TV Licensing: Confirmation of Black & White (Monochrome) TV Reception
As at this time every year, TV Licensing is currently making a big deal of the fact that around 9,000 UK properties still hold a black & white (monochrome) TV licence.As customary here at the TV...
View ArticleTV Licence Resistance
When we're not writing articles here, we can frequently be found browsing and contributing to the TV Licence Resistance forums.If you've never visited the TV Licence Resistance forums then please take...
View ArticleTechnical Problems Plague BBC Website
Much of the BBC website has been down this morning, as the Corporation experiences what it describes as "technical issues" with its online service.A Tweet by the BBC Press Office says: "We're aware of...
View ArticleTechnical Problems Plague TV Licensing Website
It's clearly the day for technical issues and not very imaginative blog posts!TV Licensing's website, which is meant to take the donkey work out of managing your TV licence, is currently acting the...
View ArticleBBC Accused of Short-Changing Scotland
The BBC has been accused of cheating Scottish TV licence fee payers, by subverting its own policy of funding the Nations.For the last seven years the BBC has volunteered to commission just under a...
View ArticleTV's Grey Area
Reading around the newspapers we came across this letter in today's Mail on Sunday:____________________It was interesting to learn that there are several thousand people in the UK who still purport to...
View ArticleBBC Three Switchover Date Announced
The switchover process for making BBC Three an online-only channel will begin on 16th February 2016.The BBC Trust approved the move at the end of November 2015 and imposed a series of conditions to...
View ArticleReader Letter: TV Licensing Took Money from Bank Without Permission
In today's post we respond to an email received from one of our readers.Frankie has decided to adopt a legally-licence-free viewing habits, so no longer needs a TV licence. She told TV Licensing about...
View ArticleBBC Thug Admits Punching Love Rival
A BBC Radio 1 presenter has pleaded guilty to punching a love rival.Jericho Keys, 26, faces dismissal after admitting the unprovoked attack on Robert Major during a gig at the Nevermind nightclub in...
View ArticleTV Licensing Hounds Grieving Widow Over Two Pence
The pariahs at TV Licensing have been making the headlines again, with the news that they threatened a grieving widow over a debt of two pence.Frail Iris Jamieson, 74, found herself struggling with the...
View ArticleDame Janet Smith Review Nears Publication
The Dame Janet Smith Review has announced that its final report is nearing publication.The inquiry, which explores the BBC's culture and practices at the time of the Savile and Hall sex abuse scandals,...
View ArticleDame Janet Smith Review: Key Findings At A Glance
Following the Dame Janet Smith Review's announcement that its official findings will be published within the next six weeks, investigative website Exaro has published key extracts from a leaked copy of...
View ArticleBBC Bosses Buried Historic Sex Abuse Allegations
According to the recently leaked copy of the Dame Janet Smith Review findings, BBC bosses were desperate to bury historic allegations of sexual abuse made by an underage dancer.Claire McAlpine, just 15...
View ArticleCampaigners Call for Extension of Freedom of Information Act
It's a long standing joke that the BBC, despite sanctimoniously heralding a "new era of transparent accountability" in the wake of the Savile scandal, would often pawn its own grandmother rather than...
View ArticleBBC to Grovel for TV Licence Donations from Pensioners
Times are getting hard at the BBC.Having spent decades pissing licence fee payers' money up the wall, the Government has finally vowed to make the national broadcaster pay its own way.One of the first...
View ArticleTV Licensing Threatens Six Nations Rugby Fans
TV Licensing has issued a warning to Six Nations Rugby fans who might be tempted to tune into the tournament without a valid TV licence.According to the latest "news" planted by TV Licensing's PR...
View ArticleAnother BBC Star Quizzed Over Allegations of Sexual Assault
A male BBC personality has been quizzed by police over allegations that he sexually assaulted a 23-year-old man in a hotel room earlier this month.The thus far unnamed star, who is said to feature in a...
View ArticleBBC Legend Sir Terry Wogan Loses Cancer Battle
This morning we set aside our differences with the BBC to pay tribute to one of its greatest stars, Sir Terry Wogan, who has died at the age of 77.The much-loved television and radio personality, who...
View ArticleTV Licensing Goon Filmed in Middlesbrough
A well known TV Licensing goon has been caught on camera for the third time.Burgess Nasr, who hails from New Marske and disguises his employment by claiming to be "a worker connected with the TV...
View ArticleBBC: "Bureaucratic, Arrogant and Introspective" Say MPs
The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee has slammed the BBC as "arrogant" and "lacking transparency" in its first report reviewing the broadcaster's Royal Charter.The 65-page...
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