39p a day, that is what our licence costs. Well, it is more now, but the figures haven’t been published yet.
I no longer watch my television; it is rather old now and as my good friend William pointed out, it is rather large. But I do love iPlayer to watch programmes.
I had always thought the licence was just for the television, but as the graph below shows, it also pays towards the radio. I’ve always agreed with my other half that the licence is worth it for Radio 4 alone.
I know that it is easy to criticise the BBC for spending unwisely, but I do think they do a rather good job. iPlayer is a marvelous application and well-designed too. It stands head and shoulders above others catch-up services and continues to serve up some very good quality shows.
I can see the future without the BBC and it isn’t pretty, so I’m going to go on record and say that I love the BBC and gladly hand over 39p per day to them for the right to watch or listen to their programmes.
Now all they need to do is take over Channel 4 so that we can keep getting Ruth Watson’s show.
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