Dec 14th 2004
By: Luke
By: Luke
Gavyn Davies - 25% unhappy with BBC fee - but a large proportion value it more than the cost
A quarter of households believe that the BBC is not worth the licence fee, former chair of the BBC Governors Gavyn Davies said yesterday.
Research commissioned while Mr Davies was still with the corporation and published yesterday by the Social Market Foundation, showed that six million households were unhappy paying the �121 annual licence fee. This “disaffected minority”, which includes members of ethnic minorities, people on low incomes and those who live outside the south-east of England, is dangerous for the BBC and for the licence fee system, Mr Davies said.
The preliminary study also showed that 17 million households value the BBC at or above the �121 fee they are currently charged.
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