choice, i would certainly do that,where as as it stands thats all were paying the liscence for those two crap channels.

viktory

Bloody hell, I got hauled in front of the beak years ago (and I mean at least 10 years ago) for not having a TV licence. Before I went to court I bought and backdated a TV licence - and ended up with a £300 fine!

Madness.

St8_2

Yep, I would rather have adverts in the middle of BBC shows than pay a licence fee.

zoelouise88

i would rather not watch the bbc channels than pay for a tv license especially when you can watch bbc iplayer online for free.

Riq

Doctor Who is worth the licence fee alone imo.

zoelouise88

Riq wrote: »

Doctor Who is worth the licence fee alone imo.

you can watch that on bbc iplayer

Wombat21

My problem with the TV Tax is that it is like the Poll Tax and does not take account of ability to pay. So a millionaire with mansion full of TVs pays the same as someone on the minimum wage.

Syman

The licensing poeple sent my wife a letter stating that she could be prosecuted because we bought a tv in tesco using her clubcard and her details were passed to them.

we already have a license though it is only in my name, it is at the same address.

I am waiting for the knock on the door.

peter_the_piper

I'm going to be pretty lonely here but I am all for the TV licence. The beeb progs are often far better than commercial channels and I don't have to watch 10 to 15 minutes of ads each hour, when I do go over to ITV etc the ads are aften better than the progs.