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Is it true that if you write to the bbc asking for a copy of a show they have ran on tv, they have to send you it because you paid for it with your tv licence?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Let�s think this through, mr. bungle. If it were true then any one of the BBC�s licence fee payers could demand a copy (presumably on tape or disc) of any broadcast. Let�s say, very conservatively, that this would cost the BBC �2 to produce and supply this. This means each licence payer could ask for just one tape/disc each week and it would cost the BBC almost that licence payer�s entire contribution for the year! Just where do these ridiculous ideas originate???
The TV licence fee is not a purchase scheme for programmes any more than a Road Fund Licence buys you a strip of road. It is required if you want to watch broadcast television. The TV Licence fee does not even entitle you to specifically receive BBC television broadcasts, let alone tapes of them. Even if you can prove that either cannot or do not receive BBC TV broadcasts, you are still liable to pay a licence fee if you watch any broadcasts by any provider. The definitions of broadcasts and providers are laid down in law. "Receiving broadcasts" has been ruled to include recordings of programmes made to watch later. Providers include cable companies, Sky and internet providers.
The TV licence fee is not a purchase scheme for programmes any more than a Road Fund Licence buys you a strip of road. It is required if you want to watch broadcast television. The TV Licence fee does not even entitle you to specifically receive BBC television broadcasts, let alone tapes of them. Even if you can prove that either cannot or do not receive BBC TV broadcasts, you are still liable to pay a licence fee if you watch any broadcasts by any provider. The definitions of broadcasts and providers are laid down in law. "Receiving broadcasts" has been ruled to include recordings of programmes made to watch later. Providers include cable companies, Sky and internet providers.