How many presenters do they need?

And the BBC pay Gary Lineker £1.36 million

This type of thing is what angers so many. I don't mind Gary Lineker, although I do find him a bit smug, but that is way too much to be paying a presenter, and how many hours a year does he work for that? The licence fee has to be paid whether or not you ever avail yourself of any of the BBC offerings. The BBC doesn't seem to be accountable to the people paying the fees, I don't remember the public ever being given a say in how it should be run, what its aims should be, or even having their criticisms taken seriously. Maybe it's time to make it a subscription service. People seem happy to pay for content from Sky, Netflix, Amazon Prime etc I assume those that enjoy BBC content would also be happy to pay.

Not everyone wants to use all the things the BBC provides and feel they shouldn't have to pay for them all. Personally, I would love it if we could use the BBC on a "pay as you go" basis and I don't mean paying the licence fee by direct debit.

I watch 2, 45minute programmes on BBC1 each week (when the series are actually playing) and don't think that's worth £159/year. For me, this equates to a maximum of 78hrs per year, costing over £2/hour.

I use Sky and pay them approx £500 each year, they not only give me far more variety and interesting programmes (that I do watch) than the BBC but my broadband is also included in that figure, hence my TV service equates to around £250/year and I watch at least 40hrs worth of programming each week, equating to approx 12p/hour watched.

In the same way as drivers of cars that produce lower CO2 emissions get to pay lower Road Fund Licences (road tax) and people with water meters and low consumption are charged less, we should be given the option of paying for the full BBC licence (annually or monthly) or to pay for, let's say, a block of hours. I would gladly buy say 30hours for £5, thus reducing my 'licence fee' to around £15/year.

The BBC is dreadful with its overpaid presenters and the extortionate fee which is driving some of us into poverty.

I absolutely agree about Claudia Winkleman - what else does she do to earn quite so much?

Not keen on these so called personalities- just one articulate expert will do for me. The multiple presenter deal is to keep the hard of thinking hooked - they need constant stimulation, concentration is beyond most of ‘em.

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I absolutely agree about Claudia Winkleman - what else does she do to earn quite so much?

If the BBC was serious about saving £megabucks they could start by firing Claudia Winkleman. I cannot imagine anyone pleading for her return.

It seems to me that the millions paid to a relative few "popular" presenters, celebs and talking heads is an insult to the hundreds (thousands) of technical people they need to create their content. They'll be on market rates.

Had to laugh yesterday 3 different weather presenters within 10mins on BBC yesterday on the same channel.

I watched the recent series about the Boleyn family, and there were ten presenters in each hour long episode, professors. doctors and authors, plus the voice over. I did wonder how much it cost as they all appeared to be filmed in different places and at different times.