Can't say I didn't see this coming

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Right.... so yeh we dont know exactly what happened or how serious it was so speculation is pointless.

Topgear is big business for the BBC and it makes loads of money so they arent going to can it whilst viewing numbers are up and people are still buying it.

For anyone saying balls to the BBC or why should we pay licence fees... if you didnt then youd have two more channels like channel 4 and ITV. All shit with adverts for half of the show. The BBC is one of the few tv companies that actually comes out with new programmes and decent content. This is where your money goes... lets say its £140 a year... thats £40p a day or something.... say there are 3 people per household/licence and then its 13p each. Id happily pay 13p a day to not watch adverts and have more and better content! Then again... I could watch it later on iplayer for free...

My issue with the License fee is that I am not given a choice. I pay for sky, that is my choice, I pay for something of my choosing and receive something in return. I do not choose to pay for bbc. If I wasn't required by law they wouldn't get my money. It's gotta be the only state funded television network on the planet outside of the 2nd and 3rd worlds. 

Looking at it a different way the government actually taxes you to watch tv! Are you f***ing serious? Do we live in a free capitalist country or soviet Russia? I'm sure they'll tax fresh air and rainbows next. 

I believe in freedom and self determination. Where I chose what I do with what is mine, not the government. Life is a game of capitalism so what is the point in the bbc's existence if it's not a commercial enterprise? Television exists because someone invented it to sell to make money, tv channels exist to make money. But the benevolent bbc exists for what? The good of all mankind? Because it's not exactly the impartial broadcaster it's meant to be *cough*socialist agenda *cough*

The license fee goes a long way to lining executive pockets not create original programming. It's the exact situation with your road tax, that doesn't exclusively get spent on roads it just goes into a big government pot... And the tv tax or "license fee" is exactly the same. 

So in summary yeah I kinda hate the bbc.