TV Detector Vans

In our previous post about TV Detection we mentioned that the BBC was very shy when it came to revealing how many detector vans they actually had.

Thankfully the company that fitted the most recent (June 2003) detector vans, dB Broadcast, were so pleased to be awarded the rolling maintenance and recalibration contract that they let slip an important piece of information.

In their 2004 end of year summary dB say the contract "involves one dedicated test engineer and one wiring technician working on each of the vehicles for a week at a time every six months."

It therefore follows that the new detector van fleet is a maximum of 24 vehicles. In all likelihood the actual fleet is probably smaller than that, with even fewer vans operating on any given day.

TV Detection

At the heart of TV Licensing's detection system is their massive database of licensed addresses. TV Licensing receive information for this database from TV dealers, the Post Office and licence holders. Any property that doesn't have a licence will be subject to further investigations to find out why.

From my previous post about TV Licensing Correspondence you'll see that their initial approach is to send reminder letters to the unlicensed address. These reminder letters are often offensive, patronising and accusative in tone.

Little wonder then that many genuine non-TV users are making a stand against TV Licensing intimidation by being as uncooperative as possible with their incessant requests for information.

Enforcement officer visits:
Non-TV users are under no obligation to respond to TV Licensing's correspondence, but if they don't they eventually run the risk of having an Enforcement Officer visit their property.

Remember that unless the Enforcement Officer has a search warrant, which they almost certainly won't on an initial visit, the occupant is under no legal obligation to let them in. They should simply keep quiet and close the door.

Enforcement Officers are cheap - they're paid a pittance and work on a commission basis, which explains why some of them try almost anything, legal or otherwise, to drum up licence sales and prosecutions.

Most search warrants come as the result of an Enforcement Officer seeing or hearing television equipment in use or the occupier admitting they are using such equipment.

TV detection equipment:
TV Licensing also have detection equipment (detector vans and portable units) that they can use to gather evidence on target properties. The exact number and nature of these units is shrouded in secrecy, but if you believe the word of the BBC:

• The equipment in detector vans takes as little as 20 seconds to work and has a range of up to 60 metres. It is able to distinguish between two television sets either side of a party wall.
  
• The vehicles use GPS technology to identify target addresses.
  
• A new type (2003 model) detector van costs £108,474.59.
• A new portable unit costs around £600.
• The latest portable detection equipment has a range of up to 20 metres.
  
• The van based detection equipment is developed internally by BBC Research and Development and manufactured/installed by dB Broadcast.
• The latest portable detection equipment was developed solely by the BBC.
  
• Detection technology is generally used to obtain search warrants after Enforcement Officer visits have proved unsuccessful.
• Detection equipment relies on the television equipment being in use at the time of the visit.

Just as interesting are the questions that the BBC refused to answer:

• The total number of detector vans and the number operating on an average day.
• The number of court cases where the use of detection equipment has resulted in a conviction.
• The number of search warrants obtained on the basis of detection equipment evidence.

Those answers (and non-answers) provided by the BBC suggest that the use of detection equipment isn't very widespread and is reserved for cases where conventional detection (Enforcement Officer eyes and ears) has failed to obtain evidence of wrongdoing. The fact that detection equipment is normally used to obtain search warrants also suggests that evidence of the equipment alone is insufficient to secure a conviction.

TV Licensing are also known to use detection vans for deterrent purposes in licence evasion black spots.

Related posts:
TV Licensing Rights of Access

Detected by Capita

Looks like the highly trained chimps of Capita have been feverish searching Google for new TV Licensing related material.

We've been detected.


Vyv - eat the telly!

Viewing Prerecorded Media

A television licence is only required for equipment used to receive or record television signals as they are concurrently broadcast to the wider public via the airwaves.

It therefore follows that a licence is not required if you are only using a television set to view prerecorded videos, DVDs or other electronically stored data.

Likewise, you do not require a licence if you are only using a television set as a monitor for your games console, CCTV system or PC (see post about Online Viewing).

However, should an Enforcement Officer visit an unlicensed property it may prove difficult to convince them the equipment wasn't used to receive or record television signals unless it was clearly uninstalled.

You can uninstall your television equipment by ensuring the following:

• The equipment in question is disconnected from any external aerial lead.
• The equipment is also detuned, so it can't easily (at the press of a button) show any broadcast television picture.

Contrary to what TV Licensing would have you believe, you are under no obligation to inform them if you are only using uninstalled television equipment to view prerecorded material.

Related posts:
Online Viewing
No TV Licence Required

Online Viewing

As I'm sure you're all aware by now a television licence is only required when television equipment is used to receive or record television signals as they are broadcast to the wider public.

Online viewing of previously broadcast programmes falls outside this description and does not require a television licence. This includes, but isn't limited to, use of services like BBC iPlayer, Demand Five and 4oD, which show programmes after they have been broadcast to the public via the airwaves.

In the case of a PC used to receive or record programmes as they are broadcast via the airwaves - whether that's via TV card and aerial or online stream - the property does require a television licence.

In future the BBC intends to increase the amount of broadcast television content that is concurrently streamed online. This is going to make it increasingly difficult (virtually impossible) to detect licence evaders who are receiving programmes via the web.

TV Licence Validity

Please remember two very important points:

• TV licences are only valid for the address shown: If you move home and wish to remain licensed you will have to inform TV Licensing of your new address.
  
• TV licences are valid for one year from the last day of the previous month: This catches a lot of people out and causes widespread infuriation. It means that if you renew your licence on 30th July it is actually only valid until 30th June the following year. In effect you're paying for 12-months but only getting 11-months of licence.

The second point raises an interesting question. Given that TV Licensing, with their huge database of invasive information, undoubtedly know the exact issue (therefore expiry) date of every single licence, why do they round back the expiry date to the end of the previous month?

The message is do not renew your licence until it has expired and ensure this is at the beginning of the month.

Related posts:
Buying a TV Licence
Changing TV Licence Details

TV Licensing Rights of Access

TV Licensing employees do not have any legal automatic right of access to any property.

From previous posts you'll be aware that a television licence is only required when television equipment is used to receive (e.g. watch or record) TV programmes at the same time (or virtually the same time) as they are broadcast to the wider public. Additionally, from 1st September 2016, a TV licence is required if equipment is used to receive (e.g. watch or download) on-demand programmes via the BBC iPlayer.

If you don't use equipment as described above then you don't require a television licence.

Unlicensed properties are flagged by TV Licensing's database and will be subject to further investigation. This usually involves sending regular licence reminder letters (referred to as "threatograms") to the property, which are eventually followed up by a visit by one of TV Licensing's doorstep salespeople. TV Licensing refer to their salespeople as "visiting officers", but members of the legally-licence-free community generally refer to them as "goons".

Even if the legal occupier has replied saying they have no television receiving equipment TV Licensing will attempt visit the property to confirm that is the case.

For this reason an increasing number of people who don't require a licence are making a stand against TV Licensing on a point of principle.

The law:
Unless the goon has a search warrant for your property you do not have to let them in. Without that warrant they have no more rights of access than anyone else visiting - in fact you can even withdraw their implied right of access by writing to TV Licensing (see later).

Goons, who earn commission on every licence they sell, are notoriously economical with the truth and may try to con their way into your home using legal jargon or threats. Unless they have that search warrant it's all bluff and, for reasons that will become apparent below, they're very unlikely have a warrant if it's their first visit.

Search warrants:
A search warrant is a legal document signed by a Magistrate (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) or a Sheriff (Scotland). There is no standard prescribed format for the warrant but it must include the address of the property and the reason for the search. The warrant must be executed within one calendar month (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) or 28 days (Scotland) of the date of issue.

TV Licensing can only obtain a warrant by making representations to a Magistrate, under oath, that they have reasonable suspicion (e.g. some evidence) that television receiving equipment is being used illegally within a property. There is an onus on the Magistrate to only issue a warrant when the evidence justifies it. In theory the Magistrate should refuse to authorise the search if the evidence is too weak. In practice, as experience shows, Magistrates often take TV Licensing's word as sacrosanct and grant warrant applications made on the basis of questionable evidence.

In practical terms there are only two forms of evidence that TV Licensing can offer when requesting a search warrant:

• That the legal occupant has admitted that they are using television receiving equipment without a licence.
• That a goon has observed or heard television receiving equipment being used in an unlicensed property.

Some people have voiced concerns that TV Licensing don't tell the whole truth when applying for warrants. There's a train of thought that they sometimes exaggerate their evidence to secure a search warrant. This is supported by the fact that they have searched properties and found no evidence whatsoever of television receiving equipment.

The following are not usually considered sufficient grounds for the issue of a search warrant:

• The fact that the property is unlicensed.
• Ownership a television.
• Non co-operation with TV Licensing.
• The presence of a television aerial or satellite dish on the exterior of the property.

If a goon turns up with a search warrant then it is an offence to refuse them access. We are aware of two recent cases where the occupiers, who had previously been listening to "Freeman of the Land" mumbo jumbo, thought they were immune from prosecution if they refused to consent to a search warrant execution. Both of those occupiers were subsequently convicted of search warrant obstruction.

The warrant will allow them to search for and inspect television receiving equipment - it does not give them carte blanche to search through personal documentation or anything like that.

In theory the warrant permits TV Licensing to force entry to conduct their search if the property is unoccupied or the occupant refuses to answer the door. In practice it is TV Licensing policy not to force entry in these circumstances, but to return later and make further attempts to execute the warrant.

They will usually be accompanied by the police, who are only there to prevent a breach of the peace. However, be aware that search warrants are granted to TV Licensing and there is no legal requirement for the police to be present when they are executed. The police should not provide any assistance to TV Licensing with the actual search.

TV Licensing search warrants are exceptionally rare. If you're legally licence free, as we hope all our readers are, then you should never need to worry about the threat of a search warrant. If TV Licensing ever do turn up with a warrant then you are well within your rights to film them and we strongly recommend you do.

Implied rights of access:
There is an implied right of access for certain visitors to your property. For example, having a letterbox means that you accept people will deliver things and the presence of a door bell indicates you're open to callers.

You can withdraw TV Licensing's implied right of access by writing to them and saying so. If they ignore your request they'd be trespassing on your property and liable to civil prosecution and negative publicity.

The BBC has previously indicated that TV Licensing will comply with any Withdrawal of Implied Rights of Access (WOIRA), but we are aware that TV Licensing often ignore WOIRA instructions and single out those properties for special attention.

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Further anti-BBC reading:

• Is The True Or Did You Hear It On The BBC?, by David Sedgwick (aff. link)
• The BBC: Myth of a Public Service, by Tom Mills (aff. link)

TV Licensing Correspondence

In a previous post, No TV Licence Required, I mentioned that the legal occupier of any property without a television licence could expect TV Licensing to ask them why.

TV Licensing work on the principle that you're either correctly licenced or you're a licence evader. They refuse to accept at face value any declaration that you haven't got a television, which is why they'll try and make an invasive confirmatory visit anyway.

As soon as TV Licensing notice that you haven't got a licence you can expect to receive an incessant stream of reminder letters most of which are offensive, patronising and accusative in tone.

Here are some recent examples:

April 2008:

May 2008:

June 2008:

July 2008:

You'll notice that TV Licensing barely acknowledgement that the recipient might not be using television receiving equipment and therefore might not need a licence. You'll also notice that TV Licensing offer no apology for unnecessarily bothering those people who do not require a licence.

Remember that you are under no legal obligation to respond to any of these letters. If you decide to reply voluntarily there's no guarantee that TV Licensing will leave you in peace - in fact they probably won't.

Edit: Watchkeeper picks apart the content of one of these threatograms in a future post.

Related posts:
TV Licensing Rights of Access

No TV Licence Required

This is where things begin to get interesting.

A television licence is only required when equipment is used to receive or record television signals as they are broadcast to the wider public. (Edit: From 1st September 2016, a TV licence will also be required if a person uses equipment to receive on-demand programmes on the BBC iPlayer. Please see here for more information).

If you don't use equipment as described above then you don't require a television licence.

You would think, understandably, that if you don't need a licence then you simply don't bother to buy one. That should be the end of the matter but it isn't. It won't take TV Licensing long to realise that your address is unlicensed and, given their misguided impression that no-one in the world can live without television, they'll want to know why.

Bear in mind too that they'll have a record of any television receiving equipment you have purchased or hired from one of their registered dealers in the past.

If your address is flagged on their database as being unlicensed then you can expect them to write to you asking for an explanation. They have received a lot of negative publicity about the tone and manner of their letters.

A lot of what is written is intended to scare licence evaders into buying a new licence, but this also has the consequence of appearing rude and accusatory to the innocent. They also like to bend the truth with regard to what your obligations are as the legal occupier of an unlicensed property.

I shall write a future post dedicated entirely to TV Licensing correspondence.

If you receive one of these letters you have two options - either respond saying you do not require a licence or ignore it.

Responding:
Let me be 100% clear that you are not legally obliged to respond to any of their licence reminder letters. A lot of people choose to respond anyway because they think, mistakenly, that it will stop TV Licensing from bothering them again in future. It won't. If you tell them that you do not require a licence they will expect to make a confirmatory visit to verify that you're telling the truth.

That last sentence sums up nicely why TV Licensing is despised by non-TV viewers. You make the effort to reply - even though you aren't required to - and they basically accuse you of being a liar by insisting that they come and inspect your property anyway.

Suffice to say that they have no legal right, unless they have a search warrant (which they won't), to come and inspect your property and you should refuse to let them do so. I shall talk more about TV Licensing's rights of access in a future post.

Unfortunately, if you refuse to allow them access they will probably continue to harangue you with their irritating and accusatory reminder letters.

Even if you do roll over and let them inspect your property you can expect them to write again within about 6-months to check that your circumstances haven't changed.

Another thing I should mention is that if you do respond you are inevitably providing TV Licensing with extra information, which they could potentially use against you in future.

Ignoring:
This is an increasingly popular course of action as more people recognise and wish to make a stand against the underhand tactics employed by TV Licensing.

As I said previously, you are under no legal obligation to respond to these letters. If you don't use television receiving equipment then you are not committing an offence and you should be able to live without fear or intimidation from TV Licensing.

You can expect their letters to increasing in frequency and become more accusatory in tone. Eventually, probably after several months of ignored letters, they will send one of their Enforcement Officers to pay you a visit.

As mentioned before they have no legal right, unless they have a search warrant (which they won't), to come and inspect your property and you should refuse to let them do so. They won't necessarily be candid about their lack of access rights, so don't be fooled into letting them in.

The best advice is to ignore the Enforcement Officer completely and avoid disclosing any personal information. Simply refuse to answer the door to anyone who identifies they're from TV Licensing. If you answer the door and discover it's an Enforcement Officer just keep quiet and close the door.

You can avoid these non-search warrant visits altogether by withdrawing TV Licensing's implied right of access to your property. More information about TV Licensing's rights of access in a future post.

Important:
If an Enforcement Officer visits and manages to see or hear a television in your property (even if it's only hooked up to a DVD player) then that is reasonable grounds for them to obtain a search warrant. It's a good idea to keep television sets away from windows and out of sight and earshot of the letter box.

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Related posts:
TV Licensing Correspondence
TV Licensing Rights of Access

Edit (15/8/16): Added note about changes to legislation from 1st September 2016. For more information see here.

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TV Licensing for Hotels, Guest Houses and Campsites

A television licence is needed for a hotel, guesthouse or campsite where any staff or guests use television receiving equipment to watch television programmes as they're being broadcast to members of the public.

Each unit of accommodation, mobile unit or other area in which television receiving equipment is installed or used must be covered by a licence.

The licence fee is based on the number of units of accommodation or mobile units used as accommodation in which television receiving equipment is installed or used.

For up to 15 units a single standard licence fee of is payable. For more than 15 units, a single standard fee is payable for the first 15 units and an additional single standard fee for every extra 5 units (or part thereof).

Hotels:
The law says a hotel is any establishment offering accommodation consisting wholly or mainly of units of overnight accommodation for guests staying no longer than 28 consecutive nights.

A unit of overnight accommodation includes a room, caravan, tent, movable dwelling or any other structure in which a person can be accommodated overnight as provided by your establishment. Pitches and third party owned units (e.g. owner occupied caravans) are units of accommodation.

If you offer more accommodation to long-term guests (staying longer than 28 consecutive nights) than to short-term guests (staying 28 consecutive nights or less), you do not qualify as a hotel. However, you may still qualify as a provider of mobile units.

The hotel must be situated on just one premises or site. A public road, highway or railway dividing a site will create two or more separate sites. Buildings including houses not owned by the hotel but on the same site may also divide the hotel. Separate applications must be submitted for each premises or site.

If your establishment qualifies as a hotel, your licence will cover the installation and use of all television receiving equipment in guest rooms, the proprietor's on-site private living areas, on-site staff accommodation, common rooms and any other areas that are part of the same establishment and on the same site.

Mobile units:
The law says a mobile unit is a unit of overnight accommodation provided to guests by the same person and operated from the same place.

A mobile unit is any unit offered or used as overnight accommodation for guests and capable of being moved easily from one location to another. A unit will generally be regarded as being capable of being moved easily if:

It's on wheels or wheels can be easily attached to it, or

It's motorised or a motor can easily be attached to it, or

There's another design element that makes it easy to move.

If you qualify as the provider of mobile units, your licence will only cover the installation and use of television receiving equipment in mobile units. It will not cover any other type of guest accommodation or communal or other additional areas.

TV Licensing for Businesses

You need a television licence for your business if you or any of your staff, guests or visitors uses television receiving equipment at your business address to watch or record television programmes as they're being broadcast to members of the public.

You don't need a licence if:

• You use a digital box with a hi-fi system or another device that can only be used to produce sounds and can't display television programmes and you don't install or use any other television receiving equipment.
• You use a television set or computer monitor for closed circuit monitoring and you don't install or use any other television receiving equipment.
• You use a television set or computer to watch only pre-recorded DVDs or videos (e.g. for training purposes) and you don't install or use any other television receiving equipment.

A single licence covers all television receiving equipment being used at a single business site.

It allows everyone who works at the site to use a television receiver in any building, vehicle, vessel or caravan being used for a business purpose. It also allows any visitors to watch television at the site.

It does not cover the use of television receiving equipment in:

• Residential accommodation within your premises.
• Separately run on-site welfare or social clubs.
• Areas of your premises that you sublet to another business.

Television receiving equipment being used in any of these areas will need to be separately licensed. If you sublet part of your premises to another business, it is their responsibility to ensure that they have a licence.

TV Licensing for Members of the Armed Forces

Military establishments are not exempt from TV licence laws. This means that all television receiving or recording equipment must be appropriately licensed.

Televisions in working areas like classrooms, guardrooms, cookhouses and communal areas in junior ranks accommodation blocks are likely to be covered by the establishment's own licence.

Individuals wishing to use television equipment in their barrack room require a licence to do so. Only one licence is needed per room in the case of multiple occupancy.

Anyone using a device powered solely by its own internal batteries to watch or record television programmes will be covered by their home licence and does not require an additional licence.

Service families accommodation and single living accommodation must also be licensed separately.

Service personnel posted elsewhere in the UK will need to inform TV Licensing of their new address so that the licence is transferred and remains valid.

Personnel posted overseas who no longer need their licence can surrender it for a partial refund.

These rules also apply to foreign service personnel temporarily resident in the UK.

TV Licensing for Students

In our previous post, TV Licensing Law, we established that:

• Rental properties of joint occupancy (e.g. each of the occupiers' names feature on a single tenancy agreement) are considered a single property for TV licensing purposes.
  
• In rental properties of multiple occupancy (e.g. where each individual has their own tenancy agreement) a licence is required by each occupant intending to use a television (or other licensable equipment) in their own room. An additional licence is required to cover equipment in communal areas of the property.

Student halls of residence fall into the second of these categories, meaning a student requires a licence if they intend to use a television in their own room. The university or college administering the property is usually responsible for licensing equipment in communal areas.

In the case of accommodation rented from a private landlord the number of licenses required will depend on the terms of the tenancy agreement.

Only 12-month licences are available, but these can be surrendered early for a partial refund if the television won't be in use (e.g. during the summer holidays).

Students using a television powered solely by its own internal battery are covered by the licence of their home address and do not require an additional licence.

More information is available on the TV Licensing website.

Which Devices Require a TV Licence?

As previously mentioned, the law requires that a licence is obtained for any device that is "installed or used" for "receiving a television programme at the same time (or virtually the same time) as it is received by members of the public".

Using the following types of equipment could require a TV licence:

• Television sets.
• VCRs.
• Combined DVD player/VCRs.
• DVD recorders.
• Digital set top boxes.
• PCs fitted with a TV card.
• PC TV cards.

The Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967 (as amended) requires that dealers inform TV Licensing of every sale or rental involving these pieces of equipment.

In order to do this the dealer has to ask some questions at the time of purchase/rental. It should be noted however that the buyer/hirer is under no legal obligation to answer correctly.

Dealers have 28 days from the purchase/rental date to provide TV Licensing with the following information:

• The buyer or hirer's details (title, initials and surname as well as the address and postcode of where the equipment will be installed).
• The date of transaction.
• Whether the equipment is colour or black and white.
• Dealer's name and address.
• Dealer's registration and outlet number.
• Optionally, the type of equipment it is (TV set, DVD or video recorder, digital box, PC or laptop with TV card etc).

TV Licensing check the information provided with the details (names and addresses) on their licence database. They will investigate cases where the information doesn't match up (e.g. someone who buys a TV for an unlicenced property).

Dealers who fail to provide TV Licensing with this information are liable to a maximum fine of £1,000 per offence.

This system of snooping on buyers/hirers is open to much criticism. It is inherently flawed for the following reasons:

• There's no way of checking that the information provided at the time of sale/rental is given correctly.
• People often give their work address at the time of sale/rental but end up using the equipment at their home address or vice versa.
• Many people buy television receiving equipment as a gift for someone else.
• No-one can know with any certainty where a laptop with TV card is going to be used.
• It only applies to goods purchased/rented from a TV Licensing registered dealer - not private sales conducted via other means.

There have also been several reports that TV Licensing are taking an interest in pieces of equipment that, although not requiring a licence in their own right, imply the use of licensable equipment nearby - DVD players are an obvious example.

Edit (1/9/16): This is an archive post. Please note the following key changes:
- A TV licence is now needed by anyone using the BBC iPlayer to receive BBC on-demand programmes (more info here). Curiously enough a TV licence is not legally required to receive S4C on-demand programmes via the BBC iPlayer.
- The system of dealer notification has now ceased (more info here).

Changing TV Licence Details

The law requires that a licence is obtained for any device that is "installed or used" for "receiving a television programme at the same time (or virtually the same time) as it is received by members of the public".

The licence is only valid for the use of television receiving or recording equipment at the address shown. Any change of address should be notified to TV Licensing so that they can update their records and to maintain your licence validity.

The licence holder can also change their other personal details (although there is no legal requirement to do so) or payment method by contacting TV Licensing.

Related posts:
TV Licence Validity

Buying a TV Licence

The price of the TV licence is set every year by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

There are several ways of obtaining and paying for your licence, which is valid for one year.

• Direct Debit: Choose to pay in either monthly or quarterly installments.
  
• Credit or debit card: Via the TV Licensing website. Have your card details handy.
  
• TV Licensing savings card: Save for your licence throughout the year. The card can be topped up at any of the UK's 19,000 PayPoint outlets or by credit or debit card.
  
• PayPoint: Make a one-off payment for your licence at any PayPoint outlet.
  
• Cash payment plan: Spread the cost of your licence making small, regular PayPoint payments every week or fortnight.
  
• BACS: Make a one-off payment direct from your bank account to theirs.
  
• Online bill management: Some online bank accounts provide a shortcut to paying your licence fee.
  
• Cheque: Make payable to 'TV Licensing', write your name, address and TV licence number (if renewing) on the back and pop in the post to: Customer Services, TV Licensing, Bristol BS98 1TL.

Several types of licence are available depending on your television equipment (colour or black and white) and personal circumstances (residential or business property).

People over the age of 75 are entitled to a free licence. The law requires that they still have the licence (even though it's free) before they use television receiving or recording equipment.

The blind and partially sighted are entitled to a 50% discount on their licence fee and people in residential care are eligible for a substantial discount.

Further details can be found on the TV Licensing website.

Related posts:
TV Licence Validity

TV Licensing Law

The current legislation governing the television licence is the Communications Act 2003.

The law requires that a licence is obtained for any device that is "installed or used" for "receiving a television programme at the same time (or virtually the same time) as it is received by members of the public".

According to TV Licensing, the body tasked with overseeing the licensing process, "You need a TV licence to use any television receiving equipment such as a TV set, digital box, DVD or video recorder, PC, laptop or mobile phone to watch or record television programmes as they're being shown on TV".

The 2003 Act states that a licence is required for the reception of any TV signal regardless of where it originates. This closes a previous loophole where the reception of TV signals from the continent (or further) was exempt.

Crucially, a licence is not required for:

• Digital boxes used with a hi-fi system or another device that can only be used to produce sounds.
• Television sets installed and used solely for some purpose other than watching or recording television programmes (e.g. closed-circuit TV monitor, DVD or video player or games console).
• Watching on-demand programmes apart from those on the BBC iPlayer.
• Merely owning television receiving or recording equipment.

A licence is required to watch live TV broadcasts anywhere, including residential and business premises. From 1st September 2016 a TV licence is also required to receive on-demand programmes via the BBC iPlayer.

For residential premises, only one licence is required per household per address, regardless of the number of licensed devices or the number of members of the household.

A rented property with joint occupancy is considered a single property and requires only one licence.

In a rented property of multiple occupancy (e.g. each person has their own tenancy agreement) the tenant will require their own licence if they are using a television in their room. Such a property would need an additional licence to cover any television set in a communal area.

Use of television in a static caravan is covered by the licence held for the user's main address, provided there is no simultaneous use of television at both places, and the use of television in a touring caravan is always covered by the user's main home licence.

The use of a television set which is powered solely by its own internal batteries is covered for any address by the user's main home licence, but requires a separate licence if it is plugged into the mains or other external power source, such as a car battery: this also applies to TV-enabled mobile telephones.

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Edit (1/9/2016): The post has been updated to reflect the recent changes in legislation. From today a TV licence is needed if a person wishes to receive on-demand programmes via the BBC iPlayer.

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Contents Index

 For ease of reference our articles will be listed below:

• TV Licensing Law
• Buying a TV Licence
• Changing TV Licence Details
  
• Which Devices Require a TV Licence?
• TV Licensing for Students
• TV Licensing for Members of the Armed Forces
• TV Licensing for Businesses
• TV Licensing for Hotels, Guest Houses and Campsites
  
• No TV Licence Required
• TV Licensing Correspondence
• TV Licensing Rights of Access
• TV License Validity
• Online Viewing
• Viewing Prerecorded Media
• TV Detection
• The Case of Ron Sinclair
• Freedom of Information?
• Campaign Gathers Momentum
• TV Licensing Consultation
• Live Streaming of BBC1 and BBC2
• Oozing With Sincerity (Not)
• Stop Harassing Us!
• TVL Contractor Booted After Deceitful Mailshots
• Lies, Damn Lies and TV Licensing
• BBC Try to Rewrite FOI History
• Vyv, Eat the Telly - Fishburn Hedges are Reading!
• TVL Database Chronically Unreliable
• Number 10 Telly Tax Petition
• A Letter to TV Licensing
• Daily Telegraph on Disappearing FOI Responses
• Oh, the Hipocrisy
• Subscribe to TV Licensing
• Amphibious TV Licensing Commandos?
• Return to Sender
• TV Licensing Nuisance Phone Calls
• TV Licence Protests: May Day Bank Holiday
  
• BBC Trust Completes Licence Review
• Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. Undercover Detector Vans On Patrol.
• Free Online TV Streaming
• Detecting the Undetectable
• What Do They Know?
• TVL Search Warrants: Unscientific But Interesting
• Be TV Savvy With Your Set
• TVL Buckle to Bukovsky
• Heading to University: TV Licence Explained
• TV Licensing Propaganda Campaign
• Who's Calling Please?
• New TVL Website
• More TVL Stupidity
• Do You Know This Man?
• DAB Radio Reception
• Another TVL Visitor
• Phoney TVL "Official" Targets Vulnerable
• New TVL Billboard Poster
• TVL Knuckle Dragger Calls
• Met Police Response on TVL Search Warrants
• Telegraph on TV Licence Evasion Rates
• Captured In Full: The Non-Intrusive TVL Visit
• More Footage of TVL in Action
• Information Commissioner: BBC Must Divulge Capita Contract Details
• Buying TV Equipment
• The Relationship Between the BBC and TV Licensing
• TV Licensing Prosecute Online Viewers
• Brew (Rhymes With Spew)
• Former TV Licensing Goon Used Employment to Facilitate Sex Crimes Against Children
• Evidence from TV Detection Equipment
• Law Turned on TVL Enforcers
• Rapid Fire: 10 Common TV Licensing Questions and Answers
• Exclusive: Inside The TV Detector Van
• BBC Confirm Detector Vans Never Used in Court
• BBC Waive Licence Fee Requirement for Royal Wedding
• TV Licensing Coffin Dodger Visits
• TV Licensing: Truly Despicable Mailshot
• TV Licensing: Chasing Non-Existent Debts
• What Happens When You Don't Buy A TV Licence?
• TV Licensing Defectives Screw Up Again
• Calling Ex-TV Licensing Employees
• Withdrawing Implied Rights of Access - A Tutorial
• A Dyslexic TV Licensing Visitor Calls
• Pensioner Wrongly Hounded by TV Licensing
• TV Licensing Operations Shortlist
• TV Licensing Lies, Deceit and Intimidation - Write to Watchdog!
• TV Licensing - Extorting the Non-TV Viewing Public
• Criminal TV Licensing Employees
• The Nerve
• Another Brace of TV Licensing Crooks
• TV Licensing Drip Feed Misinformation
• TV Licensing and Laptop Usage
• TV Licensing Goon Skool
• Bristol in Our Database
• TVL Mouthpiece Mark Whitehouse on Stuart Linnell Show
• Lifting the Lid on TV Licensing's Pandora's Box
• Government Plans Overhaul of Archaic TV Licensing Rules
• TV Licensing Internet Detection
• Rapid Fire: 10 Common TV Licensing Questions and Answers #2
• Common TV Licensing Misconceptions: Equipment Ownership
• Less than Transparent: BBC Freedom of Information
• Students: Don't Get Stung by TV Licensing
• TV Licensing Salesman Scarpers
• TV Licensing: Too Much TV Kills You
• TV Licensing Man Commits Rape
• Welsh TV Licensing Man On Candid Camera
• Sainsbury's Freeview Purchase
• Enquiry Officer Code of Conduct
• Plaid Cymru Support TV Licence Boycott
• TV Licensing Totty
• Capita TV Licensing Staff Back Planned Strike
• TV Licensing Harassment: An All Too Familiar Story
• TV Licensing Simple Questions and Answers
• TV Licensing Workers Strike on Monday
• Capita Bribes TV Licensing Scabs
• TV Licensing Fails On DAB Clarification
• TV Licensing Workers Continue Industrial Action
• Capita Braces for TV Licensing Defeat
• Epic Email Trail of TV Licensing Discontent
• TV Licensing Arrogance - A Magistrate's Opinion
• TV Licensing Trespass
• TV Licensing Blog on Twitter
• Capita TV Licensing Airbrushing the Web
• TV Licensing Doorstep Evasiveness
• WOIRA Dodging TV Licensing Man Challenged
• TV Licensing Plan Third Strike
• TV to Listen to Radio: The Grey TV Licensing Area Remains
• Capita TV Licensing Workers Join Public Sector Strike
• Another Freeman Tackles TV Licensing on YouTube
• Watchdog Reminder
• Communication Workers Union: Why TV Licensing Pay Offer is Unfair
• Epic Misjudgement as BBC Reappoints Capita to TV Licensing Contract
• Fascinating Insight Into TV Licensing WOIRA Policies
• TV Licensing Man Threatens Warrant
• TV Licensing: If They Bully You, Phone the Police
• TV Licensing: We're Not All That Bad
• Ten TV Licensing Presents this Christmas
• BBC Expenditure on TV Licensing Online Advertising
• TV Licensing: Penalising Legal TV Viewers
• TV Licensing Web Impersonators
• TV Licensing: What They Say and What They Mean
• TV Licensing: Stay Anonymous in the End of Year Sales
• TV Licensing: Summary of 2011
• TV Licensing Detector Van Challenge
• Advice for Those Caught Without a TV Licence
• TV Licensing Doorstep Intimidation
• TV Licensing Doorstep Intimidation (Analysis)
• Greedy BBC Considers iPlayer Archive Fee  
• BBC Confirms Responsibility for Heinous TV Licensing Court Threat Letters
• Sheeple of Britain: Wake Up to TV Licensing
• BBC Release TV Licensing Complaint Figures
• TV Licensing: Achtung, Achtung
• TV Licensing Fail Detector Van Challenge
• TV Licensing: Just Who Do You Think You Are? 
• TV Licensing Job Ad: Reading Between the Lines
• TV Licensing Postal Costs
• The Great TV Licence Scam
  
• TV Licensing Enforcers Return
• BBC Hides TV Licensing Withdrawn Cases
• BBC Clueless on TV Licensing Complaints
• Internal Review Request on TV Licensing Withdrawn Cases
• BBC Hit Back at Freedom of Information Act Criticism
• TV Licensing Fails Martian Test
• TV Licensing Threatogram Complaints
• Rapid Fire: 10 Common TV Licensing Questions and Answers #3
• TV Licensing Threatogram Complaints Revealed
• TV Licensing Rip-Off Exposed 
• TV Licensing and London 2012 Olympics
• TV Licensing's Vexatious Pursuit of Innocent Man
• TV Licensing Vendetta Case 
• TV Licensing and Columbo 
• TV Licensing Simpleton 
• TV Licensing: How To Complain
• Fury Over TV Licence Snoops 
• TV Licensing Botch Search Warrant Execution 
• BBC Waives Jubilee Day TV Licence Rules 
• TV Licensing Phantom Prosecutions
• TV Licensing Encounter 
• TV Licensing Failure
• BBC Benefits Cheat 
• TV Detector Vans: Capita TV Licensing Employees Make Some Quick Cash
• TV Licensing Encounter: Follow Up
• TV Licensing Visit: An End to the Harassment?
• TV Licensing Threatograms: Lies, Lies, Lies
• TV Licensing Helpogram 
• TV Detector App for iPhone
• TV Licensing Doorstep Threats: How to Respond 
• Enjoy the Olympics TV Licence Free
• BBC Unveils Olympic TV Detector
• Bald Headed TV Licensing Goon Repelled by Camera
• TV Licensing Runner
• Shakespeare TV Licensing Victory Makes the Papers 
• TV Licensing Pursued on Fraud Charges
• TV Licensing: Speak to the Organ Grinder, Not the Monkey 
• TV Licensing Penalising the Poor
• Forcing the BBC to Talk
• BBC Shy on Snooping Powers
• Repugnant TV Licensing Saleswoman
• Modification of Equipment
• How to Stop TV Licensing Letters
• TV Licensing Laid Bare
• BBC Left Egg-Faces After Open Mic Blunder 
• Using a Digital TV for Radio Only: No Licence Needed 
• TV Licensing Talking Laptop: Talking Bollocks
• BBC Seeking New TV Licensing PR Agencies
• Just Another Day at TV Licensing Goon School
• TV Licensing Humiliated in Court 
• TV Licensing Goon Be Gone
• TV Licensing Goon Be Gone Follow Up
• TV Licensing Letters: Focusing Beyond the Print 
• TV Licensing Blog: Tweet for Victory 
• Declaring No-TV to TV Licensing: Completely Pointless
• TV Licensing Covert Surveillance 
• TV Licensing Goon Doesn't Like Being Filmed
• TV Licensing Conviction Overturned 
• Jimmy Savile Allegations 
• Hounded by TV Licensing Gestapo
• Anonymous TV Licensing Caller 
• TV Licensing Goon: Blink and You'll Miss Him! 
• High-Visibility TV Licensing Goon 
• TV Licensing: A Picture Paints A Thousand Words 
• TV Licensing PR Harlots Lying to Students
• Standing Up to TV Licensing Harassment 
• Guess the Next BBC Paedophile 
• Shamelessly Targeting Students
• TV Licensing: Harassing Phone Users
• TV Licence: Your Right Not to Buy 
• Newsnight Embroiled in Second Scandal 
• TV Licensing Botches Warrant 
• BBC Fiasco: Patten and Boaden Must Go Now
• BBC in Freedom of Information Farce 
• How to Deal With TV Licensing Goons
• TV Licensing Twitter Behavioural Change 
• TV Licensing Stocking Filler 
• TV Licensing Premium Rate Phone Scam 
• BBC Delays Truth Over Savile Exposure
• TV Licensing Goon Forces Door Handle
• TV Licensing Enfarcement: Another Botched Search Warrant
• TV Licensing Goon on Twitter
• TV Licensing Offers Cash Sweetener
• TV Licence For Sale 
• Stopping TV Licensing Trespass: In the Words of the BBC and TV Licensing 
• Going Against the Grain 
• Victims of TV Licensing
• Savile Crimes: Giving Victims a Voice
• TV Licensing PR: Truly Remarkable
• Anonymous Plans BBC Protest 
• Flabbergasted: Savile Impersonated by Tweenies 
• TV Licensing Blog: Normal Service Resumes
• Goon Fishing
• TV Licensing Goon Top Trumps
• TV Licensing Blog on YouTube
• TV Licensing: Allegations of Interview Foul Play 
• Dealer Notification: The Tide is Turning on TV Licensing Vermin
• Pork Pies: TV Licensing Are Master Bakers
• TV Licensing Goons: Alternative Employment
• TV Licensing Threaten Cancer Patient 
• TV Licensing Blog Billboard Generator
• Alternative TV Licensing Animation
• TV Licensing Poster Art 
• TV Licensing and Ambulance Chasing 
• TV Licence and Radio
• Camera Shy Northern Irish TV Licensing Goon
• Goon Fishing: Important Update 
• TV Licensing Tool Ignores WOIRA Instruction 
• TV Licensing Laid Bare: July 2013 Edition Released 
• TV Licensing: Smashing Creative Output
• Inquest Verdict: BBC Reporter Committed Suicide
• Controversial BBC Midlands Boss Decides to Jump Ship
• Suicide BBC Journalist: Father Speaks Out 
• North Yorkshire TV Licensing Goon 
• TV Licensing Drop Dubious Prosecution Case 
• TV Licensing Camping It Up on BBC Radio Humberside 
• TV Licensing Goon Tune 
• TV Licensing: TVL178 Record of Interview and Self-Incrimination Form 
• BBC Finally Release ITV Savile Programme Information
• TV Licensing's Response to Negative Publicity: Deny or Remove
• Short Dating TV Licences: A BBC Money Maker
• TV Licensing: Horse Arousal 
• TV Licensing Court Observation
• Dejected Welsh TV Licensing Goon 
• Trespassing Scottish TV Licensing Goon 
• TV Licence Summons: What To Do? 
• TV Licensing Welsh Search Warrant Update: The Hidden Dangers of WOIRA
• TV Licensing Enfarcement: Failed Obstruction Charges
• TV Licensing Goon Covert Footage 
• TV Licence Court Cases: Defence and Mitigation
• TV Licensing Court Costs: Shrouded in Secrecy 
• BBC HR Boss Admits Mistake
• The BBC: A Broken Trust 
• Threatening TV Licensing Goon 
• TV Licensing: Call Centre Water Torture 
• BBC Watchdog: Side-Splittingly Hypocritical 
• Update: TV Licensing at North Tyneside Magistrates 
• In Court With TV Licensing: Back at North Tyneside Magistrates' Court 
• BBC Fails to Monitor TV Licensing Dishonesty 
• Jimmy Savile Calls TV Licensing 
• TV Licensing: Harassing the Dead and Bereaved
• TV Licensing Data Breaches 
• Note Taking in Court 
• TV Licensing Clowns Performing to Camera 
• TV Licensing: The Return of Mr Grumpy 
• TV Licensing Revisit Shakey
• TV Licensing: Mountain Shrunk to Molehill 
• Danny Allen vs. TV Licensing: The Conclusion
• TV Licensing Website Hacked? 
• TV Licensing: Goon Assault and Animal Attack Rates 
• BBC TV Licensing YouTube Monitoring 
• Aborted TV Licensing Search Warrant Execution 
• Despicable TV Licensing Goons Executing Search Warrant 
• Hartlepool TV Licensing Search Warrant Goons: Serial Unprofessionalism 
• Ten Common TV Licensing Myths Debunked
• TV Licensing Durham Tees Valley Triangle
• TV Licensing Laid Bare: January 2014 Edition Released 
• TV Licensing Detection in Derbyshire
• Derbyshire TV Detector Van Challenge 
• TV Licensing PR: New Year, Same Orchestrated Bullshit 
• Know Your Enemy: BBC Appoints New Regional PR Harlots for North of England 
• Ballymena TV Licensing Goon Gets Aggressive 
• Named and Shamed: TV Licensing Goon Behaving Badly
• TV Licensing Compensation Payments - Claim Yours Today 
• TV Licensing Blubs to YouTube 
• TV Licensing Harasses Licence Holder
• TV Licensing Threatens Comedian Dom Joly 
• Tesco Continues TV Licensing Notification, Despite Change in Law
• BBC Freedom of Information Farce: Another BBC Cover-Up Exposed 
• TV Licensing Goes Paperless 
• Proposed Decriminalisation of BBC TV Licence Evasion 
• TV Licensing Goon Reciprocal Filming Strategy 
• BBC's Liz Kershaw Reveals Suicide Journalist Link
• TV Licensing's Latest Court Defeat 
• TV Licensing Detector Van Involved in Collision
• TV Licensing Blog on Facebook 
• BBC News: Dishonest TV Licensing Terrorises Grieving Widower
• TV Licensing Legal Process: Asking Awkward Questions 
• TV Licensing Detector Van Sighted 
• TV Licensing: Licensed to Fleece Viewers
• TV Licensing Dodgy Search: Deposition Received 
• TV Licensing Blog: Reader Challenge
• More BBC Misinformation 
• TV Licensing Magistrates Brainwashing Material 
• TV Licensing Abandons Flawed Prosecution 
• TV Licensing Bogus Callers
• BBC Asks How To Avoid Licence Fee Prosecution 
• TV Licensing Intimidation: Baldy and Beardy Named and Shamed 
• TV Licensing Goon Beale Snapped Again 
• The BBC and Ministry of Justice: Two Cheeks of the Same Arse
• Taking a TV Licence Fee Holiday 
• Rolf Harris: Can You Guess What He Is Yet? 
• Disgusting BBC TV Licensing Barrack Room Lawyer Goon
• TV Licensing: Two Years, Forty-Thousand Complaints 
• Heated TV Licensing Goon Encounter
• Help Wanted: TV Licensing Search Warrant Numbers 
• TV Licensing PR Harlots Issue Caravan Threat
• BBC TV Licensing Annual Review 2013/14
• TV Licensing Detector Van Collision: BBC Denies Knowledge
• TV Licensing: What To Expect In Court 
• No TV Licensing Search Warrants Granted in Major Scottish Cities
• TV Licensing: Finn Communications PR Harlot on BBC Radio Manchester 
• Bizarre TV Licensing Search Warrant Failure
• TV Licensing Rules on Multiple Occupation
• Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Denning Admits String of Child Sexual Offences
• Tattooed TV Licensing Goon 
• BBC TV Licence Fee at Risk Due to Techie Teens
• TV Licensing: Do They Always Prosecute?
• Student Guide to TV Licence Rules
• Dragons' Den: More BBC Grooming 
• TV Licensing Complaints
• TV Licensing Brand Philosophy
• TV Licensing Wrongly Hounds Somerset Couple 
• TV Licensing Visiting Officer Strikes Out at Cleveland Householder
• TV Licensing Bullies Face Barrage of Public Criticism 
• TV Licensing Visiting Procedures
• Angry TV Licensing Goon Strikes Out: Quick Update
• TV Licensing: Regular As Clockwork
• TV Licensing: Our Letters Aren't Threatening 
• TV Licensing Threatograms: Your Opinion 
• TV Licensing Targeting Students
• TV Licensing Telephone Enquiries: Speaking to a Person 
• TV Licensing PR Campaign: Licence Fee Only Forty Pence a Day 
• Taking the Fight to TV Licensing 
• Watch Out: TV Licensing Goon Beale Is About 
• Capita TV Licensing In Goon Recruitment Drive
• BBC Bosses Down, Expenses Up
• Scottish TV Licensing Goon Enjoying Her Work
• Cancelling Your TV Licence
• BBC Presenter Dave Lee Travis Convicted of Indecent Assault 
• BBC Staff Angered by Director General's Asian Jolly 
• TV Licensing Threatens Spot Checks
• Caution: TVLicence.co.uk 
• Pub Boss Threatens to Call Time After TV Licensing Prosecution
• Reader Letter: TV Licensing Questioning the Neighbours 
• The Work of the Magistrates' Court: Quantity Over Quality?
• Welsh TV Licensing Goon Leaves Empty-Handed 
• Overpaid BBC Star Clarkson Chased from Argentina 
• Police Told Savile's Dirty Secret a Decade Earlier 
• Author Pens Reverse Threatogram to TV Licensing
• TV Licence Fee 
• BBC Radio 4 Programme Discusses Dishonest TV Licensing Letter
• TV Licensing Ask Help Script 
• TV Licensing Telephone Threats and Blackmail
• TV Licensing Visiting Isle of Man
• Elvis Impersonating TV Licensing Goon in Angry Confrontation
• Isle of Man TV Licensing Goon Video Capture 
• BBC Pious Over Right to be Forgotten 
• Reader Letter: TV Licensing Wrongly Nabs House Sitter 
• TV Licensing PR Harlots: We're Helping to Save Paper 
• TV Licensing Commentary on Manx Radio
• TV Licensing: Embracing Tech or Paying by Cheque
• TV Licensing: We're Giving You 10 Days to Get Correctly Licensed
• TV Licensing Freephone Number
• TV Licensing: No Licence Needed Declaration
• TV Licensing Blog on Google+ 
• TV Licensing: My Journey to Becoming TV Licence-Free 
• TV Licensing: We Said We'd Call
• BBC TV Licence Fee: Worse than the Poll Tax
• TV Licensing Goon Accused of Inaccurate Record Keeping
• TV Licensing: Where There's Muck, There's Money 
• BBC Keeps Royal TV Licence Details Secret
• BBC Inspired Halloween Pumpkin
• TV Licensing: The Unfairness of Goon Commission Payments
• BBC Wastes £10m in Redundancy Scandal 
• TV Licensing Sued: Discussion on LBC Radio
• TV Licensing: Festive Threatogram
• TV Licensing: Hartlepool Search Warrant Update
• TV Licensing Search Warrants: Prevention Better than Cure
• Sunday Express: End of the TV Licence 
• It's Time to Axe the BBC Television Tax
• Reader Letter: TV Licensing Goon Threatens Return Visit 
• TV Licensing Goodwill Payment Guidelines 
• TV Licensing Fact or Fiction: 20 Common Myths Debunked
• TV Licensing: Attending Court on TV Licence Evasion Charges
• BBC Watchdog in Doghouse Over Mobile Misinformation
• Reader Letter: Foreign Student Duped Into False TV Licensing Confession
• TV Licensing: Getting Down and Dirty 
• TV Licensing: Cornish Goon Reluctant to Identify Himself
• TV Licensing PR Harlots: Issuing Festive Threats on BBC Local Radio
• Yellow-Bellied TV Licensing Goon: Too Scared to Knock
• Bracknell TV Licensing Goon Behaving Badly
• TV Licensing Laid Bare: New Edition Coming Soon for 2015
• Top Ten Lies Told by TV Licensing
• Don't Get Stuffed by TV Licensing This Christmas
• BBC Losing Support Over TV Licence Fee
• TV Licensing Blog Quiz of 2014
• TV Licence Cancellation Statistics
• Women Are The Biggest TV Licence Dodgers
• LBC Radio: Women Convicted of TV Licence Evasion
• Reader Letter: What Powers Do TV Licensing Inspectors Really Have?
• TV Licensing Laid Bare: 2015 Edition Published
• TV Licence Cancellation: One Man's Email to the BBC
• Update: TV Licensing Won't Prosecute Foreign Student
• A Brace of Capita TV Licensing Goons Caught on Camera
• TV Licensing Malicious Prosecution Victim Speaks Live on Russia Today
• TV Licensing Pursues Bizarre Search Warrant Obstruction Charges
• BBC Indifferent to TV Licensing Goon Hitting Member of the Public
• Reader Letter: Can TV Licensing Catch Online Viewers?
• TV Licensing Wrongly Threatens Licence Holder Despite Being Corrected SIX Times
• Martin: A Capita TV Licensing Goon With Something to Hide
• Beating TV Licensing: Actions Speak Louder than Words
• TV Licensing Hounds Bereaved Family Despite Being Told About Death of Licence Holder
• TV Licence: Have Internet, But No TV
• BBC Newcastle: RAJAR Drinks Are On Us
• MP Calls For Action Over TV Licensing Threatograms
• TV Licensing Warning to Six Nations Rugby Fans
• Capita Court Presenter Declines TV Licensing Interview 
• TV Licensing: A Half Truth Is A Full Lie
• TV Licensing Wrongly Threatens Pensioner For Second Time 
• House of Lords Rejects Decriminalisation of TV Licence Fee 
• BBC Spends £1m on First-Class Rail Fares
• TV Licence Review: Consultation Begins 
• BBC Spends £34m on Taxis
• TV Licence Refund: Claims Yours Today
• TV Licensing on BBC Tees 
• TV Licensing on BBC Tees: The Truth About Detection
• TV Licensing Dodgy Deposition Case: An Update 
• BBC Told to Cut Waste or Lose TV Licence Fee
• TV Licensing Goon Knocks on Wrong Door
• Scottish TV Licensing Goon Roger Caught on Camera 
• TV Licensing Goon Visiting Hours 
• MPs Recommend Alternative BBC Funding Model 
• The BBC is TV Licensing
• TV Licensing: Prosecution Statements Under Interview
• Reader Letter: Visitor Watching TV in No Licence Needed Property
• Ex-BBC Journalist Robin Aitken: Why Auntie Doesn't Deserve an Increased TV Licence Fee
• Opinion: Counterproductive Aggression to TV Licensing 
• TV Licensing Website: Reliably Unreliable
• TV Licensing Versus Matt Campbell: BBC Accused of World Trade Center Cover Up
• Whistleblowing BBC Journalists Forced Out by Savile Apologists and Blind-Eye Turners 
• TV Licensing Search Warrant Statistics for North Tyneside and Teesside Magistrates' Courts 
• Jeremy Clarkson and the BBC: The Point of No Return
• Reader Letter: TV Licence Offences and Criminal Record 
• Clarkson's BBC Extinction: The Next Link in the Evolutionary Chain
• BBC Denies Anonymous Involvement in Website Crash
• BBC Sex Abuse Inquiry Being Published Soon
• Do You Need a TV Licence for Watching Porn Online? 
• TV Licensing Exploits Psychiatric Patient
• Rapid Fire: 10 Common TV Licensing Questions and Answers #4
• TV Licensing Tones Down Threatogram Lies 
• TV Licensing on BBC Radio Oxford
• TV Licensing Goons: Feeding on the Harassment of Innocent People
• New Magazine for "Axe the TV Tax" Campaign
• TV Licensing Visiting Officer Code of Conduct 
• TV Licence and Mobile Phones 
• TV Licensing Detector Van Spotted in Derby 
• Essex TV Licensing Goon Clifford
• The Criminal Courts Charge: An Outrage to Justice
• TV Licensing's Idea of Proof Beyond Reasonable Doubt 
• TV Licensing Potential Stitch-Up Unpicked
• Northern Irish TV Licensing Goon With Attitude 
• Conservatives Press On With TV Licence Fee Decriminalisation Plans
• BBC Spends £700k Fixing Up Property on Demolition List
• BBC Sports Boss: Olympics at Risk if TV Licence Fee Cut 
• Students and TV Licensing: £145.50 Saving Trumps £36 Refund
• Osborne: TV Licence Fee "Had Its Day" 
• TV Licensing Goon Visit: Car Crash TV
• Smeg Head TV Licensing Goon Does Runner 
• TV Licensing Goon Impersonates Postman
• TV Licensing Website Down
• TV Licensing Threatogram: You Risk Being Taken to Court Again 
• BBC Boss Faces Awkward Questions Over "Incestuous" Programme Spending
• Capita TV Licensing Goon Recruitment 
• LBC Discusses TV Licensing's Disgusting Behaviour
• BBC Boss Accused of Frivilous Expenses
• Historic BBC Boss Paid Prostitutes TV Licence Cash
• TV Licensing: What Is Wrong With These People? 
• 15 TV Licensing Goon Recognition Tips
• BBC Spends £3.6m on Executives' Health Insurance
• Government Faces £500m in Cuts as Government Targets TV Licence Fee
• Dimbleby: Powerful Interests Seeking to Deprive BBC of TV Licence Fee
• Reader Letter: What to Expect After TV Licensing Goon Threats 
• Photographers Manhandled by Intu Derby Security
• BBC Boss: Ditching TV Licence Fee Will Cost Viewers More 
• Broken BBC Trust Facing Ofcom Replacement 
• A Complaint to the BBC
• BBC Boss Outlines Plans for "Simpler and Leaner" Organisation
• Chancellor Forces BBC to Pay for Over-75 TV Licences
• BBC Suppresses Director General's Wining and Dining Expenses 
• Government Reaches Compromise With BBC Over TV Licence Settlement
• BBC Expects Free TV Licence Recipients to Pay Voluntarily 
• Freddie Starr Loses Defamation Case Against Alleged Groping Victim
• Popular TV Licensing Myths Debunked: It's Not a Licence to Own
• TV Licensing Search Warrant Warning Letter
• BBC Veteran Bakewell Urges Over-75s to Cough Up TV Licence Fee
• TV Licence Review Recommends Status Quo 
• BBC Boss Cohen Orchestrated Celebrity Letter of Support
• Covert TV Licensing Detector Van Footage
• BBC Radio Boss Leaps to Defend "Under Threat" Stations
• BBC Boss Danny Cohen Urged to Resign Over Celebrity Letter of Support
• TV Licensing Smeg Head Unmasked in YouTube Encore
• TV Licensing Student Disinformation Strikes Again!
• Merseyside TV Licensing Goon Recaptured on Camera
• TV Licensing Threatens Residential Boat Owners
• TV Licensing Blog on Pinterest 
• Thames Magistrates' Court: No Information About TV Licensing Search Warrant Applications
• Savile Investigation Journalists Forced Out By BBC Bosses
• Top 3 TV Licence Alternatives for Telly Addicts
• BBC Lobbying MPs With TV Licence Sweeteners
• Reader Letter: Do TV Licence Inspectors Have the Right of Entry?
• BBC Boss Yentob Accused of Trying to Nobble Newsnight Probe
• BBC Boss Yentob Raged at Reporter Investigating Kids Company Sexual Abuse Allegations 
• "Sick" BBC DJ Kershaw Compares Cilla Tributes to Savile
• TV Licensing: Playing the Court System 
• Netmum Deceived by Commission-Chasing TV Licensing Goon
• The Criminal Courts Charge: Impact on TV Licence Evasion Convictions
• TV Licensing for Landlords and Tenants
• Scottish TV Licensing Goon Assumes False Identity
• Police Warning Over Fake TV Licensing Goons 
• Supporting the TV Licensing Blog
• Tom Jones Slams BBC Bosses Over Last Minute The Voice UK Axing
• TV Licensing No Licence Needed and Unconfirmed No Set Visits
• Gove: Scrap TV Licence Laws
• TV Licensing and Withdrawal of Implied Rights of Access (WOIRA): An Important Update 
• The TV Licence and Prison
• BBC Blackmailed Chancellor Over Budget Cuts
• TV Licensing Withdraws Another Dubious Prosecution 
• TV Licence Evasion Penalties: The Great North-South Divide 
• BBC Abandons Met Office for Cheaper Foreign Alternative
• BBC Secretly Pores Over Damning Savile Report 
• TV Licence Cuts "Would Cost Britain £630m" 
• ComRes Survey: Viewers Prefer Ads to TV Licence Fee 
• Cohen Vows to Defend BBC Entertainment 
• Reader Letter: Bullying Capita TV Licensing Court Presenter
• Culture Secretary Denies Plans to Dismantle the BBC
• Cohen: All BBC Channels Facing Cuts 
• BBC Plans Far East World Service Expansion
• Reader Letter: Student TV Licensing Visit Crib Sheet
• Capita TV Licensing Court Presenters' Manual
• TV Licensing on Isle of Man
• TV Licence Evasion: The Rudd Defence
• TV Licensing for University Freshers
• TV Licensing Detector Van Cornered in Plymouth
• TV Licensing: A Case of Mistaken Identity
• TV Licensing Goon Accused of Attempted Murder
• Savile Abuse Victim: BBC Security Led Me Back to Sex Fiend's Dressing Room 
• BBC Bosses Seek to Delay Damning Review into Culture of Sexual Abuse
• TV Licensing Bag Lady Comes Calling 
• TV Licence Supported by Fewer than One in Three
• BBC Concedes Failures of Trust 
• BBC Boss Quits: Cohen, Cohen, Gone 
• TV Licensing: Shaming Innocents into Compliance 
• Savile Abuse Victim Points Finger of Blame Towards Drivers 
• Teesside TV Licensing Goon Named and Shamed 
• TV Licensing Opinion on Twitter 
• Alan Dedicoat Makes Shocking BBC Drugs Claim
• BBC Accused of Schmoozing Luvvies to Protect TV Licence Fee
• TV Licensing Harassing Pensioner
• TV Licensing Summons Received Despite Inconsistencies and Language Barrier
• Reader Letter: Allowing TV Licensing Access to Your Property
• It's a Dog's Life Being a Scottish TV Licensing Goon
• TV Licensing: Playing the Victim Card
• Yank Comedian Belittles TV Licensing Goons
• German Salamander Receives TV Licence Bill 
• Reader Letter: TV Licensing Advice Urgently Required
• TV Licensing: TV Aerials and Satellite Dishes 
• Reader Letter: TV Licensing Court Observations
• Recording TV Licensing Goons 
• TV Licensing Identification
• BBC Three to Vanish from Airwaves
• BBC Airbrushes Savile and Travis from Top Of The Pops Repeats
• Jimmy Savile: Damning BBC Report Kept on Ice
• TV Licensing Blog Quiz of the Year 2015
• Abandonment of Controversial Criminal Court Charge
• BBC's Yentob Jumps Before Push 
• Disgraced BBC Sex Predator Due for Release
• TV Licensing Withdraws Dubious Case Against Innocent Mother
• BBC Pervert Travis Loses Indecent Assault Appeal
• TV Licence Evasion: A Few Notes on Liability 
• TV Licensing Pulls Plug on Dubious Prosecution
• BBC Spents £10m on Savile Probe, Yet Continues to Hide Key Findings
• TV Licensing: Bullying the Bereaved 
• TV Licensing: Deconstructing the New 95 Percent Threatogram
• Don't Get Christmas Stuffed by TV Licensing
• BBC Explores Options to Cut Over-75 TV Licence Bill 
• TV Licensing Investigations
• Scottish TV Licensing Goon Roger 
• Black & White TV Licence Statistics
• TV Licensing: Confirmation of Black & White (Monochrome) TV Reception
• TV Licence Resistance 
• Technical Problems Plague BBC Website 
• Technical Problems Plague TV Licensing Website
• BBC Accused of Short-Changing Scotland
• TV's Grey Area
• BBC Three Switchover Date Announced
• Reader Letter: TV Licensing Took Money from Bank Without Permission
• BBC Thug Admits Punching Love Rival
• TV Licensing Hounds Grieving Widow Over Two Pence
• Dame Janet Smith Review Nears Publication
• Dame Janet Smith Review: Key Findings At A Glance
• BBC Bosses Buried Historic Sex Abuse Allegations 
• Campaigners Call for Extension of Freedom of Information Act
• BBC to Grovel for TV Licence Donations from Pensioners
• TV Licensing Threatens Six Nations Rugby Fans 
• Another BBC Star Quizzed Over Allegations of Sexual Assault
• BBC Legend Sir Terry Wogan Loses Cancer Battle
• TV Licensing Goon Filmed in Middlesbrough
• BBC: "Bureaucratic, Arrogant and Introspective" Say MPs 
• Rolf Harris Faces Further Child Sex Charges 
• Reader Letter: TV Licence Requirements During House Clearance
• BBC Boss Cohen Racks Up £3,850 Luxury Hollywood Hotel Bill
• Dame Janet Smith Review Findings Delivered to BBC
• BBC Plans to Axe Television and Radio Divisions 
• BBC Three Adopts Online Only Format
• Yorkshire TV Licensing Goon 
• BBC Sex Inquiry Branded a Farce After Delay of Three Years to Interview Key Witness 
• TV Licensing Threatening the Dead and Bereaved
• Tony Blackburn Dismissed by BBC 
• TV Licensing Customer Satisfaction Data
• Tony Blackburn Versus Tony Hall: Let Battle Commence 
• Culture Secretary Pledges to Close BBC iPlayer Loophole
• Opinion: Closing the BBC iPlayer Loophole
• The BBC Contorts Scottish Geography
• Don't Let TV Licensing Spoil Your Mother's Day
• BBC's The One Show in Schoolgirl Exposure Clanger
• TV Licensing Court Presenter Faces Awkward Questions
• Court Report: TV Licensing at Grantham Magistrates' Court 
• Reckless BBC Newsgathering Endangers Public
• BBC Invites Convicted Child Sex Offender to Plug Record
• Port of Tyne Bullies Threaten Photographer
• Rolf Harris Faces New Sex Charges
• Top Gear Cenotaph Debacle: More BBC Deceit
• TV Licensing Mythbusting
• The Unfairness of TV Licensing Goon Commission Payments: An Update
• BBC Radio Presenters in Court on Child Sex Charges 
• BBC Sets Tough Diversity Target 
• TV Licensing's Annual Threat to Caravan Users
• BBC to Appoint Sex Offender to Front Kids' Talent Show 
• Bad Attitude TV Licensing Goon Breaks Rules Again
• TV Licensing Threatograms Received by Landlord of Vacant Property
• The BBC's Latest Plot to Deprive Over-75s of Free TV Licence 
• Government Unveils White Paper on Future of BBC
• BBC TV Licence Voyeurs Seek Data Snooping Powers
• Review of TV Licence Evasion Penalties 
• TV Licensing Goon Uses Four-Letter Insult Against Legitimate Non-Viewer 
• The Eye Watering Salaries of BBC Talent
• Landlord's Vacant Property Under Investigation by TV Licensing - An Update
• TV Licensing Called - And Assume You're Guilty
• TV Licensing in Twitter PR Offensive
• The Single Justice Procedure Notice: Its Application to TV Licence Offences
• BBC Releases TV Licensing Search Warrant Statistics 
• Capita TV Licensing Awarded £120 Million in Prosecution Costs
• Man Spared Jail After Smashing Up TV Licensing Goon's Car 
• TV Licence Legislation Extended to Cover BBC iPlayer Services
• TV Licensing Abandons 150,000 Customer Telephone Calls
• Isle of Man Scraps Free Over-75 TV Licences
• Northern Ireland TV Licensing Search Warrant Execution 
• BBC Seeks to Mitigate Freedom of Information Blunder 
• Only 300 TV Licensing Visiting Goons Cover Whole UK
• Worcester Man Has TV Licence Conviction Quashed
• BBC Releases TV Licensing Detection Statistics
• Enjoy the Rio 2016 Olympics TV Licence Free
• The Role of G4S in TV Licensing Sales
• BBC Blasted for Having 5,000 Job Titles 
• New Style TV Licensing Threatogram: Will You Be In? 
• Imminent Changes to TV Licence Legislation
• Get Your Violins Out: TV Licence Dodgers Cost the BBC £283m
• TV Licensing Fudging the Figures 
• Biggins: BBC Kowtowed to Savile and Let Him Do Whatever He Wanted
• MPs Back Calls for 'Scottish Six' BBC News Bulletin 
• BBC Radio 1 Audience Share Falls to 10 Year Low
• BBC Behind Ludicrous Wi-Fi Detection Claims
• TV Licensing on BBC Radio Cornwall
• BBC Statement on TV Licensing Wi-Fi Detection
• The BBC Has No Right to Hack Private Wi-Fi Connections 
• Dealing with TV Licensing Goons: A Textbook Perfect Example 
• BBC Transparency Strikes Again 
• Innocent Woman Cleared After Wrongful Conviction for TV Licence Evasion 
• BBC Justifies TV Licensing's Claimed 99 Percent Conviction Rate 
• Reader Letter: TV Licensing Summons Language Difficulties
• Elstein: New TV Licence Rules Unenforceable and Destined for Failure
• TV Licensing Court Presenters Are Not Legally Qualified 
• New Legislation Comes Into Force: When You Do and Don't Need a TV Licence 
• TV Licensing Laid Bare Updated
• New On-Demand BBC iPlayer Rules: Some Legal Workarounds
• Licence-Free iPlayer Users: The BBC Is Your Enemy
• Closing the iPlayer Loophole: Implications for the BBC News Website
• Timeshift TV Channels and the TV Licence 
• Search Warrants and Judicial Reviews 
• BBC Rehires Convicted Thug
• BBC to Introduce iPlayer Password Protection 
• TV Licensing Goon Fraud
• BBC On-Demand Programme Services 
• BBC Radio: Boaden Out, Purnell In
• HMRC Investigates 100 BBC Stars Over Tax Avoidance 
• BBC Seeks New TV Licensing Postal Contractor
• Boomerang Blackburn to Return to BBC Radio 2 
• Update: TV Licensing Secrets Incompetently Disclosed by BBC 
• TV Licensing Code 8 Strike Rates 
• BBC Sparks Fury By Glamorising Poldark Rape Scene 
• Bob Shennan Appointed BBC Director of Radio 
• More TV Licensing Dishonesty
• BBC Inconsistencies, Errors and Omissions 
• High Court Writ Shows Damning Police and BBC Collusion Over Cliff Raid 
• TV Licensing Quality Research 
• Student TV Licences: The Naivety of Youth 
• The Official TV Licensing Website: Continuing Unreliability 
• Historic Court Case: TV Licensing Accused of Serious Malpractice
• Updated Licence Free Website
• Not Guilty: TV Licensing Defeated After Goon's Selective Questioning
• Capita Court Presenters: Right of Audience
• BBC Accused of Planet Earth Fakery 
• Loathsome TV Licensing Bullies Coerce Licence Fee Payment 
• BBC Defies Information Commissioner's Office 
• BBC Finally Releases Awkward FOI Response About Damage Limitation 
• Lord Sugar Carelessly Reveals 2016 The Apprentice Winner 
• TV Licensing Visits Suppressed to More than 16k Properties
• BBC Extends Capita TV Licensing Contract 
• TV Licensing Targeting Isle of Man Elderly 
• Private Prosecutions and Conflicts of Interest 
• BBC Staff Overpayments Reach Record High
• TV Licensing Blog Quiz of the Year 2016 
• TV Licensing Targets Those Previously Convicted of TV Licence Evasion
• TV Licensing Blog: Twelve Top Posts for 2016 
• BBC iPlayer Licence Holders Disadvantaged 
• TV Licensing: The New Year Heralds the Same Tired Old Threats 
• The Not So New Series of The Sheriffs Are Coming 
• BBC Blows £110k on Booze 
• TV Licensing Threatens Customer After Payment Error 
• Endeavour Returns to ITV for Series 4 
• TV Licensing Slated by Sunday Times Readers
• Secretary of State Answers TV Licensing Parliamentary Questions 
• Freeview: A BBC Ploy to Protect the TV Licence Fee
• BBC One Idents 
• BBC TV Licensing Data Harvesting 
• Organisation of the BBC Licence Fee Unit 
• Magistrates Review TV Licence Evasion Sentencing Guidelines
• BBC to Launch New £30m Scottish TV Channel
• Six Nations Rugby TV Licence Requirements
• National Audit Office TV Licensing Review Evidence
• Wiggy the TV Licence Goon
• TV Licensing Malpractice Exposed by Daily Mail
• TV Licensing: Institutional Dishonesty and Dirty Tactics
• Capita Boss Quits Amid Profit Slump and TV Licensing Scandal
• TV Licensing: Persecuting the Innocent
• TV Licensing Website Reliability Statistics
• BBC Deluded Over Conduct of Capita TV Licensing Employees
• BBC Boss Bulford Reiterates Idea of Voluntary Over-75 TV Licence Payments
• TV Licensing Interview Procedures
• BBC Slammed for Allowing Paedophile to Recount Crimes Live on Air
• TV Licence Fee Increase
• TV Licensing Scam Email Alert
• BBC Fleecing TV Licence Holders for Millions
• TV Licensing Wimp Screams Assault
• Belfast TV Licensing Goon Paul Bale Caught Again
• TV Licensing Research: Not Worth The Paper It's Written On
• BBC Introduces iPlayer Password Protection
• BBC Becomes Moral Guardian of the Web
• Paxman: Lumbering BBC Should Ditch TV Licence Fee
• BBC Refuses Release of Capita TV Licensing Report
• Park and Ride: BBC Radio Personalities Convicted of Child Sex Crimes
• Bogus TV Licensing Goons Operating in Nottinghamshire
• Red Faces All Around: BBC Forced to Release Talent Salary Details
• Jeremy Vine Received £80k Bonus for Presenting BBC Scottish Referendum Coverage
• TV Licence Overview 2016
• BBC Producer in Road Rage Bust Up
• BBC Journalist Caught With Kiddy Porn
• TV Licensing Annual Review 2016-17
• BBC iPlayer Legislation Flaws
• TV Licensing Origami
• TV Licensing Target Students Using Orwellian Propaganda
• TV Licensing Dealer Notification: An Important Reminder
• Opinion: Lazy Scheduling of BBC News Programmes
• TV Licence Evasion: A Reminder Of The Rudd Defence
• TV Licence Evasion: Not Guilty Trial Procedure
• Reader Letter: TV Licensing Called... But Didn't!
• BBC Distorts Taxi Expense Figures
• Student TV Licence Reminder
• Pisshead TV Licensing Goon Drink Drive Ban
• TV Licensing Distorts Enforcement Statistics
• TV Licensing on Twitter Revisited
• Bishop Bashes BBC Over Savile Sex Scandal
• TV Licensing: Pay Your Own Postage
• Daily Mail Tightens Screws on TV Licensing
• BBC in Ofcom Transparency Battle
• TV Licence Petition Debate
• TV Licence Fee Statistics
• Culture Secretary Targeted by TV Licensing
• BBC Blows Millions on TV Licensing Threatograms
• Ofcom: BBC Must Cut Peak Time Repeats
• TV Licensing Catches Young People: Desperate Churnalism
• TV Licensing Picks the Wrong Harassment Target
• TV Licensing Targets Vulnerable Welsh Polish Family
• TV Licensing Continues Harassment of Proven Innocent Opponent
• Update: Capita TV Licensing Adjourns Case Against Vulnerable Polish Mother
• BBC Launches Secret Investigation Into Fresh Sexual Assault Allegations
• BBC Suspends Alleged Sex Pest
• BBC Slammed for Ignoring Chris Evans Allegations
• Capita TV Licensing Withdraws Charges Against Vulnerable Polish Mother
• TV Licensing Prosecutes Polish Mother: Defence Submission
• Support the Victims of Child Sex Abuse: Cancel Your BBC TV Licence Today
• BBC Suspends Songs Of Praise Host Amid Sexual Harassment Claims
• The Return of TV Licensing's Most Arrogant Goon
• BBC One Christmas - The Supporting Act
• TV Licence Cancellations
• Gluttonous BBC Executives Claim £500k in Expenses
• Capita TV Licensing Court Presenter's Manual
• MP Tweets About TV Licensing Wrongful Prosecution
• Humphrys and Sopel Appear to Mock BBC Gender Pay Gap
• Crimebodge on Police Assisting TV Licensing
• BBC Bans White Job Applicants
• BBC Faces Parliamentary Grilling on Gender Pay Inequality and Gagging Clauses
• TV Licensing and Web Access
• An Act is a Law
• Capita Shares Plunge on Profits Warning
• TV Licensing Scam Email Still in Circulation
• TV Licensing Own Goal on Evasion Rates
• BBC Snubs Hypothetical TV Licensing Enforcement Questions
• Christa Ackroyd: Not Smiling Any More
• BBC Slammed Over Wake Up Payments
• TV Licence Fee to Increase
• Get Your Violins Out: More TV Licensing Sob Stories
• Capita TV Licensing: Straight from the Donkey's Mouth
• Revolting BBC Talent
• Proximity Retains BBC TV Licensing Marketing Contract
• Communisis Secures TV Licensing Threatogram Contract
• BBC Trials New TV Licence Payment Terms
• BBC Radio Star Investigated Over Child Sex Allegations
• BBC Ditches Plan to Axe FM Radio Broadcasts
• Brave Victim Fights to Block Lishman's Release
• BBC Targets Gender Balance of Expert Contributors
• BBC Gives Austerity-Busting Pay Rises to 500 Staff
• The Generation Game: BBC Axes Abysmal New Series
• Exposed: Capita TV Licensing Bonus Payments
• BBC Waives TV Licence Rules for Royal Wedding
• BBC Bosses Asked Pregnant Presenter to Work on Due Date
• TV Licensing Boss Gets Doorstepped
• Bradford TV Licensing Goon William Meets James
• Amplifying TV Licensing Criticism
• TV Licensing World Cup Propaganda
• TV Licensing: Prosecution is Last Resort
• Cliff Wins BBC Privacy Case
• Photographer Compensated After Unlawful Search and Detention
• Grandmother Imprisoned for Non-Payment of TV Licence Fine
• TV Licensing Hounds the Recently Bereaved
• Top Alternatives to Paying the TV Licence Fee
• BBC Decides Not to Appeal Cliff Privacy Judgment
• BBC Seeks to Appoint New TV Licensing PR Harlots
• TV Licensing Laid Bare: Free eBook Updated
• TV Licensing Website Security Flaws
• TV Licensing Security Flaws: Questions and Answers
• Opinion: Capita: A Perpetual Liability for BBC TV Licensing
• BBC Could Scrap the "Free" Over-75 TV Licence
• TV Licensing Website Data Breach: An Update
• The Latest TV Licensing Phishing Expedition
• TV Licensing Warning to Students
• New TV Licensing Media Campaign: Needn't Be A Drama
• BBC Launches New Sounds Platform
• BBC Explores Options to Reduce Cost of Over-75 TV Licences
• TV Licensing's Annual Black & White Licence Propaganda
• BBC Consultation on Future of Over-75 TV Licence
• Duplicate TV Licensing Threatograms
• Off Topic: Crimebodge Defeats Derbyshire Constabulary
• Clueless BBC Boss Claims Viewers Love Christmas Repeats
• Reader Letter: TV Licensing Goons Questioning the Neighbours
• BBC Gives Bumper Pay Rises Despite Threatening Over-75 TV Licences
• TV Licence Requirements: A Clarification for the Modern Age
• BBC Unable to Temper Lineker Political Bias
• Couple Lose £10k to TV Licensing Shysters
• More TV Licensing Doorstep Aggression
• BBC Editor in Dock After Naming Rotherham Rape Victim
• BBC to Crack Down on TV Licence Evaders
• BBC Presenters McCoy and Graham Split
• BBC Eyes New Post-Brexit EU Base
• TV Licensing for Six Nations Rugby Fans
• BBC Announces TV Licence Price Hike
• Netflix Effect Blamed for TV Licence Cancellations
• BBC Begs Parliamentarians for Help Scrapping Over-75 TV Licence
• Reddit: TV Licensing Search Warrant Obstruction
• TV Licensing Goodwill and Compensation Payments: An Update
• BBC and ITV to Launch New Online Streaming Platform
• TV Licensing Accused of Bullying Millennial
• Sir Cliff Richard Seeks £1.5m Extra from BBC in Legal Fees
• BBC Appoints New TV Licensing PR Harlots
• TV Licensing Targeting the Armed Forces
• Caught on Camera: TV Licensing Goon Behaving Badly
• TV Licensing Goon Dupes Householder Into Self-Incrimination
• BBC Slammed Over Sexual Misconduct Probe
• TV Licensing Threatens Elderly Mother A Year After Her Death
• TV Licensing Making the News
• BBC Announces Changes to Over-75 TV Licence Eligibility
• Fury and Condemnation of BBC Over-75 TV Licence Shake Up
• Opinion: Time to Let the BBC Survive on its Own Commercial Merits
• TV Licensing Court Update
• TV Licensing Bullies Target Blind Carlisle Man
• BBC On Collision Course With Over-75 Viewers
• How Can TV Licensing Prove You Are Watching TV?
• Are Politicians Entitled to a Free TV Licence?
• BBC Wimbledon Overkill
• Judicial Review Sought Over BBC Bias
• TV Licensing Unfairly Targeting Women
• TV Licensing Red Hand Delivered Threatogram
• TV Licensing "Outreach Team" to Visit Over-75 Licence Holders
• Britbox Savaged: Why Pay £6 A Month for BBC Repeats, When BBC Television Shows So Many Anyway?
• BBC in Libel Row Over Biodegradable Plastics
• TV Licensing Exploiting Tradespeople
• BBC Squanders £300k on Unused Fares and Hotel Rooms
• TV Licensing Milestone for Retired Bank Manager
• TV Licensing Blog Search Engine Referrals
• Free TV Licence Scam Email
• TV Licensing Asks Court to Overturn Conviction of Manx Woman it Lied to
• TV Licensing Blows £7.8 Million on Threatogram Postage Costs
• TV Licensing Laid Bare Updated
• TV Licensing Announces Rugby World Cup Blitz on Pubs
• Humphrys' Parting Shot on Retirement from BBC Radio 4 Today Programme
• Age UK Warns of Surge in TV Licensing Fraudsters
• BBC Journalist Sweeney Leaves Under Tommy Robinson Shadow
• Fresh Calls to Replace BBC TV Licence with Subscription Model
• Woman Replies to TV Licensing Threatogram From the Grave
• Ofcom: Young Viewers Abandoning the BBC in Droves
• The Tab: Promoting Inaccurate TV Licensing Information
• BBC Data Breach in Samira Ahmed Employment Tribunal
• General Election 2019: BBC and TV Licensing Party Political Policies
• Conservatives Plan Radical Overhaul of BBC TV Licence
• Government Orders Review of BBC TV Licence
• Using Your TV Set to Listen to Radio: An Important Reminder
• TV Licensing Gets Well Deserved Festive Kicking
• Dishonest TV Licensing Bullies Criminalising Children
• Bad News for BBC: More than Two-Thirds of Brits Want End of TV Licence Fee
• Even Worse News for the BBC: New Poll Shows More than Three-Quarters of Britons Support End of TV Licence Fee
• Taking the Piss: BBC Doubles Spending on Prosecco
• BBC Secretly Buying Off Women to Avoid Unfair Pay Tribunals
• BBC Loses Samira Ahmed Employment Tribunal Case
• TV Licensing Inviting Scam Emails
• Samira Ahmed Fallout: BBC Pays £3m to Placate Gender Discrimination Victims
• MPs Press Government On TV Licence Reforms
• Britbox: Joint BBC/ITV Venture Slammed After it Emerges US Viewers Get More for Less
• BBC Pays Sarah Montague £1m Equal Pay Settlement
• Tony Hall to Step Down as BBC Director General
• TV Licensing Goon Lies to Police Officer
• BBC Wields Cost-Cutting Axe at News Division
• TV Licensing Six Nations Rugby Campaign
• BBC Announces TV Licence Price Hike
• Government Launches Second TV Licensing Consultation in Five Years
• TV Licensing Sourcing of Third-Party Data
• Endeavour Returns for Series 7
• Kill the TV Licence
• Downing Street Plans to Abolish TV Licence
• TV Licence Publicity Sparks Fresh Wave of BBC Social Media Misinformation
• New TV Licensing Threatograms - The IN01O Series
• BBC Delays Implementation of Over-75 TV Licence Reforms
• Coronavirus: Suspend the TV Licence
• BBC Proposes Broadband Levy to Replace TV Licence Fee
• BBC Misreporting Coronavirus News
• Parents Complain About BBC Bitesize TV Licence Requirements
• Coronavirus Lockdown: Cancelling Your TV Licence
• Culture Secretary Challenges BBC on Coronavirus Bias
• TV Licensing Threatograms: A Change in Tone?
• BBC in Crisis: Number of TV Licences Plunges
• BBC Considers Revival of Axed Channel
• Proposals Considered for BBC Four Global Subscription Model
• BBC On Course for Over-75 TV Licence Reforms
• BBC Releases Voice Assistant
• Tim Davie Appointed as Next BBC Director General
• BBC Complaint Statistics
• BBC Bosses Warn Journalists Over Black Lives Matters Bias
• BBC Accused of Hypocrisy Over Reith Art Pieces
• Trust in BBC News Plummets Amongst the Politically Aware
• BBC Bosses Skewered by MPs Over Bias and Inaccuracy
• BBC Announces Voluntary Redundancies in Effort to Make Ends Meet
• BBC Set to Further Delay Over-75 TV Licence Reforms
• A Nice Touch: BBC Commits £100m to Creative Diversity the Week After Announcing Redundancy Programme
• TV Licence Evasion Charges: Lines of Defence
• BBC Launches TV Licensing Guilt Tripping Campaign
• BBC iPlayer Benefits from Coronavirus Bounce
• TV Licensing: No Licence Needed? No Point Wasting Your Breath!
• BBC Unrepentant Over Amol Rajan Off-the-Cuff TV Licence Inaccuracy
• BBC Wields Axe at Regional and Local Programming
• TV Licensing: Your Attention is Required
• BBC Confirms Over-75 TV Licence Reforms WILL Take Effect from 1st August 2020
• Pressure Mounting Against BBC's Over-75 TV Licence Betrayal
• Pensioners Threaten Campaign of Direct Action Against Cruel TV Licence Reforms
• Free TV Licence Extension for Manx Over-75s
• Government Minister: Decriminalisation of TV Licence Evasion Will Happen
• Ben Thomas: Another BBC Nonce Crawls Out of the Woodwork
• Tory MPs Pile Pressure on BBC to Retain Universal Over-75 TV Licence Concession
• News-watch: BBC Systemically Biased in Favour of EU
• BBC's Response to Over-75 TV Licence Complaints
• Ken Bruce: BBC Bosses Should Justify their Existence
• BBC Slammed for Begging Bowl Behaviour
• BBC Radio & Music Earmarks £12 Million to Creative Diversity
• TV Licensing News Round-Up
• BBC Hires 800 Over-75 TV Licence Enforcers
• Concerns Courts will Become Overwhelmed by Over-75 TV Licence Martyrs
• The Impoverished BBC Spends £100m on TV Licence Enforcement
• More than 3,700 Northern Irish in Court for TV Licence Evasion
• TV Licensing Threatogram for King George III
• Government Decision on Decriminalisation of TV Licence Evasion Due Shortly
• Beware the Boom in TV Licensing Scammers
• Prime Minister Drops Biggest Hint Yet that TV Licence Faces Overhaul
• Davie Planning for Future Two-Tier TV Licence Fee
• TV Licensing Threatens Another Deceased Customer
• Charles Moore for BBC Chairman?
• BBC Pisses Away £7m on Abandoned TV Licensing Project
• How Bizarre: Blind BBC Journalist Sacked for Watching Porn
• Jailed: Another BBC Deviant Behind Bars
• Boris Johnson Accused of Inflicting Cruel TV Licence Burden on Pensioners
• BBC Seeking £300k PR Super Harlot in Last Gasp Attempt to Save TV Licence
• TV Licence Cancellations: Another Gutter Trick by TV Licensing
• TV Licensing Leafleting Over-75 Households
• Menacing TV Licensing Letters and Enquiries Causing Concern for Pensioners
• BBC Accused of Frustrating TV Licence Cancellation Process
• BBC Announces New Over-75 TV Licence Schemes for the Isle of Man and Channel Islands
• Princess Diana Interview: A Dark Clouding Hanging Over BBC Journalism
• TV Licensing Pulls Plug on 376,000 Incoming Customer Telephone Calls
• BBC Denies Rumours of "Coronavirus Amnesty" for Over-75 TV Licence Payers
• TV Licensing Threatogram: Will You Be In?
• Draining the BBC Swamp: "Lonely Gay" Nonce Convicted
• Beware: TV Licensing Email Scams
• Don't Let TV Licensing Ruin Your Christmas
• Rumours of Government U-Turn on TV Licence Decriminalisation
• Rapid Fire: 10 Common TV Licensing Questions and Answers #5
• Northern Irish Politician Slams TV Licensing
• BBC Spends £83,000 on Free Tea and Coffee
• BBC Backlash Over £26.6m Redundancy Payments
• New BBC Chairman Announced
• Scam Alert: TV Licence Coronavirus Refund Message
• BBC Faces Financial Risk Over TV Licence
• BBC Spends £1.1m on Inequality Legal Fees
• Government Bottles Decriminalisation of TV Licence Evasion
• BBC Criticised Over Hour-Long Hydration Workshop
• Peer Slams Outdated BBC TV Licence
• BBC Bosses Accused of Fiddling Over-75 TV Licence Statistics
• Clementi Blocks Release of BBC TV Licence Fee Collection Strategy
• Cricket Legend Botham Slams Army of BBC Debt Collectors
• BBC Fined for Contempt of Court: Serious Deficiencies in Journalism
• No Joke: TV Licence Price Hike from 1st April
• BBC Bosses and Ministers Hold Urgent Talks to Quell Over-75 TV Licence Disquiet
• BBC Delays Enforcement of Over-75 TV Licence
• MPs to Discuss Petition Calling for Revocation of TV Licence
• TV Licensing Gentle Reminder Letter
• BBC Bosses Slammed for Over-75 TV Licence Amnesty
• TV Licensing Kite-Flying: Falsely Accusing People of TV Licence Evasion
• Reader Letter: TV Licensing Goon Snooping Around Garden
• TV Licensing Sued After Refusing to Reimburse Payments to 82-Year-Old
• BBC Spent £7m Posting TV Licensing Threatograms During Coronavirus Pandemic
• Peers Urge BBC to End Prosecution Threat Against Over-75 TV Licensing Refusniks
• BBC Three: The Boomerang Kid
• Conservative MP Urges Campaign Against TV Licence
• The TV Licence and Radio Use
• How to Speak to a Person at TV Licensing
• Pay Rise for TV Licensing Goons
• BBC Commits to Reaching Across UK
• Terrified BBC Calls for Law Banning TV Sticks
• Government Misses the Boat on TV Licence Reforms
• TV Licence Payers Face Eye-Watering Expense Defending Bashir Over BBC Diana Interview
• BBC Whistleblower Belfield Wrongly Arrested Over Bomb Threat
• More BBC Lies Exposed Using Freedom of Information Act
• Home Secretary Asked to Intervene in BBC and Nottinghamshire Police's Witch-Hunt of Alex Belfield
• BBC Four: Fewer Creative Commissions, More Boring Repeats
• BBC Spends Fortune on Presenter Dan Walker's Taxi Fares
• BBC Investigate Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Comment
• BBC Complaints on Duke of Edinburgh Coverage Top 100,000
• How Does TV Licensing Catch People Watching TV Without a Valid TV Licence?
• New on YouTube: TV Licensing Goon Threatens Member of the Public With "A Smack on Your Face"
• Fresh Demands for Abolition of TV Licence Fee
• Nottinghamshire Police Takes No Further Action Against BBC Whistleblower Alex Belfield
• More than £100,000 Worth of Electronic Devices Stolen from BBC
• Bashir Leaves BBC Under a Cloud
• Bashir Slammed on BBC Panorama Diana Interview
• BBC Complacent on Declining Audiences and Inadequate on Financial Planning
• TV Licensing Apologises Over "Smack on Your Face" Goon
• TV Licensing Email Says I've Been Watching iPlayer When I Haven't
• BBC Criticised Over Non-White Job Discrimination
• Veteran Needlessly Threatened by TV Licensing
• TV Licensing Publishes Annual Review for 2020/21
• TV Licensing: Same Old Threats, Different Headline
• BBC Reduces Local News Provision as Pingdemic Bites
• BBC Defends £267k Salary of Part-Time Diversity Tsar
• TV Licensing Threatogram: You May Be Paying for One of These
• TV Licensing Offers Refunds for Bilsdale Transmitter Disruption
• TV Licence Guide for Freshers and Returning Students
• BBC Retains Bullying Staff Despite Zero Tolerance Policy
• Update: The Astonishing Number of Thieves Working at the BBC
• BBC Critic Dorries Appointed Culture Secretary
• BBC Pays Royal Nanny for Shyster Bashir's Dishonesty
• An Post TV Licence Goons Abused as Irish Evasion Rate Soars
• Nose in the Trough: BBC Boss Tim Davie Given £75k Pay Rise
• BBC to Pay "Human Crash Test Dummy" £1.6m for Injuries Sustained Making Programme
• TV Licensing Shysters Ripping Off Customers with Licence Backdating Scam
• An Update: Civil Claims Against TV Licensing
• Manx Government Commits to Over-75 TV Licence Until 2023
• BBC Plans Documentary Chronicling Its Own Controversy
• Almost 9,000 Viewers Claim TV Licence Refunds After Bilsdale Transmitter Fire
• BBC Cannot be Trusted: Fresh Calls to Scrap TV Licence
• TV Licensing Goon Assaults
• TV Licence Investigation in Your Postcode Area
• The TV Licence and YouTube
• ITN Boss Appointed New CEO, BBC News and Current Affairs
• BBC Failed to Safeguard Children for Years After Savile Exposed
• BBC Three Air Date Confirmed
• Culture Secretary Freezes BBC TV Licence for Two Years
• Parliament Publishes TV Licence Statistics
• BBC Worker Allegedly Raped During Production of New Show
• TV Licensing Visits: A Cautionary Tale
• Private Investigator Tailed Alleged BBC Rape Victim
• BBC Pays Diana Private Secretary Substantial Damages After Dodgy Bashir Interview and Cover-Up
• BBC TV Licence: Outdated, Unfair and Due for Replacement Says Government
• BBC Waives Jubilee TV Licence Requirements
• BBC Wields Axe in Latest Round of Cost-Cutting Measures
• A Day in Court With TV Licensing
• TV Licence Dispensation for Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
• Look Who's Back: Teesside TV Licensing Goon
• TV Licensing Ordered to Pay Author £5k
• More Sordid BBC Scandal and Cover-Up: Allegations Male Presenter Exploited Vulnerable Teenager for Sexual Images
• Huw Edwards Revealed at BBC Star at Centre of Sex Pics for Cash Scandal
• More TV Licensing Dirty Tactics Exposed: False Assurances Given to Vulnerable Customers
• Government Poised to Block 9 Percent Hike in BBC TV Licence Fee
• Minister Draws Parallels Between TV Licensing Prosecutions and Post Office Horizon Scandal
• Poacher Turned Gamekeeper: Ex-BBC Lawyer Suing TV Licensing Over Threatograms
• Rekindling the Lost Art of TV Licensing Goon Fishing: Now With Added TV Simulation
• The Missing Pieces of the SJP Jigsaw
• TV Licensing Conviction of Woman With Down's Syndrome Quashed
• Warning: TV Licensing Email Scammers at Work
• TV Licence Reminder for Amazon Fire TV Users
• Dejected South Wales TV Licensing Goon Walk of Shame
• BBC Prom Invites for Members of Parliament: More Opaque Transparency
• BBC Boss Davie Gloats as Commercial Rivals Struggle
• Journalists: Further Probing of TV Licensing Unjust Prosecutions Required
• BBC Scotland Announces News Overhaul
• TV Licensing Goons Wearing Body Cameras
• BBC Boss Davie Boasts About Institutional Wokism
• BBC Mobile Phones and Premium Rate Call Costs
• Three Quarters of Pensioners Say BBC TV Licensing is Poor Value
• TV Licensing Bullies: Putting Pensioners in Fear
• TV Licensing Threatograms: A Message From On High
• TV Licensing: A Reminder on No Licence Needed (NLN) Declarations
• Guardian Readers Respond to TV Licence Exposé
• Beat the Price Hike: Cancel Your TV Licence Today
• TV Licensing the BBC: A Question of Identity
• BBC Funding Model Review
• Former BBC Chairman Suggests Means Testing TV Licence Fee
• Massive TV Licence Price Hike from Today
• Surveillance Regulator: BBC TV Detection Methods "Struggling to Keep Up with Technology"
• TV Licensing Disproportionately Targeting Women
• Unpicking TV Licensing Bullshit: A TV Licensing Turdectomy
• BBC Spends £400k Educating Journos' Kids
• TV Licensing Outsmarted by Technology
• TV Licensing Website: No TV Declaration Difficulties
• Former BBC News Presenter Martine Croxall Begins Discrimination Legal Action
• BBC Commits to £6m Investment in Online Education Platform
• BREAKING: Huw Edwards Resigns from BBC in Wake of Sex Pics Scandal
• BBC Settlement Agreements: £2.8 Million of Cash Sweeteners for Ex-Employees
• Fury at BBC Plans to Protect Nonce Statue
• BBC Blows £169 Million on TV Licensing Threatogram Delivery Deal
• TV Sports Presenter Arrested Over Child Sex Allegations
• TV Licence and BBC iPlayer: Artificial Intelligence Failure
• TV Licensing Letters: Dishonest, Misleading, Unfair, Unjust
• TV Licensing Threatens Euro 2024 Football Fans
• Reform UK Pledges to Axe Despised BBC TV Licence
• The Cost of Protecting Controversial BBC Broadcasting House Statue
• TV Licensing: 1 in 10 People Wrongly Claim No Licence Needed
  
• BBC Slammed for Broadcasting Grossly Offensive Comments About Prime Minister's Late Mother
• Taking the Knee for the BBC: Labour Government Commits to TV Licence Fee
• Strictly Come Dancing: The Next BBC Abuse Scandal?
• Brilliant News: Half a Million Households Ditch BBC TV Licence Fee
• BBC News Anchor Huw Edwards Charged in Relation to Kiddy Smut
• Huw Edwards Confirms His Status as the Latest BBC Nonce
• Huw Edwards: More Damning Allegations Against the BBC
• Earning the Hate: Loathsome BBC News Sneers at Murdered Farnborough Mother
• BBC Sacks Jermaine Jenas Amid "Inappropriate Behaviour" Complaints
• Ten Worst Criminals Who Worked for the BBC
• Important News About Your No Licence Needed Status: Another TV Licensing Fishing Expedition
• Culture Secretary: "I'm Afraid I'm Announcing Today that I'm Shutting the BBC Down"
• Virtue Signalling BBC Still Pretending to Pursue Huw Edwards Salary Repayment
• Perverted BBC Newsreader Huw Edwards Dodges Jail Time
• Government in Talks to Decriminalise BBC TV Licence Fee
• TV Licensing Prosecutes Woman Detained Under Mental Health Act
• Gregg Wallace: BBC Ignores Warnings Over Conduct of Pretentious Presenter
• BBC TV Licensing Goon Accused of Knocking Over Disabled Woman
• Toxic: Bullying "Rife" Behind the Scenes of BBC Breakfast
• TV Licensing Dubious Evidence Thrown Out of Court

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