Stanton Hills, yes we have a licence fee to watch BBC live broadcasts and the online steaming of the same. It is totally discretionary and if you only watch other channels by subscription or whatever you don't need to pay for it. It also pays for all our BBC local radio and our many national radio channels which individually specialise is everything from 24 hour pop music to current events, news, comedy, classical music et al. But we don't have to watch a single advert (other than for programs on that service) and we have access to the whole back catalogue of everything that the BBC has ever broadcast. We also get the BBC news and all other public service programs FOC. Along with 23000000 other British citizens, I think it is an excellent service and well worth the money.
So wind your neck in and don't criticize what you don't understand.
