Melissa Kite Melissa Kite

How I fell out of love with the BBC

I was more than happy to pay the licence fee when I actually watched its programmes

issue 07 March 2020

One of the many technological things I don’t understand is, how come I’m paying to watch television?

I know why I used to pay. I used to switch on a box in the corner of the room and marvel at the choice of three quite interesting programmes and something slightly racy on Channel 4.

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