We have a little black box that works via out fibre connection. We get everything and more, you name it.
Not sure how legal it is, ask no questions and all that.
The hardest bit is gettibg our head around how to use the remote.
We pay an annual fee to a chap we RDV with at dusk!
IPTV, so Iâve been told. Can even watch Premier League football games at 3pm on a Saturday that they donât show live in the UK, allegedly. But of course I wouldnât know anything about that.
This is where the Formuler boxes really shine. They come with a remote control that anyone can use, and the Electronic Program Guide is as easy to use as Sky, Virgin Media, etc⌠Or so Iâve heard, I mean.
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Donât be too sure about that. There is a process in place that automatically updates card details to reputable traders.
We had a problem with uber eats, OH was visiting her idiot son and bought them a takeaway. The next time they used uber eats they used our card details, obviously we (me mainly) complained to Barclays who said the only thing they could do was to cancel the card and issue a new one (to a uk address so not convenient. Anyway, before the card even arrived in France, the new card had been used by idiot son for uber taxi as Barclays shared the new card info with them. Barclays told me it was for our convenience FFS. Another new card and fraud investigation followed, but we did get a refund eventually.
So beware!
Provided itâs not a live broadcast (ie. being watched at the same time as the general public, on a scheduled programme) then you donât need a licence.
From the TV Licencing Website:-
Do I need a TV Licence to watch Netflix?
If you are watching a TV programme live on Netflix, you need to be covered by a TV Licence.
You donât need a TV Licence to watch on demand programmes on Netflix.
I have a Netflix account, but as I only watch on demand programmes, I donât need a licence.
Oh wow. Thatâs incredibly unhelpful of them.
Youâve not actually answered my question here, at all. Perhaps I wasnât clear. But no matter, if thereâs one thing Iâm not short of in my life itâs entertainment lawyers sadly, I can barely move for them most of the time, so Iâll do some digging and ask some questions!
No, just having a TV (ie a terrestrial television receiver) means you have to pay the license. Otherwise everybody (like @CritairConfused) would say they never watch TV. Having a monitor and using a satellite or broadband connection is another matter, because then every PC, tablet, smartphone etc. would need a license. The concept of a public broadcasting fee is a tricky one these days. Which I guess is why France got rid of it.
You could try giving up the BBC altogether - thereâs a whole world out there. I buy ex-battery hens each year and set them free in a bit of woodland (fenced, with wooden houses, theyâre safe) - itâs beautiful to watch them emerge into the sunlight
Thereâs still some good stuff on the BBC occasionally. I like some of the dramas they produce. Things like Line of Duty, Luther, Showtrial, etcâŚ
Bit old now but Iâve been meaning to watch Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes too.
Just gotta be selective.
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That wouldnât be sufficient to exempt you from requiring a licence.
You would have to give up watching/recording any live broadcasts, and watching/downloading BBC programmes on I-Player.
Yeah youâre right. Apart from an hour with Sally Bundock before heading out to work, I find the BBC unwatchable these days. So itâs a good chance to go, dare I say it, cold turkey.
This hasnât been the case for many years and it was redefined as watching live broadcasts and using iPlayer (on any device), whereas you can use a TV set to watch on demand with no need for a TV licence.
I didnât know it had been revised. So whatâs to stop everyone saying they donât use their TV for TV 
Not on the iPlayer in the UK according to the BBCâs Ts&Cs - hereâs an excerpt:
6. When you need a TV Licence
You need to be covered by a TV Licence to watch or record live TV programmes on any channel, or to watch or download BBC programmes on iPlayer when youâre in the UK, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.
This could be on any device, including a TV, desktop computer, laptop, mobile phone, tablet, games console, digital box or DVD/VHS recorder.
If youâre outside these areas you need to check if your country has its own TV licensing scheme."
The full info can be found here.
The new series of Wolf Hall (The Mirror and the Light) is well worth the price of admission, and I say that as someone who normally doesnât watch any kind of drama series.
For those who havenât heard of this series itâs based on Hilary Mantelâs Booker Prize-winning novels about the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIIIâs chief wheeler-dealer.
Beautifully shot and the acting is top-notch.
Trivia fact - the part of Thomas Wriothesley is played by Harry Melling who portrayed Harry Potterâs loathsome cousin Dudley in the HP movies! You wouldnât recognise him as an adult though!
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Actually, yes, youâre right. Iâd forgotten about Wolf Hall. Itâs fabulous.
A Freesat receiver is another way of watching U.K. free to air TV without needing to spoof IP addresses to fool iPlayer etc.
I refer the honourable gentleman to my comment about iPlayer in the post to which he has replied.
Indeed - I was simply posting the BBCâs chapter and verse on the issue 
Started watching them on iPlayer last week. Only done two episodes of series 1 of Life on Mars so far.
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