[jambutty]

Originally Posted by Neil

You know that is only a play on words as to what the licence is really for. Its to pay for the BBC, that's where the majority of the money goes.

You know it does but you like to pretend that if there was no BBC we would still pay such a high fee.

No play on words Neil. It’s a fact.

Have a look at http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/index.jsp

Nowhere does it specifically refer to the BBC.

The BBC being a public service broadcaster is funded from government funds better known as taxpayer’s money. Doesn’t that make it paying three times for a BBC programme DVD? The government recoups this outlay with the license fee. The BBC is charged with collecting the license money and keeping tabs on who has or has not got a current license.

High fee? £139.50 for a colour license has to be the deal of the century. That’s just a smidgin over 38 pence per day. It would cost you more than ten times that just to go and watch a film in a cinema.