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Does anyone in the UK have a TV licence?

I don't have one because I don't need one. As a result, I receive a letter from TV licencing every few weeks threatening "enforcement visits" and "hearings in my local court" unless I buy a TV licence or explain why I don't need one. I just throw the letter in the bin.

One I received today stated that they carried out 10101 enforcement visits [b]every day[/b] last year. As they claim to visit at weekends as well as weekdays that makes a total of 3 686 865 enforcement visits. As there are approximately 28 million homes in the UK ( http://visual.ons.gov.uk/uk-perspectives-2016-housing-and-home-ownership-in-the-uk/ ) that means they visit approximately 1 in every 7.6 homes. I've never had such a visit so obviously they don't visit everyone who doesn't have a TV licence. I also presume they don't visit people who do have a TV licence.

The figures suggest hardly anyone has a TV licence - or are TV licencing's claims just more bullshit?
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You have to have a license to have a tv?
Thingschange4444 · 51-55, M
@AcidBurn: Yes in the UK. But only for the BBC which has a disgusting record of employing child abusers. Hope everyone boycotts them. They are a private corporation with the law on thier side. F.cking joke
@Perry4444: From you're description, I would have to agree.
Thingschange4444 · 51-55, M
@AcidBurn: They are dispicable honestly. Thier news is fake and corrupt to. The only good thing they ever had was Top Gear and they lost that. ☺
@Perry4444: I have seen top gear a few times. It is pretty good.
suzie1960 · 61-69, F
@Perry4444: You need a licence to install or operate a device (TV) for the purpose of receiving live TV broadcasts [b]from any channel.[/b] You also now need a licence to watch BBC programs on iPlayer, live or on demand. You do not need a licence to merely own or possess a TV.
Benny5678 · 41-45, T
@Perry4444: Not just for the BBC. You need a licence if you watch any broadcast TV and if you use iPlayer
Thingschange4444 · 51-55, M
@suzie1960: I know. But the BBC are the ones responsible for the licence initially. I dont watch thier crap anyway.
Thingschange4444 · 51-55, M
@JKerouac: I know.