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Updated Licence Free Website
Today we give a well deserved shout out to our noble colleague Cornucopia of the TV Licence Resistance forums, who has just updated his own Licence Free website.The new version of the Licence Free...
View ArticleNot Guilty: TV Licensing Defeated After Goon's Selective Questioning
We often remind anyone accused of TV licence evasion of the importance of mounting a defence against the charges in court.It is only by pleading not guilty and mounting a defence that TV Licensing is...
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Capita Court Presenters: Right of Audience
Back in September we broke the alarming news that TV Licensing prosecutors - who are responsible for the criminalisation of hundreds of thousands of alleged TV licence evaders every year - are not...
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BBC Accused of Planet Earth Fakery
The BBC has (yet again) been accused of deceiving viewers by surreptitiously planting images from the first series of Planet Earth into the second current series.The episode broadcast last Sunday night...
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Loathsome TV Licensing Bullies Coerce Licence Fee Payment
TV Licensing, the BBC's loathsome revenue generation arm, routinely bully non-viewers into paying the £145.50 TV licence fee.The BBC knows fine well the underhand tactics employed by its TV Licensing...
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BBC Defies Information Commissioner's Office
The BBC has yet again displayed total contempt towards information rights and transparency, by breaking its promises to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).Briefly, so as to avoid going over...
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BBC Finally Releases Awkward FOI Response About Damage Limitation
It turns out we were right.Information finally released by the BBC confirms that its arse did go into the spasm the moment it realised that some half wit, who is probably reading this right now, had...
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Lord Sugar Carelessly Reveals 2016 The Apprentice Winner
It looks like the BBC has dropped the ball for a second time this week.According to media reports the winner of the current series of The Apprentice has been inadvertently revealed by the observation...
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TV Licensing Visits Suppressed to More than 16k Properties
The BBC really doesn't want you to know that the occupiers of more than 16,000 properties have withdrawn TV Licensing's implied rights of access.This means that TV Licensing is legally forbidden from...
View ArticleBBC Extends Capita TV Licensing Contract
The despicable BBC has seen fit to extend Capita's TV Licensing contract for a further two years until 2022.Here at the TV Licensing Blog we're scratching our heads in disbelief. Over the years we have...
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TV Licensing Targeting Isle of Man Elderly
Many over-75 TV licence holders on the Isle of Man are confused by new rules, which have seen their entitlement to a "free" TV licence removed and then effectively reinstated within the space of three...
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Private Prosecutions and Conflicts of Interest
The RSPCA is making the headlines again today, with news that the Government might strip it of the powers it currently holds to prosecute those accused of animal mistreatment.The charity has attracted...
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BBC Staff Overpayments Reach Record High
What could be easier than working for the BBC, doing bugger all and getting paid for it?Not working for the BBC, doing bugger all and still getting paid for it!The amount the BBC has paid to employees...
View ArticleTV Licensing Blog Quiz of the Year 2016
As another year of TV Licensing bashing draws to a close, it seems like the ideal time to publish our annual quiz of the year.All of the answers have been published in the TV Licensing Blog since 1st...
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TV Licensing Targets Those Previously Convicted of TV Licence Evasion
It is the first time we have come across this particular TV Licensing threatogram, which is destined for those previously convicted of TV licence evasion.An example of this letter was recently posted...
View ArticleTV Licensing Blog: Twelve Top Posts for 2016
As another year draws to a close, it seems an opportune moment to reflect on some of our more popular posts for 2016.Below, for your perusal, is a list of our top posts for each month of this...
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BBC iPlayer Licence Holders Disadvantaged
The Communications (Television Licensing)(Amendment) Regulations 2016 - legislation designed to close the so-called iPlayer loophole - came into force on 1st September 2016.Henceforth a TV licence is...
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TV Licensing: The New Year Heralds the Same Tired Old Threats
Tired old, legally baseless threats - the sorts of threats that TV Licensing thrives on.The festive season has seen an increase in complaints about TV Licensing on social media, with many people's...
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The Not So New Series of The Sheriffs Are Coming
The other evening I happened to catch a few minutes of BBC One programme The Sheriffs Are Coming.I am not familiar with the programme, but it was billed as a new series to no doubt draw in the punters....
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BBC Blows £110k on Booze
The BBC has spent more than £110k on alcoholic drinks over the last three years.Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 reveal that the Corporation spent a total of £115,049 on beer,...
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