It is illegal for the BBC to knowingly cause harassment

They have been at me again and in doing so they have illegally threatened me. And they do so, illegally, on behalf of their employer, the BBC, who, as I understand it, are as good as part of the government. I'll show you what they have spewed out this time.

It is illegal to harass people but these people do it, again and again and again, to people like you and me who are perhaps not interested in watching the telly. Who perhaps have better to do with themselves than to sit and stare at Coronation Street or enjoy watching the rugby or the football, perhaps even need to know just which cuddy has run off with this weeks wages.

There are, of course, great amounts that are shown on the telly that you don't need a license for, anything that has been shown before which means that the only things you need a license for are the horses and the news, oh, and sometimes the football. Not the adverts because we've all seen them before.

I mentioned before that I don't need a license. I don't need one because I do not watch the telly - at all. If I don't need one then I will not have one - after all, why should I - but that does not stop the Scotland North Harassment Division of T.V Licensing, nee Capita, 71 Victoria Street, Westminster,  London SW1H 0XA. That's who Sarah Armstrong works for, she signs the letters. Regional Enforcement Manager is a big name for signing and posting the letters. Wonder if she licks the stamps too?


If you get caught, it wasn't me that suggested pissing in their letter-box, ok ;))


And don't forget, the BBC are Capita's employer. Capita, or T.V Licensing as they like to be called are just a plain and simple, common old company.

T.V Licensing Harassment Division

They are still at it, they are still sending threatening letters, trying to harass you into doing what they want you to do - but you are not legally required to do what they want and that is the reason that I will not play ball with them.

What a load of garbage. I am not breaking the law and as I mentioned to you when I first brought this subject up and I told them that when they phoned, explaining to them just what the situation was and the fact that it was unlikely to change - but if it did and I therefore needed a telly license then I would get one, pronto.

They obviously didn't listen as they continue to spew out this threatening, harassing crap.

I told them the first time around that I do not watch the telly. That might be a bit strange, a bit odd even. Perhaps it is only people with mental health problems that don't watch the telly.

Well then, that's me, I'm obviously one of them - but I am not breaking the law.

I am, quite legally, not watching the telly and I'm doing it without a license.

I am also, quite legally, not responding to their threats and I never will. I provided the information once. I did it courteously and willingly but I don't like being threatened, harassed, pestered and pushed around, time after time after time.

And don't forget, it's all funded by the BBC. 

The BBC, dodging around, avoiding the problem!!!

If you remember, a couple of weeks ago I said that I was writing to the BBC because I was being hassled, threatened and abused by T.V Licensing, the company that they employ to ensure that everybody buys a T.V licence, whether they need one or not. Well, the Beeb have responded:

I didn't write to Gareth Brennan but I'm sure that he's doing his best. If you remember, I wrote to Zarin Patel, the lady who spent a fortune taking Capita, nee T.V Licensing on to threaten and abuse all the people that don't have a licence. Like me. Whether they watch the telly or not. But she is obviously much too important to deal with this minor nonsense. Either that or she is illiterate. I've written back:

 Ref CAS-1265088-68PXRG

 Dear Ms Patel

 I wrote to you some time ago regarding Capita, trading as T.V Licensing, who continue to operate in an offensive, threatening and abusive manner – on your behalf. Gareth Brennan has suggested that I have to contact them directly but that is wrong, isn’t it.

You are the company that is paying them to operate in this manner therefore you are the guiltier of the two, in that you went out looking for a company to do the dirty work for you and I understand that you have kept them on for a second period. They obviously must have been fulfilling your requirements. As their employer, it is now you that I have to turn to because dealing with them is a waste of time. All that I have ever been told by them is that I have to inform them yearly that I still do not watch the television.

Wrong. I do not need to do anything and I certainly do not need to receive their red-lined threats.

What do you propose doing about it?

Yours faithfully


I wonder what will happen this time, will Zarin respond herself or will she fob it off again?

I'll keep you posted!!!

BBC Weather

Just stopped by the BBC Weather site and as usual it was tremendous - if you speak either English or Welsh. If you speak either Scots, Gaelic or Shetlandic, and they are all areas covered by the BBC, then you're buggered. You can sit and look at the forecast, all the nice pictures etc and understand nothing.

Has the head of the BBC got a taff on the side because I can't think of any other reason to provide purely Welsh if English is not your first language.

Another reason that the telly licence is a waste of time.

TV Licence Man fiddling about

I found this on Youtube. It certainly goes to show how little the T.V License man knows about his job. I wonder if he can play the fiddle and fiddle about at the same time.

Zarin Patel, of the BBC

I popped around to Capita's site just now, to see what utter garbage they have been coming out with and I came across this on their page.

"Zarin Patel, BBC Chief Financial Officer, said: 'This contract represents great value for the licence fee payer. Capita's bid was the best both in terms of innovation and efficiencies and  so offered best value for money. The success of recent efforts by the BBC and TV Licensing to encourage people to pay via     Direct Debit and use self-serve channels such as the web has   enabled us to re-structure the new contract to realise the     savings benefits. Additionally, savings have been achieved by  consolidating what were previously two contracts.'"

Let's be honest now Zarin, T.V License, nee Capita are harassing, offensive and obnoxious. I don't watch the telly but that doesn't stop them sending threatening letters, time after time after time. From now on, I think that I'll forward them on to you. I'd be grateful if you would justify each and every one that comes through my letterbox.

T.V license or no T.V license

Their ref: 6034672418

I do not like the telly, it bores the backside off of me so I don't watch it.

Ever.

Last year, about September, a young lady from T.V Licensing phoned me about the fact that I don't have a license and I courteously explained to her exactly why I do not have one. I also explained why I won't buy one in the future.

Ever.

We said goodbye to each other, in a very friendly manner I must add. Nice young girl, pity I'm still married but you can't have everything, as I found out when I got married but that's a story for another day I think.

A year passed and the letters started to come in. The situation hasn't changed by the way. I still don't watch the telly and I don't see myself watching the telly in the future, assuming that I manage to retain sanity. I can only hope about that I suppose. The sanity, I mean.

So the question is I suppose, what to do next? I've never been taken to court before but there's always a first for everything (Wonder if the Sheriff likes the telly?). Or I could get in contact with my M.P of course. I won't mention his name, Alistair Carmichael is a very busy man etc, etc but he could possibly see to it for me.

I'll think about it. Might get to court before I make the decision though.

I like the name of the department that Sarah Armstrong, who wrote to me, works in. "Scottish North Enforcement Division" is particularly good for people that enforce unnecessarily and unreasonably on people that neither want nor need anything to do with them. It really is harassment, isn't it. From now on we'll call them the Scottish North Harassment Division of T.V Licensing.