No TV licence: how to watch television legally

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  • @freddyeverready
    @freddyeverready 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    Only self admittance will get you prosecuted.
    Say nothing🤫
    Sign nothing❌ ✍️
    Seeing or hearing a TV in your home will not get you prosecuted.
    TV licence detector van 😂 behave yourself.

    • @david1731048
      @david1731048 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I keep reading that there are 200,000 prosecutions a year for licence evasion - how do they do this when it's so difficult to prove/catch you at it? Are that many people really letting them in the door or stupidly answering questions and admitting it? Even when you do they only want you to buy a licence and use prosecution as a last resort. Are the numbers perhaps false?

    • @Kingcarparpeggio
      @Kingcarparpeggio 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@11oyd77: Are you a foreigner ….. rubbish comment full of mistakes and bad grammar. Feck off !!!

    • @MEERU_K
      @MEERU_K 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      WELL SAID

  • @negativentry
    @negativentry 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi What if I use a Satellite dish to watch Polish TV from Hotbird 13E and the BBC programs are NOT part of my encoded subscription package? I am paying my TV contract in Poland for all the programs that I receive using account bound viewing card and decoder. On top of that we are using Netflix and TH-cam but we do not view BBC content or use BBC website or iPlayer.

  • @fatnacker8931
    @fatnacker8931 2 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    Been over a year without live TV. I feel 10 yrs younger.

    • @shuggiemcg1
      @shuggiemcg1 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nice one im almost 30 years with out one

    • @TheSuperBoyProject
      @TheSuperBoyProject ปีที่แล้ว +7

      My grandfather went 104 years without a TV

    • @eileenpritchard9154
      @eileenpritchard9154 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shuggiemcg1
      Me too.

    • @lesleywillis6177
      @lesleywillis6177 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@shuggiemcg1 Jees how much younger do you feel 😂

    • @Alin001
      @Alin001 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fantastik comm.😂

  • @gino2465
    @gino2465 2 ปีที่แล้ว +281

    Sir you mentioned tv detector vans, as far as I am aware they have no such devises

    • @spokes1018
      @spokes1018 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Exactly right, there has never been a prosecution brought about with evidence of detection equipment. A TV is a receiver, a receiver does not transmit.

    • @MatthewLenton
      @MatthewLenton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@spokes1018 Back in the days of CRT TVs and analogue TV, they could feasibly detect a signal, but the vans were of course a myth
      I can't see how it's physically possible for them to detect a signal with digital signals and modern TVs no matter how much they try to claim they can

    • @mrv5801
      @mrv5801 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      DETECTOR VANS HAVE NEVER EXISTED....JUST A SCARE TACTIC!!!!!

    • @maniahmed4219
      @maniahmed4219 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Loool this guy is a joke. TV detection vans lmfao what a knob head.
      Ofcourse he is brain poisoning the masses through TH-cam so they are trying to get everyone on all platforms with their brain dead agendas.

    • @davidhoward1235
      @davidhoward1235 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Does he work for the BBC it sounds like he does the TV detector vans do not detect televisions being on televisions are receivers not transmitters so they don't know if they're on or off there's something I don't know anybody would technical advice please put a comment on that's why I think he works with the BBC because he's scaring people

  • @FrankyHindamrsh
    @FrankyHindamrsh หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    I don’t watch TV and cancelled my licence. How dare the TV companies charge £169 per year to watch repeats? I am 80 but I have a small private pension which precludes me from Pension Credit and now the winter fuel payment. People my age paid into the NAT in’s scheme for 40 years only to find we are being treated like a nuisance. If the government treats us badly, the younger generation will follow suit. It’s sad really

    • @CarolWoosey-ck2rg
      @CarolWoosey-ck2rg หลายเดือนก่อน

      If I lived on my own I'd bin the licence too🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

    • @ksumar
      @ksumar 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      If you are 75 or above , you don't need a TV 📺 license!
      If you have paid for the last 5️⃣ years please get a refund!🙏

    • @lala77uk
      @lala77uk 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@CarolWoosey-ck2rg Thsy cant prove you watching live TV, the same as BBC i player.

  • @MarkFitzgerald2014
    @MarkFitzgerald2014 2 ปีที่แล้ว +359

    As a former TV repair engineer, it is impossible to detect who is watching a TV with any equipment. As the Television apparatus is a receiver not a transmitter. There are ways of detecting a single T.V. has been used, however in this modern day and age we live in most people have 2 or 3 bedrooms, with T.V's in them then 1 in the Lounge and some even have 1 in the kitchen. So that would 3, 4 or maybe 5 T.V's in a house hold. How can you detect with 100% accuracy that a T.V and which T.V was used to break the law and have proof of the program they where watching? For legal purposes in a court of law they would need to. Do not forget that you are allowed to watch catch up T.V without a T.V licence, just not allowed to watch live broadcasts.

    • @artful1967
      @artful1967 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      not "impossible" but the tech required for doing so is not something tv licensing have. If MI5 want to check on you for more serious reasons ( and have a warrant ) I assure you they CAN see if your tv or pc is on and what is on the screen. I think this is widely known now as we had this tech 20 years ago when I was an EW Engineer in the armed forces. I dread to think how much better it is now.!

    • @MarkFitzgerald2014
      @MarkFitzgerald2014 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@artful1967 Without attaching something to the TV receiver or Brute forcing a Smart TV with a virus or specially modified Malware / Spyware software. Only other way would be to use surveillance techniques used by Military Intelligence and Scotland Yard which would require special court order and warrants. Again it would not detect you where watching T.V. illegally with 100% guarantee of a conviction in a court of law in the UK.

    • @MarkFitzgerald2014
      @MarkFitzgerald2014 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@kpaxxapk6397 My main comment was about Antenna way of receiving TV, signals and that the so called TV licence detector vans are a big myth as the TV receiver only receives signals, so unable to confirm by any equipment which TV in a household is receiving the broadcasted signals through a TV aerial. The other forms of receiving TV through an ISP or Internet or satellite are straight forward common sense as you are connected to the ISP or Telecoms company servers through an account that is in your name etc... You are bang on right with the information you have stated, I should of been more specific in my answer, I do apologise, as I presumed it was obvious what I was referring to.

    • @MarkFitzgerald2014
      @MarkFitzgerald2014 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@kpaxxapk6397 It has always made me very suspect of any company or government that allows lies and miss information as a bases of deterrent especially with this TV detector vans. I would always recommend people get the hard facts from real electrical engineers or TV Service Engineers especially TV aerial Installers. they would confirm to you, that you need to attach a piece of equipment to the aerial to confirm the best signal being received by that TV receiver, it can not confirm you are watching the TV signal though. I do not understand legally how they get away with this? thank you ​@Samuel Snerden, I could not of explained it better myself.

    • @James-zu1ij
      @James-zu1ij 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can you not tell if an areal is absorbing energy at a certain wave length?

  • @happyfeet4506
    @happyfeet4506 2 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    Show the BBC plenty of love by cancelling your licence. The best best move I ever made. The BBC ain't worth £1.59p a year let alone £159.

    • @16blockheads
      @16blockheads 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Let the archaic Government mouthpiece the British BS Corporation go down the subscription route, if you want to watch then you pay for it otherwise let the rest of us get on with our lives without this extra restrictive tax. Notice the government could get rid of the TV licences but is not in any rush, MPs can just claim it back on expenses. Just like the Lord-inspired keep Sunday special shopping restrictions, if you do not want to shop on a Sunday fine then stay home but let the rest of us have the choice!

    • @ronmullard5718
      @ronmullard5718 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      not even worth 59p....

    • @RedBull.RedBull
      @RedBull.RedBull 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@ronmullard5718 not even worth a penny..

    • @Susan-vy8et
      @Susan-vy8et 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I cancelled mine last year.. I'm only in my house for six months at a time usually..Asked for a rebate ..still waiting!

    • @biankamiddleton2741
      @biankamiddleton2741 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree, I only watch TH-cam, yet when they came out,they said watching TH-cam I need a license

  • @scaryfakevirus
    @scaryfakevirus ปีที่แล้ว +100

    Having been a police officer for 30 years (now retired) I have never attended any address with a TV licence inspector to execute a warrant and I have never heard of anyone who has.

    • @DAVIDE-bk8by
      @DAVIDE-bk8by 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Like the youtube username and pic by the way, 100% accurate

    • @mrb3483
      @mrb3483 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      So the Police are stretched to the limit,but have the resources to plod along to your house to check if you have a TV,mean while scammers killers roam and do as they like,the cops have enough on there plate,in my opinion.

    • @phil4893
      @phil4893 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Yet we see plenty of TH-cam videos showing that some officers do turn up and assist these goons.

    • @scaryfakevirus
      @scaryfakevirus 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@phil4893 We do, but they are not acting legally or lawfully. They aren't aware what their powers are. As I said, I have never attended a call like that and if I had it would ONLY be to prevent and Breach of the Peace. Their legal presence would have to be verified.

    • @scaryfakevirus
      @scaryfakevirus 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mrb3483 If police receive a call for assistance they should attend if they can.

  • @aldeshotoffice
    @aldeshotoffice 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    My cousin had a knock on the door by a rather rude 'inspector'. He said he had proof she watched TV as she had an ariel on the roof. She replied 'I have loads of birds on the roof but I don't have an aviary they just come and go as they please

    • @girafficparkgaming
      @girafficparkgaming 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thats just scare tactics. The aerial could be the neighbours

    • @Anna-jg5br
      @Anna-jg5br หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😅 brilliant answer

    • @theresamills5095
      @theresamills5095 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ha ha ha love that retort. It’s open to ridicule. I’m going to cancel my license. Waste of money.

  • @hollytreelodge
    @hollytreelodge 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    I've recently stopped watching live TV. When I informed the BBC the online form states no tv even catch-up tv isn't allowed. I wondered how it would feel to give up tv in the traditional sense; relying on TH-cam films and topics of interest and Amazon films but It has been liberating! I waste a lot less time and the freedom to choose my own menu is great.

  • @BedsitBob
    @BedsitBob 2 ปีที่แล้ว +362

    Haven't had a licence in over 12 years.
    In that time, I've had close to 140 letters, and at least a dozen visits.
    I'm delighted to have cost them some money.

    • @dee121dee121
      @dee121dee121 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      🤣

    • @happyfeet4506
      @happyfeet4506 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Brilliant .I write return to sender on all my letters now.The quality of there letters has dropped so they no longer make good toilet paper either

    • @BedsitBob
      @BedsitBob 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@happyfeet4506 I've never RTS'd any of the letters, nor contacted them about the visits.
      No Contact/No Response is my approach.
      My home is a black hole to them.

    • @artful1967
      @artful1967 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I prefer to just send the exemption email every 5 years or do. never had any mails. End of the day why bother wasting MY time with letters to prove a point.

    • @ianl1052
      @ianl1052 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@JohnDF007
      Silence is golden. There is no legal requirement to interact with them unless they produce a valid warrant.

  • @chrisgironde6669
    @chrisgironde6669 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    You don’t need to physically cancel license, just don’t pay
    You don’t need to speak to TV license goons. They are just salesman

    • @Lee_303
      @Lee_303 ปีที่แล้ว

      More like Mafia goons, leaning on people, intimidation. It's criminal behaviour. A salesperson you can politely decline; these goons don't take no for an answer & they're kinda insisting people do watch terrestrial tv in order to pay the license. It's obtaining money with menaces.

    • @chrisgironde6669
      @chrisgironde6669 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @emsspacex you are not forced to pay for a TV license in the U.K.
      If you don’t watch live tv, you don’t have to pay. If you have Netflix you still don’t have to have a tv licence

  • @choppercam01
    @choppercam01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    Here's a simpler explanation: you only need a TV licence if you watch live TV, as it is aired. You do not need one for Netflix or Prime, providing you don't watch anything live like sports on Prime. There are no such thing as TV detector vans, that bit was misinformation which I find worrying coming from a barrister

    • @R-K61
      @R-K61 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      And LIVE is real at the moment true defined time, which given a signal is never instant can it ever be Live?

    • @mrmeg01
      @mrmeg01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Also how can watching a movie on utube be live

    • @licencefreetv
      @licencefreetv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@mrmeg01 You don't need a Licence to watch TH-cam content, except for the small amount of live streaming by broadcasters e.g. Sky News.

    • @artful1967
      @artful1967 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      you ignored the "recording anything live to watch later" also I-Player. please don't give advice if you are not Sure

    • @artful1967
      @artful1967 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mrmeg01 if i have a camera pointing at the TV and stream it

  • @dazdaz105
    @dazdaz105 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Even a barrister didn’t get all the facts right.
    You do NOT have to let them in at all under any circumstances.

    • @MEERU_K
      @MEERU_K 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      EXCATLY

    • @DreSttarr-yi7lz
      @DreSttarr-yi7lz 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well just Look at the mug giving this advice"

    • @danielforde-pogson
      @danielforde-pogson หลายเดือนก่อน

      No way he's a barrister. Probably a barister, mixing coffee in Gregg's.

    • @terrorbilly5000
      @terrorbilly5000 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Can anyone tell me what the issue is with letting them in if you genuinely don't need a licence? Surely it's easier than getting dozens of letters and threats to just say, yes come and see for yourself. Why does everyone insist on not letting them in? This genuinely confuses me.

    • @lala77uk
      @lala77uk 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@terrorbilly5000 They will turn you Tv onto BBC and then say your watching it, There even known to plug the TV in too and the areil, then they lie on the blank form they force you to singe filling it in later.

  • @licencefreetv
    @licencefreetv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    - "Enforcement officer" is just a Job Title - they have no statutory powers in their day-to-day work.
    - There are no TV detectors or Detector vans in routine use, and they have never been used to provide evidence for Court.
    - TVL Warrants are extremely rare (around 100 per year in England & Wales). There are none in Scotland.

    • @doru10922
      @doru10922 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think he meant, they park in front of the house and watch tru the window the TV :))) and about the warrants do they need a name? Hiw do they get the warrant?

    • @licencefreetv
      @licencefreetv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@doru10922 I don't think they generally look through windows - it would be unlawful, and it wouldn't be practical to do at all for a significant number of properties. Camping outside the 15th Floor? I don't think so.
      TVL Warrants do not need a name. They are obtained by applying to a Magistrate (in England & Wales).

    • @doru10922
      @doru10922 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@licencefreetv I'm not talking about the 15th floor, but normal houses, is not like spying, but passing by, hunting,plus you have the neighbors who can say that you watch TV, maybe illegally, thank you for the warrant explanation... I find it waste of money (police forces)

    • @stu0508
      @stu0508 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@doru10922 He said they can "visit you OR they can use detection vans to establish whether your address is using TV receiving equipment" If he mean't they can park in front of your house and watch thru a window (from a van) then the "visit you" part would have been more than adequate. At best it is misleading and at worst it is absolutely incorrect false infomation.

    • @Anakinuk007
      @Anakinuk007 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Warrants that are issued is because the householder becomes violent or difficult. So if you let someone in then abuse them, they can call the police to attend. Otherwise the police have no interest.

  • @willspin9572
    @willspin9572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    From what I've read the average fine if it goes to court is approx the cost of the licence fee. Apparently the £1k is for people earning over £50k. Nearly all cases are people talking to much at the door or inviting them in. When someone knocks on your door asking who you are/are you the homeowner etc your response should always be who are you? Then close the door.

    • @mickeymouse4897
      @mickeymouse4897 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      U can't be fined, it's a scam, it's never been illegal, it's an "ACT" not law.

    • @daisysunshine1324
      @daisysunshine1324 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      An act is law & I was fined £380 for first time offence through the courts.

    • @stevesas632
      @stevesas632 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@daisysunshine1324 Can you explain how this came about, & why you ended up in Court?

  • @JohnSalmon
    @JohnSalmon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Are we entitled to a partial refund if the BBC continues to show repeats of old programmes?

    • @JimLem
      @JimLem 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It was for this reason that I stopped paying for a licence over ten years ago. I was only seeing repeats. Surely that means their original "live broadcast" has already been paid for. Why am I paying for it again? TV Licence fee is nothing more than a legalised protection racket.

    • @vinnyganzano1930
      @vinnyganzano1930 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You wish.

    • @ross8474
      @ross8474 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      True

    • @gilaliz1970
      @gilaliz1970 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And can we claim compensation for being traumatised bt Saville and Ro;lf in the 1970's????

    • @simonlevett4776
      @simonlevett4776 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No.

  • @maggielucas8685
    @maggielucas8685 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So if l pay (for instance) for sky sports to watch live matches l need a tv license??? I'm paying sky???? ITV don't use license money!!!! What kind of joke is this that you pay another company for programmes but still need a licence but don't watch the bbc? Who does that? The bbc obviously.

  • @johnxforce4
    @johnxforce4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Interesting you say ‘the use of detector vans’… many other TH-cam channels that’s cover the license topic state the vans in question don’t exist..

    • @MEERU_K
      @MEERU_K 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      THEY DONT

    • @GarryJantzen
      @GarryJantzen 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MEERU_K Even when they were said to exits (videos, pics, etc.) they were "props" that didn't actually DO anything! Except try and scare people.

  • @jayjayfire8367
    @jayjayfire8367 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Agree with all comments made regarding the detector Van.! even if such a Van existed, having TV receiving equipment DOES NOT mean you are watching "live TV" therefore you "DO NOT" need a licence unless you are watching live TV on said equipment...
    Be great if Daniel the Barrister can validate his detector van claim ?
    Unless he is on the BBC payrol??? 🤔😬

    • @MEERU_K
      @MEERU_K 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      HE IS

  • @rkselectronicmusic
    @rkselectronicmusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Excellent info Mr. B - charging Blind people is just terrible

    • @keithhardy8513
      @keithhardy8513 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, that is shameful. The BBC should totally exempt blind people from paying the TV Licence.

    • @timpearce3314
      @timpearce3314 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      and rubbing the "salt in" by saying that if you are blind you get 50% off! that alone is enough to get people to "bin" their licence! what a bloody cheek! 😡😡😡,,,,

  • @DAH24HRS
    @DAH24HRS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Tv detection vans to see if you're using tv receiving equipment ? Rubbish, I have an Xbox and an Android tv, both capable of reviewing live tv, it's nothing to do with the equipment it's if you watch live tv through it. Disappointing video.

    • @pinocchio1768
      @pinocchio1768 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      These ppl have zero knowledge of what's actually happening. As soon as he mentions detection vans I just turned it off pmsl.

    • @DAH24HRS
      @DAH24HRS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pinocchio1768 This is basically a pro tv licence video. Lots is scaremongering and telling people how to pay for a licence.

  • @Rob99933
    @Rob99933 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The TV Licence is easy money,the TV Licence should and must be abolished now,and the BBC should and must be self funding like other channels The BBC Licence is become out dated and must be abolished and NOT be forced on people it’s a complete RIP OFF.

  • @robburrows2737
    @robburrows2737 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    What about the demanding money with menaces aspect of sending red letters to people in old people's homes? Steaming live content is not illegal if it's not being broadcast - to check this you have to search the Ofcom database. The whole system is shite.

  • @pinocchio1768
    @pinocchio1768 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Detection vans 🤣🤣🤣🤣 You've just lost all credibility with that statement.

    • @happyfeet4506
      @happyfeet4506 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes they are a load of crap

    • @knowthings489
      @knowthings489 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ha ha same just before that moment I was like this guy is legit

  • @hitchannel7777
    @hitchannel7777 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Tv receiving equipment" detection vans, that's utter rubbish, don't listen to this man. he speaks confidently as if he knows but doesn't, believe me. Chillijoncarne is your man.

  • @666ingz
    @666ingz ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I would review this video. The point Daniel made about the 'detector vans' could be classed as misinformation.

    • @wilfredwood2636
      @wilfredwood2636 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Why, as a electrical and electronic engineer retired.
      You cannot detect a tv. As it is a receiver of signals, not a producer of signals. One of BBC's biggest lies for years.

    • @666ingz
      @666ingz 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @wilfredwood2636 Agreed.
      That's why I said it could be classed as misinformation...
      Because it's bo''ocks.

    • @wilfredwood2636
      @wilfredwood2636 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sorry misunderstood

  • @JohnSmith-dn6fk
    @JohnSmith-dn6fk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Barrister my arse,where are these detector vans then🤣

    • @MEERU_K
      @MEERU_K 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      HE IS PART OF BBC

  • @phina8392
    @phina8392 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I remember my mum forgetting to renew our license way back in the 80s, and my dad seeing a weird grey van going up the road. Guess who made us unplug the T.V until the next day 😂,, love them days….

    • @AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jq
      @AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jq หลายเดือนก่อน

      In Middlesbrough back in the 1960's and 1970's the detector vans used to cruise round the estates with dozens of children loudly shouting, "Detector Van".

  • @steveprentice4513
    @steveprentice4513 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    A half price license if your blind? Hahahaha that made me laugh and points out how stupid the UK really is.

  • @BobAt101
    @BobAt101 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    One thing that is not clear, if I am on youtube and watch a guy in a live video talking about something, like how he did his garden , his view of the snp, something that occurred to him etc ...... does this need a TV Licence as it is live on youtube ( i don't think so but checking ).,

  • @barrystubbs983
    @barrystubbs983 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    WHY should you even need a license to watch a t.v. so archaic

  • @aficio698
    @aficio698 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I never agreed to pay Liniker £1.3million.

  • @alanrace4156
    @alanrace4156 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Forcing entry with a police officer present is meaningless if you are not actually using a TV at the time of their visit. You can have a 1000 sets in your house but if none are actually switched on during a forced visit then there is no offence committed.

    • @robwatts9437
      @robwatts9437 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Some goons who do enter with the police will connect the TV to any TV aerial cable he can see , bang your watching live TV. Police will take the side of the BBC goon

    • @BelfastBiker
      @BelfastBiker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@robwatts9437 I bought an aerial, it was subpar quality (think I need a roof aerial instead), so refunded it, and uninstalled all the BBC,Sky News, Now TV etc apps from the new Smart TV. Now, my 75” TV is genuinely my new PC monitor…. Just like my old 49” one was.

  • @steveng5503
    @steveng5503 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I gave thumb up but then retracted it as soon as I hear detection van. Barrister? Misleading information here. There is no such thing. Never been a thing and I should imagine never will be.

  • @synchro62
    @synchro62 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Ye right .. My Grandad said he was one of the guys in the van that turned the handle to rotate the dish on the van roof :)
    Detector Van my rear end :)

  • @RonaldShea5680
    @RonaldShea5680 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Millions of British household's no longer pay the bbc poll tax. Why not join them?

  • @Han-rw9ev
    @Han-rw9ev ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I rarely watch TV and I don't think BBC's got anything I want anyway.
    What irritates me is that I paid for a TV licence for years before learning I never had to, partly due to some of the stuff implied in the BBC's letters at the time.
    What now also annoys me is that the BBC wants to add a BBC button on all UK remotes. I'd find that an absolute turn off.

  • @randomperson8771
    @randomperson8771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I was all aboard this information.. Which mostly sounds solid to my untrained ears.. Right up till a Barrister mentions TV detector vans!!!! like really dude. There is no such thing! Maybe back in the day. There was a Van been driven around the streets with TV Detector slapped on the side. That doesn't mean anything

  • @ScoreGuru123
    @ScoreGuru123 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I turned off this video as soon as he said " they can use tv detecting vans " , I know people that work in the BBC, and I can categorically tell you, there is no such thing as a mythical tv detector van. Is this guy sponsored by the BBC?

  • @angiegraham2579
    @angiegraham2579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Have you ever seen a detector van? I am 60 and have never seen one.They are just a myth to frighten people.

  • @hariowen3840
    @hariowen3840 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    You inconveniently forgot to mention a very important aspect of the police presence, i.e. that the police who accompany a TV Licence enforcement officer with a 'valid' warrant to enter your property, are only present to prevent a breach of the peace and not to assist with the execution of the warrant. And unsurprisingly, due to this type of widespread misinformation, the police who attend are often not aware of their lawful role in these situations either.

  • @pstanyer1
    @pstanyer1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    It's not set to be abolished. Show me where that has been announced by the goverment. You mention they can use detection vans. They don't exist and have never ever been used. Do you really understand the processes involved in TV licence enforcement.

    • @JimLem
      @JimLem 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Royal Charter which allows the BBC to raise money expires at the end of 2027. The BBC have already been looking at proposals in preparation for the end of the licence fee.

  • @stu0508
    @stu0508 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sorry you lost me at "TV detection vans". No such thing i'm afraid and such poor researching has undone your like & subscribe and earned you a dislike i'm afraid. Given your subject matter, you can't afford to be making such glaring mistakes that most amatuer channels know very well (as do most of the public).

  • @nickevans7049
    @nickevans7049 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    ffs i have not had one for years pmsl :)

  • @glennpowell3444
    @glennpowell3444 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The problem is these days once you have an address the big brain computer will send you a tv liscence bill.The big gray area is proving that you dont watch "live" Bbc channels.That is very difficult to pursue.Whether it be a freeview box or a cable view.Technically this cant be verified.Also you can watch anything on a device on a train or a pub etc with wifi.The BBC fee is corrupt and outdated.Its just a tax.Steve Wright on radio 2 was / is earining £400 000 a year for example.The average working guy earns less than a tenth of that at best.The BBC in my opinion no longer has a place and neither does having a liscence.Times have changed since the 70,s and 80,s where there were just 3 and then just 4 tv channels to choose from.And BBC entertainment now is terrible.Just to be even more obtuse didnt Mr Saville get paid huge ammounts back then at the BBC fee for fiddling with young kids?End of case.

    • @7henke7
      @7henke7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well said, totally agree ,as did Rolf Harris, Stuart hall, Jonathan King and Hue Edwards

  • @ross8474
    @ross8474 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's not fair

  • @northeast7412
    @northeast7412 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Soon as you begged for a like and gave 4 seconds to do so I instantly gave you a thumbs down 😂

  • @mrmeg01
    @mrmeg01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Well Daniel old boy , you lost credibility when you mentioned detector vans. Bye

  • @sizif717
    @sizif717 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why do you need to pay a TV license - if you are only watching things like live streaming youtube proggrams and other streaming platforms? I mean - they have nothing to do with BBC, ITV and so..? TH-cam have other means to finance themselves, i just don't see any logic in that.

  • @gherkamum
    @gherkamum 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The BBC TV Licence is the most unfair and unjust Tax there is and must be ABOLISHED.

  • @michaelmole4051
    @michaelmole4051 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Stoped watching after detector vans ,what a muppet the BBC are working you from behind,what’s your fee ?

  • @Justtellmetheanswer6910
    @Justtellmetheanswer6910 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    The licence fee needs to be abolished. It’s got to be the most stupidest and outdated ways of funding the crappy services the BBC provides. To be honest I don’t think I even watch live tv anymore? PMQs questions are recorded? Netflix. Oh and LBC of course. 👍🏻

    • @johnbuffaloiam9741
      @johnbuffaloiam9741 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My council leader said he will arrest people that refuse the tv licence

    • @j.m9189
      @j.m9189 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I got fed up of watching rubbish and I got rid of my television 15 years ago phoned then to cancel my account because I wasn't happy for my money to go to waste.🙃

    • @mickeymouse4897
      @mickeymouse4897 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      U don't need 1, stop paying it, no Laws are being broken, it's a scam of decades.

  • @pharcyde4943
    @pharcyde4943 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    JUST WATCH THE TV ITS FREE.
    THEY CAN DO NAWT..🙄😁😁😁

  • @nickstevens7931
    @nickstevens7931 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Thank you - that was very clear and a comprehensive explanation. I didn’t buy a TV licence when I moved house (former licence was in someone else’s name) as I struggled to find anything to watch - miss the BBC news & current affairs programmes though but not on there own worth the annual fee.

  • @pennydunwell7005
    @pennydunwell7005 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Like your content but there is no such thing as a TV detector van my man

  • @NightOwlGames
    @NightOwlGames 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    im looking for a reason to even watch TV? any recommendations? seriously?

  • @flolyrically2554
    @flolyrically2554 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Crazy how UK has this law! Crazy politics

  • @Borgforce
    @Borgforce 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I bet my pension that it doesn’t get abolished… either that or they’ll turn it into a different type of added tax.

  • @jasonford7216
    @jasonford7216 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tv is free to all Australian poeple...and this is the place where the queen sent the convicts...hhaahaha

  • @Wigan_Joker
    @Wigan_Joker 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    so UK residents have to buy a licence so BBC can make programmes, which it then sells on to other countries, do UK citizens get any cut of BBC sell on profits?

  • @jamesm875
    @jamesm875 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have been licence free for more years than I can remember and never inform the BBC I do not need a Licence. I never call my Doctor and tell him I do not have the clap and therefore do not need antibiotics nor do I call or email Asda and tell them I do not need shopping from them this month so why would I call anyone of fill out a form to say I do not need their services ? Phuq the BBC.

  • @rog3833
    @rog3833 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Just tell them to "do one" at the door. Whether your Legally Licence free or not - it doesnt stop them harrassing you at your door. Im not legally obliged to do one of their poxy NLN Declarations either. When their "officers" (read salesman) are commision based, your hardly gonna get a fair response.

  • @arikhanaalffie
    @arikhanaalffie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Block is protecting his job by convincing that you have to pay TV licence.

  • @bobbusby9237
    @bobbusby9237 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Detection vans do not exist, so get your facts straight

  • @richardcaldeira3684
    @richardcaldeira3684 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why would you want a tv licence if your blind???

  • @shedendman
    @shedendman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Detection vans,what they going to detect?

  • @mfrickard
    @mfrickard หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I do not watch live TV. I have not watched any BBC service for 10 years. I can watch all I want on You Tube, some of it is only a week behind the TV.
    I love watching old movies and TV series too, all on You Tube.

  • @AmeBrizee
    @AmeBrizee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm not making fun of you but I gotta say, you're a very animated hand talker. If this had no sound, I'd swear you were casting a spell 😂

    • @ismayb754
      @ismayb754 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It seems a bit... forced? LIke he's got some media guy to advise him how to do youtube videos. It's really unnecessary. He'd look better without it, and it actually distracted me from what he was saying at one point. I mean all of this constructively. I very much appreciate Daniel's content.

  • @astragreen
    @astragreen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    For a barrister telling people to subscribe and like before his video is played, to claiming detector vans can detect if your watching TV I class him as an idiot, and turn off, I’d advise you to do the same, it’s amazing he is allowed to carry on like this on account he’s a ‘barrister’

  • @dockaos924
    @dockaos924 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I watch TV in the pub and it's still crap

  • @jimcazador6057
    @jimcazador6057 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The is no such thing as an 'enforcement officer' they are self employed Capita agents working on commission, basically door to door salesmen with no powers under the PACE act, all you need to do if they visit is close the door on them. Simple as that. They can only bring a uniformed police officer and a warrant if you engage with them. You do not have to allow them into your property, and if you do having a TV or a recording device is not proof that you need a TV licence. All you need to say is you do not need a TV licence as you do not watch live TV or i-player.

  • @jaysinc111
    @jaysinc111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    In short don’t buy a license- there are no such things as detector vans so you’re wrong there. The best way is to ring capita when you get a letter annually asking for update. My letter now is addressed to the occupier so don’t even store my name any longer...

  • @gordon8269
    @gordon8269 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Are you employed by the BBC, a lot of this information is out of date, or is incorrect.

    • @gordon8269
      @gordon8269 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, it definitely is out of date, How is it fair to charge a blind person only half the price of the current license fee or the extortion money the bbc rips out of their bank accounts when they can't see what they are watching if you know what I mean. Sounds like a massive rip-off to me but there again we are all living in rip-off Britain

  • @glascoe96
    @glascoe96 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Detector vans do not exist

  • @brin57
    @brin57 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How the hell in 2023 is there still a TV licence !! Your government is taking the piss ! The entire population needs to boycott it completely and take a class action against the government for decades of taking their money for receiving something off the airwaves. Ludicrous concept.

  • @chrisramm1
    @chrisramm1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    seems an anomaly that one can have a live broadcast on youtube or even FB and according to your data above, you need a licence fee, Why would one pay the BBC to watch a youtube channel that is live.

    • @tvlicencebible1380
      @tvlicencebible1380 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can legally view live streams by private individuals on social media without a TV licence but not live streams by corporate companies.

    • @licencefreetv
      @licencefreetv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can watch live streams on TH-cam as long as they are not from licensed broadcasters. At the moment, that's mainly Sky News live and GB News live.

  • @alimcleod3704
    @alimcleod3704 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    No license for over 10 years, don't need one. I have had a rainbow of letters from them, each time more threatening than the last! All go in the bin, Only had 1 visit that I know of as I opened my door, they guy said "I see you have a sky dish installed in your home" I said "I see you have been peeking over my 6ft fence" then proceeded to tell him the wire was cut at the other end, that he was welcome to come in and see, my 2 German shepherds were at this time barking like mad, he took 1 step over my threshold whilst I added I cannot guarantee that my male dog will stay in his crate as he hates unknown males, the guy quickly left! I never answer my door to anyone I don't know or am not expecting, peephole in door for a reason!

    • @kaseycornflakes1234
      @kaseycornflakes1234 หลายเดือนก่อน

      alim... Why don`t you go into business hiring out your dogs to anyone expecting a visit from the TV licencing people. (Joke, no it was a joke, really. Oh don`t lock me in here. Please!)

  • @phantomsnipe
    @phantomsnipe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Don’t pay and shut the curtains 🤷‍♂️

  • @petercaulf
    @petercaulf 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    You do NOT need a licence to listen to ANY radio station, bbc or independant. It's also proven that there is no such thing as detection equipment.

  • @gabrielletanner5339
    @gabrielletanner5339 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ESPECIALLY IF YOUR ON A SINGLE PENSION...and are paying as much as a retired or working couple...😮

  • @andymeadows2768
    @andymeadows2768 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There are no tv detection vans dan

  • @champions.2023.
    @champions.2023. ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Haven't paid in 15yrs and i watch tv .
    Come and catch me 😂

  • @treeoflifeenterprises
    @treeoflifeenterprises 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    as far as i am.aware, tv detector vans are empty inside. they just use the list of who hasn't got a licence and knock on doors. BBB did a similar info vid on TV licensing, and one of the commenters used to drive one. First thing I did when moving 30yrs ago was take down the tv antenna on the property. haven't owned a tv in my life. I think the bbc should either go subscription model, rather than a license under false pretenses (ie it is a bbc benifit license, not a tv license, which although it applies to all live broadcasts, no broadcasters execpt for the bbc get revenue), or if it is deemed a national asset, then add it to the list of things our taxes pay for, like some countries do. Either way it is no more independant from government than the current system.

  • @buddah1978egypt
    @buddah1978egypt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    2 things not quite correct. Firstly most fines are around 200quid, and tv vans cannot detect anything. They are simply a scare tactic.

  •  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What is the proof a TV inspector needs in court and what is the proof a customer needs that does not need a license to prove innocence in court.

  • @jaynewton5278
    @jaynewton5278 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Detector van's have absolutely no equipment in them at all.
    Seen it with my own 👀.

  • @leestephens7281
    @leestephens7281 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks, my mum was told that she had to pay, she is in her 80s, so should be able to get a refund for the time the pushed her to pay.

  • @Simon.0000
    @Simon.0000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I still don't understand why we need to pay for ITV channel 4 and 5 when the BBC don't own them

    • @mrpugster
      @mrpugster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I believe it's something to do with part of the license fee funding the digital infrastructure, the transmitters etc, however it's never made clear. I'd like some channel to start transmitting over IPTV instead and to challenge this all in court.

  • @paulrage1944
    @paulrage1944 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My letter says I need one for you tube & prime tv don’t watch BBC or live tv so are they lying I’ve got this in writing ?

  • @hls6925
    @hls6925 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Clearly, as a barrister, you know nothing about the way so-called 'Detector vans' used to work in the old days of CRT-TV sets (which do not exist anymore, except as museum pieces, possibly!), nor the fact that it is impossible to detect whether there is a modern flat-screenTV set being used in a property using any 'modern' TV detector van, (and I use the term sarcastically!). Even if there was a way to detect such a TV, (there isn't, except peeking through a window or open door!), it could still be being used perfectly legitimately to watch non-live transmitted broadcasts. You were giving incorrect information to your viewers in your video, and I don't believe you have corrected this false information since. Please correct me if I have wrongly accused you.

  • @wildthing6668813
    @wildthing6668813 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I've had two visits in 35 years the first ended in court and was thrown out as the goon presumed a 22" monitor was a TV set and faked the TVL 178 to say I watched live TV but I pleaded not guilty and took the monitor to the court and told them to find an aerial connection on it! The second was a goon who said he was afraid of dogs but tried to walk in uninvited and got shown the floor, even the police couldn't get me to open the door so they left saying there was nothing more they could do.
    I watch all the catch up and live TV I like and have monthly letters that I just bin unopened as I look for return addresses before anything else and DL98 letters go straight in the bin as I know it's a TVL letter.

  • @fusiliers1
    @fusiliers1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really I don’t have a TV licence and I won’t have one
    Had the stupid letter I will be interviewed under caution know we are meant to be scared or something
    Because put it this way I don’t have the interview and I don’t FKNG have to
    And they gonna send the Oxford enforcement team same again I’m so scared
    Yeah you enter my property at your own risk because I can guarantee your body will get some physical violence

  • @savethebeesplantherbs8809
    @savethebeesplantherbs8809 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    can we have a tv channel that needs no licence fees please pre recorded will do im bloody fed up with the BBC extremist political views and rewarding hard left presenters who are bigots to the leave gang

  • @shuggiemcg1
    @shuggiemcg1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There is no way they can tell you are using live tv no matter what they tell you! Tv detectionn vans lol thats a good one! Ive only ever had a tv lisence once and that was when kids were younger about 30 years ago got rid of it after that first year!

  • @TheArtist8077
    @TheArtist8077 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gov uk web and look for ..Do not fund the BBC through a universal household levy linked to council tax petition and sign it.

  • @DAH24HRS
    @DAH24HRS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Please do a longer video stating the facts, you don't need a tv licence to watch prime video, but you do if you watch the live football or other live sport on there, you never stated that which people need to know if they're cancelling their tv licence. I'm 4 years licence free next month.

    • @hittitecharioteer
      @hittitecharioteer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      3 years and counting Delboy. I've seen excellent advice from CilliJonCarne. He's on YT.

    • @JimLem
      @JimLem 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He did state very clearly that a licence is required for "live" services. No further explanation needed.
      Congrats on 4 years. It's 10 for me. They still keep writing to me though.

  • @warmswarm
    @warmswarm ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Danny, what's with the hands and arms flailing about all the time?? Too much, way too much. No-one needs to gesticulate quite as much as that. I found it VERY distracting.

  • @GH-lo8vl
    @GH-lo8vl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Everyone can watch TV legally without a licence, just close the door when they come round.... simple.
    I've never heard a court usher shout out "legal occupier to court one" 🤣🤣🤣

  • @es78xx
    @es78xx ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ive got too many expenses and waste so much time watching crap tv. thinking about cancelling my license.