There's no end to what these Royals can do!

[great_fire]

It may be an unpopular view but I don't think it's right to portray the BBC as speaking with a single voice across all its programmes. Samira Ahmed on today's Newswatch was scathingly critical of the editor of the 1 O'Clock News for devoting 4 minutes to news of the royal pregnancy, a story which she felt merited only a short mention. That said, an end to the Licence Fee is one of my top political demands.

You don't need to pay the licence fee if you only watch stuff on catch up.

Licence fee is only payable if you watch or record live TV or use the BBC iPlayer.

It is incredibly dated now though, younger people tend to just watch YouTube and Netflix.

[rolymiller]

Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Newham? Eastenders is set in Walford.... I think it is perhaps you with the weak spot on geography.

Do you have any views on the socio-economic circumstances in Weatherfield or an explanation for the high murder rates in Midsomer? Trumpton must have done your head in with the way that the mayor saw the Fire Brigade as his own personal fiefdom...

Yawn...You are tediously boring...

[Exiletyke]

You don't need to pay the licence fee if you only watch stuff on catch up.

Licence fee is only payable if you watch or record live TV or use the BBC iPlayer.

It is incredibly dated now though, younger people tend to just watch YouTube and Netflix.

The Legal position

Why do I need a TV Licence?

A TV Licence is a legal permission to install or use television receiving equipment to watch or record television programmes as they are being shown on TV or live on an online TV service, and to download or watch BBC programmes on demand, including catch up TV, on BBC iPlayer. This could be on any device, including TVs, desktop computers, laptops, mobile phones, tablets, games consoles, digital boxes, DVD, Blu-ray and VHS recorders. This applies regardless of which television channels a person receives or how those channels are received. The licence fee is not a payment for BBC services (or any other television service), although licence fee revenue is used to fund the BBC.

The requirement to hold a TV Licence and to pay a fee for it is mandated by law under the Communications Act 2003 and Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004 (as amended). It is an offence to watch or record television programmes as they are being shown on any channel and on any broadcast platform (terrestrial, satellite, cable and the internet) or download or watch BBC programmes on demand, including catch up TV, on BBC iPlayer without a valid TV Licence.

Section 363 of the Communications Act 2003 makes it an offence to install or use a television receiver to watch or record any television programmes as they’re being shown on television without a TV Licence.

Section 365 of that Act requires that a person to whom a TV Licence is issued must pay a fee to the BBC. The nature and amount of this fee is set out in the Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004 (as amended).

Since 1991, the BBC, in its role as the relevant licensing authority, has been responsible for collecting and enforcing the TV Licence fee. The BBC contracts companies to do this work under the BBC trade mark ‘TV Licensing’. The BBC (and contractors acting on its behalf) must comply with the law in collecting and enforcing the licence fee. The BBC Charter further requires that these arrangements be appropriate, proportionate and efficient.

[Exiletyke]

Yawn...You are tediously boring...

Walford is fictional

[rolymiller]

...all the stuff Kerr puts on here is fictional...

[Exiletyke]

Yawn...You are tediously boring...

Roly I think my views on Kerr are probably well known
However I think he has now gone too far
There are certain subjects that should be regarded as sacred & I think there should be an understanding that disparaging remarks should not be made in relation to
Trumpton
The same goes for Camberwick Green & Chigley

[KerrAvon]

Walford is fictional

Sssh.. don't let on. Roly thinks that EastEnders is a documentary.

[Exiletyke]

Sssh.. don't let on. Roly thinks that EastEnders is a documentary.

Yeah & you think Walford is real [perhaps it is in your world]
Kerr said
Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Newham? Eastenders is set in Walford.... I think it is perhaps you with the weak spot on geography.

[animallittle3]

The market on eastenders is fascinating , the stall holders seem to make an extremely good living given the amount of time they spend in the Queen Vic and cafes .

Yet nobody ever seems to visit their stalls , in fact they rarely spend anytime at all behind them .

The mark up on fruit and veg must be extraordinarily good , surely everyone would be doing it wouldn't they ? .

The Bistro on corrie is another one , a back to back red bricked terraced street in Manchester is exactly the very place you'd open up a fine dining establishment .

Newsagents and corner shops too remain profitable and defy the national trend , incredible , even the opening of the coop store nearby hasn't affected trade .

The only trick both soaps miss is to clean up completely and open up an Aston Martin dealership .

:-) :-) :-)

[KerrAvon]

Never mind, zyles. Perhaps the exchange was a bit too sophisticated for you.