The TV detector vans do not exist
...was also confirmed by a chap I won't name who works for the BBC.

I think the enforcement officers do exist though.
( rofl harris, Fri 18 Jun 2010, 11:47, 2 replies)

The enforcement officers exist
...I met one when I was helping a friend move house. He came to check up on the licensing situation, got the explanation (one property empty during move) and went away satisfied with my friend's response.

He was less satisfied with my parting shot of "Of course, I don't have a licence at home and I've got lots of TVs - but you don't know who I am, do you?".
( superstoater is so mauve, you don't know what he's planning, Fri 18 Jun 2010, 12:39, closed)

The vans exist, or at least they used to
they just don't work the way they like people to think they do.

Think about it, what's going to be the easier option? Use complex electronic equipment to try and detect exactly where in a building a TV signal is coming from, what channel is being watched, and all the other crap they claim to be able to do (bearing in mind that these claims have been made in the 80s)? Or just have a database of which addresses aren't licensed, and visit them in a transit with an aerial on the roof?
(bblgoose, Sat 19 Jun 2010, 14:28, closed)