TV Licence

I was just looking out same papers the other day & found my tv licence & was just having a look at them. Was checking out the charges of them since 1994 it has gone UP EVERY YEAR?

The price of a lience on

1994 was £84.50
1995 was £86.50
1996 .....£89.50
1997.......£91.50
1998......£97.50
1999.......£101
2000.....£104
2001.......£109
2002.......£112
2003......£116
2004.......£121
2005.....£126.50

I reckon it will be around the £130 next year You dont even get value for ya money as whats on the telly is abouslty crap


This is your friendy newcaster bringing you some useless infomation today lol

Totally agree - a rip-off!

Totally agree - a rip-off!

That's a lot. I agree it's not like you're paying for decent programmes

The problem with the tv licence lies with the goverment,its them who decide how much it should be-the BBC only suggest a figure.

Personally,i think the licence fee should be scrapped and the beeb made to be self sustainable through either or both-advertisments/subscription.I dont really watch BBC channels and could quite happily live without it if it meant saving money,so why should i be expected to pay for something i dont use..?

Is a total rip off!
Most are repeats anyway!

If you think British TV is bad you should try the USA or Europe total waste of time except for the very best of american TV most is trash

There are a few good programs like ER, CSI etc but there are thousands & thousands programs of utter trash

There is very little in depth quality programs like Bleak House, or the David Attenborough type documentaries

The BBC is mainly apolitical in stance(ie they support no party)unlike in the states were every station has a political bias

Just watching Have I Got News For You which you would never get in the US

If you have Sky you will be paying thorough the nose for some real duff stuff & it will cost a lot more than the UK licence

Of course you could all get an over 75 year old to live with you then the licence is waived

er.........I already do that.....

tv licence is going up £11.00 i think its disgusting

I think the licence fee rises in line with the rate of inflation

I actually consider the licence to be good value, I am not a great TV watcher but have three radios in the house and contantly have them on, if you divide the amount of the licence fee between 52 weeks it costs less than £2:50 a week, to go to the cinema once a week for a couple of hours costs about twice that.