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I think it’s fair to say that many British people living abroad would happily pay a licence fee to access the BBC. By denying them the opportunity to do that, the BBC are shooting themselves in the foot really. People just pay for a vpn instead of a licence.

You can watch French TV whilst living in the UK, you would be expected to pay for a UK TV licence. On the other hand, here in France you pay for French TV licence but thanks to Freesat you can watch UK TV.

We have friends in the South that watch BBC through Freesat, we have friends in Valencia and Murcia that by having a large dish can watch the BBC and in Spain there is no TV licence. They can’t pay the UK government for a TV licence……

Anonymous wrote:

No Danny, you can’t choose what you want from the UK without paying for a licence, which requires a UK address, otherwise you would want everything British whilst living in France. Like Brexit without any changes.
Let’s face it people pay a VPN to hide to avoid paying a licence. Cheats & Freeloaders!! in the South availability of UK channels via a dish hasn’t been possible via a dish for over 5 years since they moved the satellites. Ask Barty he will confirm this.
The future is French TV for you, marvellous ! Tell all your pals how you remember how good UK TV was but how you prefer French TV as it’s so much better. I have seen it so you won’t fool me. Roll on 1st January 2021 & then you might see what you will start to lose in the sunlit uplands of la belle france. Not a brexiteers rant but an ever approaching fact. what’s wrong with French TV instead of the BBC?

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

Anonymous wrote:

Ah Roger! whatever you say it’s still illegal. why would we want to watch French TV? What does it offer? And no expats can’t buy a UK TV Licence & neither should they be able to. Buy a French licence like I do. As I said it is the BRITISH Broadcasting Corporation not the BRITTANY Broadcasting Corporation & you freeload whilst elderly UK Citizens who can’t afford it have to pay. Is that fair Rog? Or just ok as you see it?

Well B.E, I mean Greta as you have read, Barty B has put you straight regarding legality.

What part of “you pay for a French TV licence” did you not read? So French watching French TV in the UK pay for a British TV licence and Brits watching UK TV pay for a French TV licence, now what part of that do you not understand? Freeload? again you really have no idea do you, you are as we say, just peeing in the dark. You can pick up UK channels on satellite with Freesat down in the South of France, you said they can’t….. wrong again. Seems to me you don’t live in the South of France as you don’t have a clue, so whereabouts in the VAR do you live? Selby, now  in the Var, well I never.
BartyB we have a few friends in  Belgium that live in Liege, they have TV by way of Cable TV and BBC1 & 2 are part of their package.

Resorting to name-calling to try and put over a point doesn’t really sell it to me. We enjoy watching those programmes that are happy to broadcast via Freesat, not all of them do. And to add insult to injury we don’t pay a French TV licence because we’re below the financial ceiling so I guess that makes us freeloaders all round then?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/help/questions/watching-outside-the-uk/reside-outside-uk

Not sure if the above link will work but google it if you wish. I think some of you make up the rules to suit yourselves as you go along.

Dear Rog, in the South of France it is not possible to access UK TV via a dish without at least a 1.25m dish which requires Permission because of the size of the dish is considered dangerous on a chimney or roof. Bit like having Jodrell Bank on the roof. Even then I hear the signal is still rubbish. This was due to the satellite beam being narrowed a few years ago.

Have you heard of Draguignan Rog? It’s in the Var & the nearest large town to where I am. We are in the hills about 15 mins drive away. That’s as close as I am prepared to say on a public forum.
Needless to say it’s also nowhere near Selby.

Anonymous wrote:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/help/questions/watching-outside-the-uk/reside-outside-uk Not sure if the above link will work but google it if you wish. I think some of you make up the rules to suit yourselves as you go along. Dear Rog, in the South of France it is not possible to access UK TV via a dish without at least a 1.25m dish which requires Permission because of the size of the dish is considered dangerous on a chimney or roof. Bit like having Jodrell Bank on the roof. Even then I hear the signal is still rubbish. This was due to the satellite beam being narrowed a few years ago. Have you heard of Draguignan Rog? It’s in the Var & the nearest large town to where I am. We are in the hills about 15 mins drive away. That’s as close as I am prepared to say on a public forum. Needless to say it’s also nowhere near Selby.

So backing off as usual, first you quote you can’t receive UK channels by Satellite  in the South, then saying you can but need a bigger dish. In Alicante our friend has a nigh on 2.8 metre dish but he can receive UK channels. Flipping obvious you can’t stick such a huge dish on a roof but thanks anyway for the tip.
Yes I know Draguignan from our time in Manosque and our travels around PACA and the hinterland. Our friends from London lived in Salernes and went back to the UK some 20 years ago.

Silly beggar Stinky that’s RW! I recognise the jumper!

Have you ever met Bald Eagle RW? I thought not, so how do you know it is him? Tut tut!