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The Day I Kicked The TV Habit

22nd August 2022 NeverUpToTheJob 3213 Comments

The first of August 2022 marked the second anniversary of the day I kicked the TV habit, and binned the Telly Tax. I wasn’t that surprised at how easy it was to give up watching [more…]

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Defund the BBC, letter 1

24th May 2021 Going Postal 2685 Comments

The following letter is not intended to be legal advice. I am particularly interested to hear about any successful fraud cases against TV licence investigators.   NOTICE TO AGENT IS NOTICE TO PRINCIPAL – NOTICE [more…]

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Cancel Your Telly Tax Now

12th November 2019 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 2327 Comments

My previous articles on this site describing how I have stopped paying the Telly Tax for 10 years have been relatively benign and within a strict legal paradigm, much to the relief of Swiss Bob, [more…]

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What’s Life Like When You Don’t Pay The BBC TV Tax?

3rd July 2019 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 2909 Comments

In 2010 I remember watching BBC 1 Live Broadcast on my telly one evening, which was becoming a rarity as I generally wasn’t really enslaved to their scheduled output and spent most of my time [more…]

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Punch The BBC Into The Digital Age – Cancel Your TV Licence

25th October 2018 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 2372 Comments

“If you watch live broadcast, you need a TV licence” Funny, that statement. Firstly, most people assume you need a TV licence if you have a TV.  It’s understandable, from the perpetual onslaught by the [more…]

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Want To Save £1,100 Like Me?

16th January 2018 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 4214 Comments

There’s one thing for certain: the Mainstream Media has lost an awful lot of influence and control over the last few years due to the continued growth of social media, or peer-to-peer information as I [more…]

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BBC – It’s The Unique Way I’ve Removed Your Funding, Part Two

23rd July 2016 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 2 Comments

I had carried out quite intensive research on the legalities of not paying for a TV Licence.  The wording on the main TV Licensing site and the Communications Act were confusing, contradictory especially when it [more…]

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BBC – It’s The Unique Way I’ve Removed Your Funding, Part One

20th July 2016 Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs 0 Comments

My first memory of a television programme was Andy Pandy.  I remember sitting in awe as the marionette, the rag doll and the teddy performed inside our tiny black and white television as I innocently [more…]

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